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A Healthy Discussion

After toying around with this blog for a bit we’re launching it for real.
Letting folks know it exists and we’ll roll with it - asking for feedback and contributions.
But how to kick it off?  
What’s that? ” Food,”  you said?
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How’d you know?
So we did kick it off with a surprise omelette breakfast - complete with [...]

Lots of smart people have lots of great recommendations for Obama’s healthcare reform strategy.
Eliza’s own Alex Drane joins other Boston-based healthcare and healthcare IT folks by sharing her perspective here.
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My wife Amy and I went to a Chinese New Year party recently. Our friends had requested our birth date before we got there and when we arrived we were given a name tag with our zodiac sign.
What I learned at this party (held by friends who studied acupuncture in China) is that the Chinese [...]

Just talked about Eliza at SXSW and why you should think about going.
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So let’s say you do swing by SXSW.  Where should you go and what should you do?  Well first of all, ping us — we’d love to have ahealthy discussion.  Then, as you’re wandering about, make sure and check out the following (Melanie’s [...]

South by Southwest is a rockin’ good festival in Austin, Texas, best known for music and film.
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Arguably the hottest new part of it is SXSW Interactive (March 13-17), dedicated to interactive design, consumer technology, social media, the whole gig.  This year’s is titled “The Brightest Minds in Emerging Technology” and Eliza is there speaking.
This is [...]

Lucas’ Birthday Party

Seems like someone is having a birthday about every day in an office.
Some offices are smart and just do monthly parties - but that does kind of take the fun out of it.
And it doesn’t really resolve the great debate: regular cake vs. ice cream (or frozen yogurt) cake.
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For Lucas’ (CEO and big puba) recent [...]

Lots of talk about social networks - even a Twitter feed here at the 2009 Employer Health and Human Capital Congress.
We’re talking about how to use the web and other channels to build online communities — thought we should share the experience.
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Slideshow above hits some of the highlights.
Good times and interesting conversation abound.

As if it weren’t enough to be worried about the tenuous job market and our dwindling retirement savings – now the economy is even affecting our waistlines.
Then again, maybe the recession will actually be a good thing. Ready for the “back-to-basics bailout diet”?
Those of you who have been to an Eliza meeting know we’re all [...]