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Blog post May 20, 2013

HC3 Launches New Innovation Webinar Series

Soma Ghoshal, MPH

Nethope | HC3 MarketPlace and Innovations

You are invited to join HC3's new Health Communication Innovation Webinar series. The first webinar in the series is scheduled for June 11 and will examine the impacts of social networking on effective health communication.

Social Networking
June 11, 2013 at 11 AM EDT
https://connect.johnshopkins.edu/innovation-webinar-1/
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Blog post May 20, 2013

HC3 Holds First Learning Forum on May 30

Kim Martin, MA

HC3 Communications Director

The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative plans to hold its first Learning Forum - The Art & Science of Social & Behavior Change Communication - on May 30 from 9 am to 2 pm at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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Blog post May 11, 2013

Enpowered to Make the Right Choices

Soma Ghoshal, MPH

Nethope | HC3 MarketPlace and Innovations

You make hundreds of choices a day. Should you skip the coffee because you’re running late? Should you bring your lunch or just grab something from a nearby deli? Which movie should you see tonight? We don’t usually think too deeply about our decisions, and we assume we make these choices based on upon what we want. But our choices are more than that; they are products of our knowledge and awareness of the world around us. You skipped coffee this morning because you know it usually takes 20 minutes to get to work, but there was an important meeting in 15 minutes.
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Blog post May 2, 2013

The Art of Messaging – Who’s Really Listening?

Soma Ghoshal, MPH

Nethope | HC3 MarketPlace and Innovations

Imagine you are tasked with reaching new mothers in Kenya to inform them of healthy habits for their children and encourage them to stay up to date on their child’s vaccinations. You have done your research, and you know that mobile technologies are accessible and prevalent in the communities you are targeting. So now launching a mass SMS campaign with key messages seems like a simple yet cost-effective plan. But before creating this intervention, there are many steps and variables to consider.
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