PAMN is supporting our members by providing a Marketing and Communications benchmarking program this year and next. In collaboration with SHSMD and Endeavor Management, we are able to gather and share data through a dashboard tool that allows us to compare cancer program budgets to our true peers. But we need your support to get…
On Sept 29, 10AM CT, our friends at The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) are hosting a special live “Bench to Bedside” Facebook Live. NCI Director Dr. Ned Sharpless and Office of Cancer Centers Director Dr. Henry Ciolino will join Dr. Roy Jensen, director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center. They will discuss…
Ready to arrive in the City of Fountains? Whether you’re returning after a few years or coming to KC for the very first time, there are a few essentials everyone should know. IN THE HEART OF IT ALL Known to many as the Heart of America, Kansas City is in the center of it all—and…
The COVID-19 pandemic placed a pause on routine health checkups and cancer screenings in an effort to keep people safe. More than a year later, we know delays in cancer screening and diagnosis will have long-term impacts on cancer mortality, as it is much more challenging to treat cancers detected at later stages. The National…
We are pleased to announce the election of several new and continuing members to the Public Affairs & Marketing Network (PAMN) Steering Committee. They join the others on our board in helping to shape our organization and in planning for next year’s annual conference in Kansas City. Our thanks go out to them and their…
It’s that time of year again, friends and colleagues! It’s time to reconnect at the annual NACCDO-PAMN conference. Although we will be coming together this year virtually, we are still coming together—such an accomplishment! I’m excited to connect with long-time friends and see each of you from afar. The steering and joint programing committees have…
I’ve been thinking about the theme of our 2021 annual meeting—the work we do matters. You may be like me working from home, going from Zoom to Zoom. Others of us might be trying to balance a little of both or going back to the office full-time, taking on new challenges each day. No matter…
Judy Fortin, Executive Director of Communications at UCLA Health and an award-winning former broadcast journalist, recently presented a webinar on media training for scientific experts. The webinar was tailored to cancer communicators to give you the expertise to become an internal media training expert at your own cancer center in lieu of pricey training offered…
In a recent webinar as part of the PAMN series, Lauryn Blakesley, the Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, provided a brief overview of the components involved in creating a content strategy and the content creation process. She also discussed tools that can help further the strategy. Strategy…
Virtual web conferencing technologies have been around for quite some time, but the current pandemic and the need for a large part of the population to work remotely has brought widespread adoption of these tools. Many of us are now using Zoom, Skype, and a number of other similar platforms on a daily basis, sometimes…