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I just had my mind expanded this morning by Laureen Hudson's hour long online session on how to use the internet to get a message out. Laureen's session “Creating an Online Presence," gave me a wealth of information in a short time and impressed me with how many people are out there who completely rely on the internet for their information. I needed that, and maybe you do, too. - Ina May Gaskin I just hung up the phone from doing the hour long session with
Laureen Hudson on “Creating an Online Presence”. Laureen’s know-how
and expertise were enough to wake up even the birth oldtimers like me and
Ina May to the many unused opportunities of the internet. Laureen’s
engaging and easygoing teaching style made even those scary (to me) terms
like “hypertext, streaming, wordpress, technorati, feedreader and trackback”
start to make sense. Her passion is to reach the generation of young
women who have not yet given birth BEFORE they fall into the black hole
of aggressive obstetrics. I came away from the class today with lots
of ways to improve my website and make it more modern, usable and interesting
for readers. This class will run again this coming Friday (August
22) and I heartily recommend it.
Cost: $35 per session Each session will be 60 minutes in length Creating An Online Presence
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The first thing that I did was e-mail the tv stations health reporter.
I found her e-mail address by watching the news, and going to their main
web page and looking around.
Here is the first letter that I wrote and her replies.
Subject: medical studies
My name is I would love to see a story on channel five on the benefits of having
a doula at a birth. Atlanta hospitals have alarming cesarean rate.
I think that the women of Atlanta deserve to hear how they can improve
their birth experience.
I can be reached by phone at [#] or e-mail [e-mail address].
She wrote back.......................................
Subject: Re: medical studies
Thanks for the tip. I've never heard of a Doula and would love to learn
more. I'm sure our viewers, especially those who are pregnant, would be
just as interested.
Would you be willing to talk to us oncam about what you do -- and let
us shoot b-roll in a delivery room. That last one might be tough, but perhaps
a couple you've been working with would be willing.
I'll call you soon to discuss this, or you can call me at [#].
Then I did not hear from her for a while, so I wrote this.........
Hi Ms My name is I would love for channel five to be the first to share the news about
doulas with Atlanta's women. In Atlanta one in every four women give birth
via c-section. My goal for 1997 is to help lower Atlanta's alarming c-section
rate by spreading the word about how doulas lower c-section rates by 50%!!!
Again, thank you for your interest in doulas. I hope that we can work
together to benefit the women of Atlanta.
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