When it comes to TV and video, Al Roker provides one of my favorite quotations:
“They say the camera adds 10 pounds. OK. So I figure I must be standing in front of 10 cameras.”
Oh, yes, Al. I know how you feel….
However — I’ve decided to come out of my video-avoidance closet to share the following with you all.
First — my excitement at the invitation a week ago to appear on MSNBC to speak to a problem that I actually cited a few years ago – that July is the worst month of the year to be hospitalized. Why? Watch and see!
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(Even got my two cents in about hiring patient advocates!)
So that’s the first one. But if I’m going to jump in to the world of video, I might as well do it with both feet. Many of you know that I am brought in to speak at various conferences and meetings across the US and Canada. I enjoy speaking! So in my attempts to do even more of it, I’m told I need to have a professional video made. So, yes, I finally bit that bullet, too, and have uploaded the online version of the opening here.
It’s not like I’ve never done TV before – I have done local TV on a number of occasions. And broadcast isn’t the problem – ferheavensake, I have hosted a radio show for 4+ years! But video, in general, has just always been a step I’ve avoided.
Until today. So, OK, I feel better now. [[gulp]]
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Trisha,
You did a great job on MSNBC. Great job getting the information in about the value to a patient of having a Patient Advocate by their side. Kudos to you, too, for the big hit in O Magazine. ALL of your work is immensely helpful in educating the public about Patient Advocate work, and it many benefits to support a patient’s “smooth” road to recovery. Thank you.
Sheryl Kurland
Orlando Patient Advocates