All Blog Posts Tagged 'web' (30)

10 Trends to Watch That Will Affect Your Business ... McKinsey Quarterly

Colleagues,

SourceLink: McKinsey Quarterly

Every so often, a combination of trends intersect that require us to re-examine and re-evaluate our business strategies. I think we are in one of those times. Particularly, as it relates to advances in medical technology. However, these… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 22, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Chrome (Mac) At Last

For those Macintosh users waiting for Google Chrome (Mac), your wait is over. You can download today. I've tried it, but it's too early to offer an opinion. I'm sure we'll be seeing reviews from the 'Mac Press' in the next few days.

Added by Clymer/JR on December 8, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

New Recommended Reading ... Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges

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Please see below a video review by John Caddell, author of the "Customers Are Talking" blog, on Andrew McAfee's new book (November 2009) "Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools For Your Organization's Toughest Challenges." I think this is one of the best of a new genre of books on "Web 2.0", and how it can be interactively used to advance business "Global Brand Identification, "Thought Leadership", Collaboration and Communication.…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 26, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Six Social Media Trends for 2010 ... Harvard Business

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As posted recently online by Harvard Business publishing's "Conversation Starter" ... excerpts from David Armano's analysis and predictions for "Social Media" in 2010. David is part of the founding team at Dachis Group, an Austin based consultancy delivering social business design services, and is well reagarded as an active practitioner and thinker in the worlds of digital marketing, experience design, and the social web ...

.... In 2009 we saw exponential… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 9, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

New Features @ MedTech-IQ!

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In the continuing quest to bring you the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration" in advanced medical technology, we offer the following new Web 2.0 features...

- Check out EVRI: New from Microsoft Founder Paul Allen and Vulcan Capital we bring you EVRI, a semantic web and natural language processing system that automatically analyzes MedTech-IQ blog posts and forms meaningful connections to additional information on the Web, including… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 12, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

New Books ... Recommended Reading From MedTech-IQ!

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to bring you the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration" please see our latest list of recommended books.

For your convenience, you can order a selection directly, if you choose, thru The "MedTech-IQ" Recommended Reading Center carousel. The book carousel is located on the "MedTech-IQ" homepage, just under "Latest… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 17, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Getting Started: New Apps, Twitter Like Feature and Thank You in Advance!

MedTech-IQ Member,

Thank you for joining us at the MedTech-IQ community. The home of the 3C's ... “Content, Community & Collaboration”. We are dedicated to translating medical technology from “Laboratory to Market” with a special focus on government funding, private capital and "Triple Helix" T2 (Technology Transfer) best practices. We hope you are finding it useful.

There is a lot new to explore @… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 14, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Lessons on Social Neworks From the Pentagon ... Benefits & Risks

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In an interesting, and thought provoking article from Government Computer News, they have assembled a team of experts to describe both the advantages and risks of social networks.

The article analyzes these benefits & costs within the context of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). But many of these lessons apply to any social network, including ours here at MedTech-IQ.

Social networks are a great development. They vastly improve our… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 11, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

New Member Update ... Who Are We? ... What Do We Do? ... What's New? (PART 2)

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In the continuing quest to accelerate our collective ability to translate medical technology from laboratory to market, we remain committed to delivering the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration" to the "MedTech-IQ" community.

Please find below Part 2 of the New Member update. As is our custom, we divide new members by their self identified choice of "Triple Helix" sector ... Academia, Industry or Government.

Remember… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 7, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Migrating Pharma to Web 2.0

I had occasion this week to write the specification for two website redesigns. And that has set me thinking about the new state of affairs within the wide range of marketing communications that includes a website as a communication tool.

When I was taught my trade we had a series of headings in our marketing budget and plan that included the word “Collateral” which used to mean anything-printed-that-promotes-our-brand.

Well, collateral now includes digital stuff as well as print and… Continue

Added by Rebecca Caroe on August 17, 2009 at 3:16am — No Comments

MedTech-IQ ... Updates ... Blogs, Members, Videos, Meetings, Books ....

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to provide you with the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration", and to advance the translation of medical technology from laboratory to marketplace, we will be providing MedTech-IQ updates over the next couple of days.

Today ... the Blogs:

Total MedTech-IQ Blog Posts = 382

Most Popular Blog Posts

*… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 14, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Guest Blog: Do 297 hospitals really use social media? Should you?

Colleagues,

Interesting guest blog from Roberta Rochman, RN, MBA in Examiner.Com on the spreading use of Health 2.0 tools by top flight medical institutions such as Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic and Duke University...

ENJOY!

CC

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Yes, indeed, 297 hospitals use some form of Social… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 8, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Open Letter to President Obama in Support of Web 2.0, Social Media & Participation

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On the 70th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s letter to President Franklin Roosevelt encouraging attention to atomic technology and science, Ben Shneiderman, a computer science professor at the University of Maryland, and several colleagues decided to offer a new version. The following is an open letter to President Barack Obama encouraging exploration of technology-mediated social… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 4, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Top 100 Web Sites of 2009 (PC Mag.Com)

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As reported in PC Magazine .. Some things stay the same, others change rapidly. The PC Magazine list of the Top 100 Web Sites reflects that. They have selected 50 classic Web sites that many of us already know, and 50 new and/or undiscovered sites that you may not have heard of yet ...For your convenience the sites are broken down into categories: Applications, Information, Technology, News, Shopping and Fun.

They also provide a download application to add all… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 28, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Social Media Savvy Becoming a Must-Have Job Skill

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As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle ... Experts say social media skills are moving alongside knowledge of e-mail and Microsoft Word as basic job requirements. This emerging trend suggests that in finding a job, it's no longer just who you know, it's who you digitally "friend" & "connect" to ...

... said social media and career counselor Nance Rosen. "Who you have as your friends and how many people you have influence over have become a part of the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 27, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Looking for Bloggers at "MedTech-IQ"

Colleagues,

If any of you are interested in becoming a regular blogger @ "MedTech-IQ", please let us know.

Do you have a special talent, skill or expertise? Do you have something to say? I know personally, that some of you are the top experts in the world in your respective fields.

If you would like to share that expertise with an international community of over 700 fellow members (MedTech-IQ membership includes academic researchers, CEOs, corporate executives,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 25, 2009 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Social Networking Tools Moving to Core of National Defenses/Developments ... Panel of Experts

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As reported in Government Computer News ... Social networking tools must be a core part of national defense, harnessing the power of communities of interest to collaborate and share knowledge to address a range of issues from analyzing intelligence data to post-war recovery initiatives, according to panelists speaking this week at the Open Government and Innovations Conference in Washington...

... Social media software is being used by activists, businesses,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 24, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Ning Raises $15 million More

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As reported in the San Francisco Business Times ... The Marc Andreessen-backed social networking startup Ning has raised $15 million more at an impressive $750 million valuation. Ning is the social network platform used by "MedTech-IQ"...

... The funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners brings to $119 million the amount raised by Palo Alto-based Ning, which was founded in 2004 by Andreessen, of Netscape fame, and its current CEO Gina Bianchini ... Other… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 22, 2009 at 10:27pm — No Comments

IBM Taps Social Network to Link Business Partners

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As noted in SmartBrief on Social Media & IT Jungle ... IBM is rolling out a social-networking site aimed at accelerating tech collaborations and facilitating sales among its members. PartnerWorld Communities will link the chip maker's 100,000 business partners based on shared technological expertise, geographic area and market reach.

Rich Hume, the general manager for IBM Global Business Partners, sees the new network as a giant leap for partner… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 17, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

From MedTech-IQ member...Bertalan Meskó ...Offers "Webicina's" Cancer 2.0!

Colleagues,

MedTech-IQ Member, Bertalan (Berci) Mesko, leading international expert in Web 2.0 healthcare delivery, offers as a part of his Webicina line of online products, "Cancer 2.0".

Cancer is a class of diseases resulting from uncontrolled growth of any groups of our cells. It is the 4th cause of death globally as more than 8 million people die from cancer year by year.

The Medical Web 2.0… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 2, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments