{"id":7839,"date":"2019-02-16T23:34:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T23:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/observant-decision.flywheelsites.com\/ia-iowa-city\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2019-02-17T02:35:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T02:35:52","slug":"social-media-connects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/social-media-connects\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Connects…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Denise Passehl will speak about \u201cSocial Media and Cancer: How the Technology of Now
\nHelped Save My Life\u201d during the 140 Character Conference in Des Moines, Iowa.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Social Media Connects Carcinoid <\/span>and Neuroendocrine Cancer Survivors<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550366904345{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]April 20, 2012<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Denise Passehl, a carcinoid cancer survivor, will share her experience with social media when she participates in the 140 Characters Conference on April 23 in Des Moines, Iowa. The focus of the conference, designed by Jeff Pulver, is how \u201creal time technology (Twitter, Facebook are two examples) is changing business, agriculture, media, education, sports, celebrity \u2013 everything.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”4″ accent_color=”#cccccc” css=”.vc_custom_1550370506445{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550370601510{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]The day begins at 9 am in The Stoner Studio Theatre.<\/strong> Speakers present in segments of 10 to 20 minutes and their information is shared in a tweetable format.\u00a0 The speakers will talk about topics relative to Iowa lives.\u00a0 The conference provides an opportunity for the worldwide Twitter community to listen, connect, share, and engage.\u00a0 Use the hashtag #140confLOCAL<\/strong><\/em> to follow the conference on April 23.<\/p>\n

For Denise, social media offers an opportunity to connect with other patients living with carcinoid, a rare cancer of the neuroendocrine system.\u00a0 She will be talking about how her \u201cexperience on social media has helped me to live with carcinoid\u201d and how she counts on her friends on the carcinoid social media groups \u201cfor support and comfort when others do not understand what I am really going through.\u201d\u00a0 The title of her conference presentation is \u201cSocial Media and Cancer: \u00a0How the Technology of Now Helped Save My Life.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]In her blog, Denise Thinks Green,<\/strong> Denise describes herself as an entrepreneur\/owner of a home-based business, wife, mother of one son, grandmother of twins, dog lover, and nature lover.\u00a0 Her March 14, 2011 blog, Carcinoid Cancer: I Am Thankful for It,<\/strong> explains how the disease has \u00a0brought her \u201cso much closer to God.\u201d\u00a0 Despite having a rare cancer, Denise finds much for which to be grateful, including family, friends, and her medical team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thankful because I have learned to enjoy life a lot more. I laugh, I play and I do what makes me happy. I love each day of my life, it is an adventure and I look forward to what God has in store for me every day. I see things in a different way, like a child sees things. I don\u2019t take anything for granted anymore. Most of all I am thankful that I am alive. My heart is so full of gratitude. \u201c<\/p>\n

Denise\u2019s experience with social media is featured in an article in The Des Moines Register, \u201cCancer Survivor: Twitter has been a lifesaver.\u201d<\/strong> Follow Denise on Twitter, @LoveLivingGreen.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]There are many social media resources<\/strong> for carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor (NET) survivors including a wide variety of Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, online support and discussion groups, and blogs. The following is a sample of social media resources focusing on these rare diseases:<\/p>\n

Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer Survivor Stories & Blogs<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nCarcinoid Cancer Foundation on Facebook<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nCarcinoid Cancer Foundation on Twitter, @CarcinoidNETs<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nCarcinoid Cancer Foundation on YouTube<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nCarcinoid Cancer Foundation\u2019s blog<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nNET Cancer Day on Facebook<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nNET Cancer Day on Twitter, @NETCancerDay<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nNET Cancer Day on YouTube<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nACOR (online support group for carcinoid survivors)<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nLungnoids (online support group)<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nList of more online carcinoid and neuroendocrine cancer support and discussion groups<\/strong><\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550367202747{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Social Media Connects Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer Survivors [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550366904345{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]April 20, 2012 Denise Passehl, a carcinoid cancer survivor, will share her experience with social media when she participates in the 140 Characters Conference on April 23 in Des Moines, Iowa. The focus of the conference, designed by Jeff Pulver, is how \u201creal time technology (Twitter, Facebook are two examples) is changing business, agriculture, media, education, sports, celebrity \u2013 everything.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”4″ accent_color=”#cccccc” css=”.vc_custom_1550370506445{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550370601510{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]The day begins at 9 am in The Stoner Studio Theatre. Speakers present in segments of 10 to 20 minutes and their information is shared in a tweetable format.\u00a0 The speakers will talk about topics relative to Iowa lives.\u00a0 The conference provides an opportunity for the worldwide Twitter community to listen, connect, share, and engage.\u00a0 Use the hashtag #140confLOCAL to follow the conference on April 23. For Denise, social media offers an opportunity to connect with other patients living with carcinoid, a rare cancer of the neuroendocrine system.\u00a0 She will be talking about how her \u201cexperience on social media has helped me to live with carcinoid\u201d and how she counts on her friends on the carcinoid social media groups \u201cfor support and comfort when others do not understand what I am really going through.\u201d\u00a0 The title of her conference presentation is \u201cSocial Media and Cancer: \u00a0How the Technology of Now Helped Save My Life.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]In her blog, Denise Thinks Green, Denise describes herself as an entrepreneur\/owner of a home-based business, wife, mother of one son, grandmother of twins, dog lover, and nature lover.\u00a0 Her March 14, 2011 blog, Carcinoid Cancer: I Am Thankful for It, explains how the disease has \u00a0brought her \u201cso much closer to God.\u201d\u00a0 Despite having a rare cancer, Denise finds much for which to be grateful, including family, friends, and her medical team. \u201cI am thankful because I have learned to enjoy life a lot more. I laugh, I play and I do what makes me happy. I love each day of my life, it is an adventure and I look forward to what God has in store for me every day. I see things in a different way, like a child sees things. I don\u2019t take anything for granted anymore. Most of all I am thankful that I am alive. My heart is so full of gratitude. \u201c Denise\u2019s experience with social media is featured in an article in The Des Moines Register, \u201cCancer Survivor: Twitter has been a lifesaver.\u201d Follow Denise on Twitter, @LoveLivingGreen.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]There are many social media resources for carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor (NET) survivors including a wide variety of Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, online support and discussion groups, and blogs. The following is a sample of social media resources focusing on these rare diseases: Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer Survivor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncan-ia-iowa-city-chapter-support-group-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7839"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7930,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839\/revisions\/7930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.netcan.org\/ia-iowa-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}