http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/08/relfections-on-new-media-expo-2008-part-ii/ Exploring New and Social Media in Pharma and Healthcare Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/08/relfections-on-new-media-expo-2008-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Deirdre Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:45:24 +0000 http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/08/relfections-of-new-media-expo-2008-part-ii/#comment-568 Here are my issues with f2f medical conferences: 1. They lack interactivity, presenter speaks for 45 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for questions which is never enough time to really discuss an idea. Online conferences have discussion forums that are active and available 24 hours, sometimes for months if the topic generates sufficient energy. These conversations involve everyone not just the asker and presenter. 2. They lack real connection. You meet great people and without a forum or project to connect you, they are gone at the end of the conference. Online like-minded people appear over and over and connect you to other like-minded people. 3. Ageism, sexism, racism, classism all create barriers that prevent people from interacting f2f. When you can't see the person, those barriers rarely exist online. 4. Time and money, my university has restricted travel because of budget issues so I get to go to 1 out of province conference this year. I attend 10-15 online presentations every year, most of them are free but even at $800, it's cheaper than travel costs. Here are my issues with f2f medical conferences:
1. They lack interactivity, presenter speaks for 45 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for questions which is never enough time to really discuss an idea. Online conferences have discussion forums that are active and available 24 hours, sometimes for months if the topic generates sufficient energy. These conversations involve everyone not just the asker and presenter.
2. They lack real connection. You meet great people and without a forum or project to connect you, they are gone at the end of the conference. Online like-minded people appear over and over and connect you to other like-minded people.
3. Ageism, sexism, racism, classism all create barriers that prevent people from interacting f2f. When you can’t see the person, those barriers rarely exist online.
4. Time and money, my university has restricted travel because of budget issues so I get to go to 1 out of province conference this year. I attend 10-15 online presentations every year, most of them are free but even at $800, it’s cheaper than travel costs.

]]> http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/08/relfections-on-new-media-expo-2008-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Med 2.0 » Blog Archive » Introducing Erik van der Zijden (DigiRedo) — My New Co-Blogger Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:09:23 +0000 http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/08/relfections-of-new-media-expo-2008-part-ii/#comment-490 [...] — together with his colleagues/friends, Rene and Annemieke — earlier this year at the 2008 New Media Expo in Las Vegas, NV. After spending an evening with them chatting over dinner, we all discovered that [...] [...] — together with his colleagues/friends, Rene and Annemieke — earlier this year at the 2008 New Media Expo in Las Vegas, NV. After spending an evening with them chatting over dinner, we all discovered that [...]

]]> http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/08/relfections-on-new-media-expo-2008-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Med 2.0 » Blog Archive » My Digiredo Interview @ NME 2008 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:14:44 +0000 http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/08/relfections-of-new-media-expo-2008-part-ii/#comment-25 [...] mentioned in my previous post, Erik van der Zijden of Digiredo interviewed me for their blog (and I interviewed him for Med 2.0 [...] [...] mentioned in my previous post, Erik van der Zijden of Digiredo interviewed me for their blog (and I interviewed him for Med 2.0 [...]

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