Exploring a new way of sharing among friends

I'm going to start by recommending several blogs that folks in public health should probably be aware of and read. The first is written by Dr. Barbara Rimer, Dean of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her blog is called Monday Morning, and it is a great illustration of how well this technology can be used. It is primarily a chance for Dr. Rimer to reflect on any topic that engages her curiosity or is related in some way to the UNC Gillings School and its constituencies, or public health in a broader sense. It is one that I really look forward to each week.

Another blog that I'd recommend for those interested in social marketing is authored by Craig LeFebvre and called On Social Marketing and Social Change. Dr. LeFebvre focuses his efforts on public health and social change programs - blending empirical research and consumer experience. He has several academic appointments but he's an internationally recognized expert in social marketing and communication. For those of you familiar with Dr. LeFebvre's very creative presentation style at professional meetings, you'll probably also know he's a frequent contributor to slideshare.com - which I'll talk more about in later entries to this blog.

I am going to close this post by sharing a video by Hans Rosling that Dr. Rimer has also referenced in Monday Morning. Hans Rosling is a Professor of Global Health at the Karolinska Institue and Director of Gapminder. He is one of the most creative speakers I've ever seen. He has developed an open source visualization system that illustrates data of any kind in ways most of us have never seen or thought about. If you search Youtube or Ted.com you will find some of the videos that he has produced. I'd like to share this most recent video here. I'm embedding it from it's original source on Youtube. It is called "200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats."

I hope you've enjoyed the video. Please feel free to comment, suggest, and share your own thoughts and references so that we can all benefit.