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		<title>Some High Profile Marketing and a Review Opportunity, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deviating from my usual advice or issues-type post, I have a couple of invitations for you today.  In both cases you&#8217;ll be helping yourself and helping future health or patient advocates, too. Invitation #1: Tell a success story.  Many of you know that (in my &#8220;other life&#8221;) I write about patient empowerment - issues, concerns, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=1129&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy, Politics and the 2012 Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in Florida for the past week, working, advocating, feeling my jaw clench and my back go up each time I&#8217;ve seen or heard a commercial or watched a newscast that focuses on one of the Republican primary candidates.  (As an aside &#8211; it&#8217;s not because they are Republican &#8211; it&#8217;s because the commercials [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=1105&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coopetition &#8211; But Don&#8217;t Give Away the Farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you know that prior to devoting my career to patient empowerment and patient advocacy, I owned a marketing company that worked specifically with professionals and small businesses. I had clients of every flavor, from manufacturing companies to hair salons, from lawyers to book authors, to cookie-bakers and small distribution companies &#8211; a gamut. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=1090&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Watching the Headlines for Opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A link on Twitter precipitated today&#8217;s post and idea for you.  It contains a challenge, too!  See below. The tweet linked to a news article: A second set of eyes cuts errors at HCMC.  It tells about an initiative at Hennepin County Medical Center (Minneapolis) that cut the medication errors found in patients&#8217; discharge paperwork [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=1070&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A One Word Resolution for All Advocates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings at the top of new year, with hopes you had a great holiday season and you&#8217;re getting prepped for success in 2012. I always feel a bit of inertia after taking a break, or a vacation, or when my world has slowed down for some deep breath-taking for awhile&#8230;. that is, my body at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=992&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Should Avoid Using the Title &#8220;Certified Patient Advocate&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a big question among patient and health advocates &#8211; whether or not someone is considered &#8220;certified&#8221; as a patient advocate. Last week I answered a question that came from an advocate about why someone would bother taking a course or finishing a program if they wouldn&#8217;t be considered &#8220;certified&#8221; at the end&#8230;. But there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=987&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting Education and Patient Advocates&#8217; Certification</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attendees at our recent AdvoConnection Business Institute had a variety of topics and issues they wanted to discuss.  Follow up surveys and emails produced even more, including some questions that, over time, will be answered to our best ability.  Some will be answered during teleconference call-ins, others through our fabulous advisors, and one or two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=980&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Putting WOM to Work for You</title>
		<link>http://advoconnection.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/putting-word-of-mouth-to-work-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our AdvoConnection members got in touch after a talk he gave to his local Rotary Club.  He was disappointed in the turn-out and wondered whether all his effort was worth it.  After our brief email conversation, it seemed that sharing some of the important points might be a good idea since you might [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=964&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clarifications and an Update on the Schueler Compass Award</title>
		<link>http://advoconnection.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/clarifications-and-an-update-on-the-schueler-compass-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just so you know we pay attention, three important concerns have popped up about the Schueler Compass Award, the award recently announced at the AdvoConnection conference.  These concerns came in the form of replies to the survey we took after the conference was over.  Since the surveys were completed anonymously,  and since comments expressed by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=937&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patient Advocacy on the Cusp of the Tipping Point</title>
		<link>http://advoconnection.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/patient-advocacy-on-the-cusp-of-the-tipping-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tipping point:  a dictionary definition will tell you that it means &#8220;the crisis stage in a process, when significant change takes place.&#8221; And for patient and health advocacy &#8211; we are almost there.  Almost at the tipping point. I first learned the term when I read Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s book by that title, The Tipping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advoconnection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1436052&amp;post=912&amp;subd=advoconnection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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