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How to pitch an idea in 4 simple steps
Like most skills, pitching an idea is a learnable skill, not one that comes naturally. Ideas take many forms. Your idea might be: an app a resource an intervention tool a service a new position in an organisation a new policy direction. Regardless of what it is...
The Ice Bucket Challenge and what it means for health promotion
2014 brought a new social media phenomenon to the world - the ice bucket challenge. Basically it involves tipping a bucket of ice water on one's head, recording it on video and uploading to various social media platforms (typically Facebook which is the most popular...
10 tips for using social media to promote health: reflections from Fertility Week (Guest Blog)
By Rebecca Zosel, Health Promotion Advisor, Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA). I recently had the privilege of managing a national fertility awareness campaign, which gave me the opportunity to engage with social media more intimately than...
Who I follow to keep up to date on social media
Every day I read one or more recent articles, blog posts or stats about social media. Most of the time, these are written for businesses in mind who have different objectives than public health organisations. My job is to then translate social media tools and trends...
Networking and careers advice for health promotion
I recently sat on a panel for undergraduate health promotion students at the University of South Australia to provide some insight into health promotion careers and networking. Previous experience with students shows that it's best to incorporate sessions on careers...
SA Primary Health Care Practitioner Award 2014
I would like to thank the Australian Health Promotion Association and Public Health Association of Australia, SA Branches for the honour of receiving the SA Primary Health Care Practitioner Award for 2014. Both these organisations have been instrumental in my...
What do social media and moving house have in common?
We recently moved house. With two little kids. I can sense your sympathetic looks as you read this. Amid the chaos, I realised that not only do social media and health promotion have a lot in common, but so do social media and moving house. Here's why: Both cost time...
What is co-working and what could it mean for health promotion?
Have you heard about co-working? It’s where a range of professionals, in particular individuals/freelancers and small businesses work together in the same space to achieve their individual goals. There is a special kind of osmosis, collaboration, cross-pollination...
How to survive the health promotion apocalypse
It feels like we are in the midst of the health promotion apocalypse. Programs that were once supposed to be significant investments to prevention have been suddenly cut. Have zombies eaten the brains of politicians and decision makers who fail to see the benefits...
Guest blog: Ten Reasons to use Twitter by Tarun Weeramanthri
This article first appeared in 'InTouch', Newsletter of the Public Health Association of Australia, March 2014. Republished with Tarun's permission. By Tarun Weeramanthri, Executive Director, Public Health and Clinical Services Division, WA Health Twitter:...
Getting your event in the Twitterverse
Are you planning an event or conference? Here’s all you need to know about how to have participants and presenters disseminating and networking using Twitter. PS. This applies to any virtual events and webinars too, not just live events. Why? Tweeting at conferences...
5 reasons health promotion should never use stock images
By Kristy Schirmer I have been involved in numerous health promotion projects where we were developing a new brochure, poster and website attached to a new project or service of some kind. Instead of getting new photos and images for our project, we had to save...
Let’s talk about health promotion websites
First things first, yes websites are still important. Social media and apps have not taken over from websites. Websites do not belong last century, they are still critical in 2014. In fact, the truth is many apps probably didn't need to be apps, they could be just...
6 Tips for Health Sciences Students
By now Year 12 students across Australia have received their marks and many will be starting university this year. For some, they may have chosen a pathway into the Health Sciences. For others, getting into a Health Science degree may be something they are doing...
Health Promotion – We need to talk
Health promotion has oft reflected that it needs to get better at talking outwardly, promoting its relevance to society and the bottom line of the government. However, it dawned on me recently that we also need to think about how health promoters, AKA health promotion...
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