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What We're Reading: Aug. 16-20, 2010
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/20/2010 - Standing Partnership's picks of must-read links for the week Speaking can be a lucrative path to new business -- at Standing Partnership we know this, and get out and speak to groups pretty often. (via Joe Stirt) Spin Sucks features a great Facebook case…
Social Networking for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community: Dot429
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/19/2010 - Dot429 launched last month as a professional network designed to connect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and their allies. Business Week has called it "a kind of LinkedIn for LGBT entrepreneurs." This is the first professional network to use sexual identity…
Networking with the Most Influential Business Women in St. Louis
By: Christi Dixon
08/18/2010 - A few of us attended the St. Louis Business Journal's Most Influential Business Women awards last Friday, and we were literally and figuratively overwhelmed by these remarkable women. (Just a side note: our own Cathy Dunkin is an "Influential" alum, and her influence is the…
How I Started Standing: Linda Maniscalco's Story
By: Linda Maniscalco
08/18/2010 - My first encounter with Standing Partnership was approximately 17 years ago. At the time, I was working for another company and Standing Partnership was renting office space from us. One of my responsibilities was to answer the phones for Standing. While Cathy only had a…
St. Louis Health Care Social Media Guide
By: Ashlyn Brewer
08/18/2010 - If you’re a frequent reader of our blog, you know we talk a lot about how health care organizations can use social media to connect to their audiences. Here in St. Louis, we’ve been impressed to see that many health care organizations have embraced these…
Kids Going off to College? Communication is not a Cure for Homesickness
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/16/2010 - You may have a kid going off to college for the first time this fall. It may be your second or third time around (my son's entering his third year of college life). If you don't know from your own experience as a parent, you…
What We're Reading: Aug. 9-13, 2010
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/13/2010 - Standing Partnership's picks of must-read links for the week From social media thought leader and educator Darah Bonham, Should Educators be Required to Create? Think you know a lot about social networking? Try taking the New York Times quiz via @CvlKulow It's intriguing.…
Collaboration in Action: Community Health Centers Week
By: Ashlyn Brewer
08/12/2010 - Happy Community Health Centers Week! Okay, I admit it, I wasn't aware there was a week devoted to honoring the hard work of our community health centers until my colleague, Jennifer Brinkmann, invited the team to attend a celebration at Grace Hill Water Tower Health…
Five Lessons Learned at BlogHer Business 2010
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/10/2010 - Last week I attended BlogHer Business -- the one-day conference offered to women who are, in most cases, professional communicators or those interested in advancing their online presence by learning from those who engage in social media for a living. Some impressive brands were represented…
Can you write in plain language?
By: Beth Minnigerode
08/09/2010 - 46% of adults in the U. S. cannot understand the label on their prescription medicine. 50% of adults in the U.S. are unable to read an eighth grade level book. 44 million adults in the U.S. can't read well enough to read a simple story…
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