What happens when you gather a couple thousand healthcare, business, and government movers & shakers, then sic them on big topics such as reform, consumerism, and improving care?
Join us at the World Health Care Congress, starting April 12, to find out.

We’ll be in the midst of all, participating in events including:
A panel discussion led by [...]

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Eliza tries a lot of things.  Some work and some don’t.  That’s the price of innovation.
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One of the crazier things we’ve tried, that actually worked and worked well, was Speed Recruiting.
Basically take speed dating (five minutes at a table, bell rings, rotate, repeat) and apply it to an interviewing process and there you have it.
As [...]

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Eliza had quite a happening at the 2009 Health 2.0 in San Francisco.
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Click through the slide show below to see the whole shabang.
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Highlights include Eliza hosting a cocktail party…
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… (we always love a party).
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Alex was interviewed in a session called “Three CEOs and a (kick @ss) President” where she announced Eliza and Sprigley joining forces [...]

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WOW! I know that word doesn’t quite explain the feeling of having your company and president mentioned (several times) in HR Magazine, but it is about all I can come up with.
SHRM, which is the Society of Human Resources Management, is a great organization (I actually belong to the Austin chapter) that has been around [...]

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Eliza’s located on Boston’s North Shore.
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It gets cold in the winter…
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… so when the weather turns nice it has to be enjoyed.
Bookending the summer season were a couple of events
An impromptu Spring Fling BBQ (professional chef Melissa whipping up a feast including steak sandwiches with orange and chili sauce):
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and a company-wide picnic capping off the season:
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Food, fun, [...]

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Health 2.0 kicked off this morning in Boston - and Eliza kicked it off.
The 2009 Health 2.0 in Boston is a joint gig with The Center for Information Therapy focusing on the tensions and synergies between Information Therapy and the whole 2.0 ‘thing’ (users engaging in an architecture of participation).
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Add to that how hot health [...]

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So what happened at SXSW ‘09?
Lots of social media gurus - really popular since it’s catching on in the corporate and mainstream worlds.
Question was largely: “So what’s next?”  ”Why do we care?”  or in the words of Tim O’Reilly, “How do we use this to get to the STUFF THAT MATTERS?”
One of the themes that came [...]

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Our own Alex Drane recently went into the WBNW 1120 AM radio studio for a live, on-air segment with host Chuck Morse. His “Business Spotlight” show airs in greater Boston, Plymouth, and Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Photo by jschneid, used under Creative Commons License
As someone who spends his working hours trying to engage his listeners in a wide range [...]

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So Eliza spoke at SXSW…
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… and we promised to share the experience.
(This and the following are Flash videos, so if you can’t see it just make sure you have the latest Flash version by downloading it here.)
There was a lot to do and see:
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Eliza around SXSW ‘09 from Eliza Blog on Vimeo.

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… and Eliza spoke and [...]

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The energy here at SXSW is a very different vibe than what you typically see in the health care industry - less blue blazers, more blue hair.
Most people know about SXSW for its music and film fests, which are truly extraordinary (How can you beat hanging out on the Austin City Limits stage at a Wired [...]

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If you’re at SXSW (and if you attend only one conference this year, you should strongly consider it), please swing by and see Eliza speak.
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This is a SXSW Interactive  ’09 Core Conversation, a free-flowing, conversational exchange.
Stay tuned…

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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Thursday Feb 5th, 2009, save the date: Eliza will be keynoting the 4th annual World Health Congress.
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The World Health Congress runs a bunch of interesting stuff.  Next week we’ll be speaking at the Employer Health & Human Capital Congress in Washington, D.C., keynoting a session on using the web and social networking forums to drive employee [...]

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