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…
We are pleased to announce the election of eight new members and re-election of two to the Public Affairs & Marketing Network (PAMN) Steering Committee. They join the others on our board in helping to shape our organization, including our year-round and 2021 annual conference programming. Our thanks go out to them and their sponsoring…
If this year has taught us anything it is that we can do virtually anything, right? By now, we have settled into Zoom meetings and working in new ways, but we still long for a new normal. Mike and I, along with Leslie and our steering committees, made the difficult decision to pivot to an…
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…
With in-person oncology conferences canceled due to the COVID pandemic, many cancer researchers have tuned in to virtual meetings, such as the two-part American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference and the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), among other cancer centers, also made the leap…
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…
Just like many of you, I sometimes wake up to the Facebook message, “you have memories to look back on.” I always click it in hopes of seeing funny a picture of my kids or a cherished memory with friends and family. One that popped up for me last week, was this photo of me…
Our world has turned upside down. Our marketing and communication plans have been sidelined and new messaging had to be written and disseminated throughout our organizations. We are living in limbo wondering if we have many more months of this disruption, isolation and worry. When will I be able to travel again? When will I…