July 2003
July 01, 2003
UPCOMING EVENTSSave the Date! HCO Annual Conference November 7, 2003
Rhoda Weiss, Keynote Speaker
Embassy Suites, Beaverton, Oregon.
Go to http://www.healthcarecommunicatorsoforegon.org/upcoming_events.htm for an overview of our planned conference program. Registration and program details will be coming soon.
INTERESTING TID-BITS
HCO Forum and Updated Web Site
www.healthcarecommunicators.org
We’ve updated our web site with a special members’ only section that includes an ongoing forum, email capability, current events and happenings, and a section for posting jobs and resumes. Sign on and start a conversation, talk to your peers across the state, get help with a problem/issue. The site is actively moderated and updated. It’s your organization, your site. The member’s only section is password protected. Contact the site manager for more information.
Public Relations: Why Employees Leak Information and What to Do
Source LACP Spin July 2003 newsletter www.lacp.com
Protecting client and company information means anticipating leaks inside your organization. This article addresses five reasons personnel leak information and ways to solve the problem, including restricting information, insuring employee loyalty, coding documents to make them traceable, and explaining your communications plan.
9 Strategies for Smart E-Mail Marketing
http://email.about.com/library/weekly/aa051802a.htm
General overview article about using email to market your service, product, organization. Site has other articles on email etiquette, security, software and spam, in addition to email marketing articles and tips. http://email.about.com/cs/marketingtips/
Communicator’s Resource
http://www2.ragan.com/html/main.isx?sub=5
Long known for its inspiring newsletter, Bits & Pieces, Ragan Communications offers a variety of newsletters, information and advice for professionals in management, public relations, employee communications, speech writing and business. At the site, you can preview all newsletters, subscribe to some free ones, and sign up for "webinars," web-based seminars. When visiting the site, click on your area of interest to get more information.
Your Two Cents
Send suggestions, interesting Internet sites, job postings and comments/complaints about the HCO web site, www.healthcarecommunicatorsoforegon.org or this newsletter, to pongracz@aracnet.com
