By: Brian Reid  |  January 25, 2012

Each year, the State of the Union provides a unique snapshot into a president’s thinking, and each one of the thousands of words that comprise the address are scrutinized for... More »

By: Lauren Warthan  |  January 25, 2012

 For those of you that work in social media, you’ll appreciate the recent “54 Warning Signs That You Work in Social Media” list that Jason Keath of Social Fresh put together. I kno... More »

By: Greg Matthews  |  January 25, 2012

#MDigitalLife is a WCG program designed to learn from and to showcase physicians who are blazing new trails in the digital world – changing the way that medicine is practiced... More »

By: Adam Pedowitz  |  January 24, 2012

Studies have shown around 3.75 million Americans potentially suffer from Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD), a medical condition typically diagnosed among workers of non-traditional ... More »

By: Lauren Warthan  |  January 19, 2012

Facebook will roll out today 60 new apps that will work with the new Timeline format to allow users to better share their experiences with others as they happen. Similar to apps th... More »

By: Brian Reid  |  January 19, 2012

This week, Facebook researchers pushed out the results of an ambitious experiment that involved a quarter-billion Facebook users and the sharing of 75 million different links over ... More »

By: Aaron Strout  |  January 19, 2012

As an enthusiast about the mobile/location-based services space, I’m always excited to hear about ground-breaking new technologies and services, particularly those that are b... More »

By: Gail Cohen  |  January 18, 2012

While at the airport heading to WCG HQ, SF, I picked up the Feb 2012 edition of Fast Company — clearly my mailman not so fast on my regular delivery — b/c I was intrigued by ... More »

By: Greg Matthews  |  January 18, 2012

Howard Luks has a lot of titles and roles.  MD.  Orthopedic Surgeon.  Chief of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy. Advisor. Digital Strategist. Chief Medical Officer.  But the role th... More »

By: Manu Field  |  January 13, 2012

The next time that you pull together a proposal for a Med Comms activity, ask yourself the following question: what is it exactly that this event will achieve? You probably already... More »

By: Brian Reid  |  January 12, 2012

  About 8,000 people officially attended the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the biotech-investment marked by crowded hallways, expensive drinks and general excess. But a m... More »

By: Greg Matthews  |  January 11, 2012

“Doctors are beginning to realize that Google is the new CV.” - Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, on changes in physicians’ attitudes towards social media Bryan Vartabedian ... More »

By: Gary Grates  |  January 09, 2012

CEOs are like NFL coaches in that the responsibility for directing their respective organizations (teams) rests on their shoulders. But in an ever changing global marketplace the w... More »

By: Brian Reid  |  January 05, 2012

The Food and Drug Administration, last week, pushed out guidance on how companies may respond to inquiries about off-label use of marketing drugs and devices, reaffirming a policy ... More »

By: Aaron Strout  |  January 04, 2012

Last week, my co-author, Mike Schneider, and I published a blog post called, Location-Based Marketing: 2011 in Retrospect. It took points of view from a lot of smart people who kno... More »

By: Greg Matthews  |  January 04, 2012

I’m excited to announce a new program at WCG – MDigitalLife. MDigitalLife exists to showcase how forward-thinking physicians are using digital communication channels to... More »

By: Greg Matthews  |  January 03, 2012

View the LiveFromStubbs interview with Doug Ulman here. The 3rd edition of the LiveFromStubbs podcast was a special one for me for more than one reason.  First, it was my first on-... More »

By: Aaron Strout  |  December 29, 2011

For anyone that follows the location-based services space, there is no doubt that it has been a big year. With several key acquisitions (Whrrl, WHERE and Gowalla), transitions (Fac... More »

By: Brian Reid  |  December 22, 2011

I was tempted to make a set of predictions on what 2012 would bring (other than the Mayan apocalypse), but it’s a crowded marketplace out there for those with crystal balls. ... More »

By: Lauren Warthan  |  December 21, 2011

Facebook has introduced a new profile page format that according to the social network will help you better tell your life story. Facebook is now pulling user’s data into more of a... More »

By: Brian Reid  |  December 15, 2011

This week’s decision by Politico‘s whip-smart Ben Smith to abandon the powerful political website he helped build to join Buzzfeed, a site known best as a haven for pro... More »

By: Adam Pedowitz  |  December 14, 2011

Got the winter blues? Holidays have you feeling down? For half a million people, December through February is the peak time for a specific type of depression: seasonal affective di... More »

By: Adam Pedowitz  |  December 12, 2011

Joining Twitter, Facebook/Gowalla, Foursquare and others in a flurry of social media announcements this December, StumbleUpon revealed new features and a sleek redesign of its webs... More »

By: Matthew Snodgrass  |  December 09, 2011

The Advanced Learning Institute's Social Media for Pharma conference provided a great line-up of speakers with some interesting perspectives on the state of pharmaceutical marketin... More »

By: Brian Reid  |  December 08, 2011

A year ago, FDA junkies were closely watching for promised guidance on how the agency would approach social media. There was a year-end deadline, and much debate over how much (or ... More »

By: Matthew Snodgrass  |  December 07, 2011

Facebook recently launched an enhanced version of Facebook Insights — their reporting function for brand Pages. Anyone who administers their company’s Facebook Page kno... More »

By: meghanbutlr  |  December 06, 2011

At last week’s Business Insider Ignition 2011 conference, I had the pleasure of listening to Business Insider CEO and Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodget speak with Twitter Chief Revenue... More »

By: Katie Macdonald  |  December 02, 2011

“New media vs old media;” “Print vs. Facebook;” “Twitter vs. full-length article;” “Out with the old and in with the new.”  There ar... More »

By: Brian Reid  |  December 01, 2011

Today, the journal Science published the second in a set of groundbreaking papers that will have a profound effect on how social networks can be designed to turbo-charge public hea... More »

By: melissajrowley  |  November 30, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to attend my second PR Week NEXT conference, an annual event for PR pros to learn from their peers and industry visionaries, debate hot topics and of... More »