Developing a content plan helps keep your organization’s communications consistent and on track when workloads increase and times get hectic. But just getting started on a blog or an article can be a hurdle to following and fulfilling that content plan. Knowing what questions to ask if you’re interviewing a patient for a healthcare story […]
Project management is one of those lifetime skills I’ll always need to and want to work on. When I joined the Chartwell Agency team in 2017, I was impressed by some of the processes in place for working with our clients. Those include regular meetings and regular follow-ups, whether those are about individual projects or […]
Storytelling has been on my mind the past two weeks. That’s because my dad passed away April 25 after battling pancreatic cancer for about two years. I’m a writer by trade but nothing really prepares you for writing an obituary about someone you love. Nevertheless, that’s what I found myself doing during the car ride […]
As I would yell questions across the newspaper newsrooms where I used to work, many a wise editor would respond with, “Look it up.” In fact, I think that phrase harkens back to school librarians who would say the same thing to us as junior high or high school students researching projects and papers. It […]
Welcome to 2021 and congratulations on making it through 2020.
If we haven’t said it lately, thank you for taking time to visit our website and check out our blog.
Hello to all the new visitors out there. If you’ve been here before, this particular blog might look a little different (spoiler – it’s the video).
The COVID-19 pandemic has both underscored the importance of healthcare and challenged it in unexpected ways this year. Many hospitals and health systems were full of COVID patients and struggling with procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators necessary to treat these individuals. On the flip side, many communities reduced or shut down nonemergency medical […]
Back in my newspaper reporter days, I remember thinking everybody could write. I was surrounded by writers and writing every day. It wasn’t until I left and entered the communications/marketing world that I saw writing can cause serious anxiety for some people, akin to public speaking. We write a lot of content on behalf of […]
The best commercials spark conversation, and there’s a series of TV ads that still make me smile each time I see them and keep coming up in conversation with friends and family. Those would be the “Dr. Rick” commercials for Progressive Insurance. The fictional “Parenta-Life Coach” and author of “Un-Becoming Your Parents” works with new […]
We know COVID-19 restrictions and precautions are still in place, but most states are taking gradual steps to increase various activities that were disrupted by the pandemic. Healthcare providers had to put a hard stop to elective procedures in March to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Hospitals focused on treating COVID patients and emergencies, and […]