[PNWHEALTH] PNW SOPHE Newsletter revival

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

I'm acting PNW SOPHE Newsletter editor until we can find someone 
who wants to have fun with me pulling together what I hope will 
be a quarterly newsletter. I'm trying for an *April 21* deadline 
for sending out the Spring issue - one month from today. Content 
deadline is **April 15**.

I need your help, though. As you can tell from my sig file, I'm 
not a health educator. I see your work as critical to the health 
of the country, however, and am willing to put my time into 
helping with your work. But, I do need some help.

I've laid out an outline (always a good first start don't you 
think?) and have started pulling together information I think 
would be useful to you.

What I need from you is *5 minutes* of your time now and then to 
send me tidbits that YOU think would be useful for your 
colleagues to see that they might not see otherwise. I will pull 
those together and put them out as a newsletter for everyone on 
the list to read in a more or less organized fashion. Please 
indicate they are for the Newsletter.

So, here's what I need from you - but you can only spend 5 
minutes (at a time) working on any/all of these. Five minutes 
isn't much time and can make a real professional difference to 
the rest of us.

* Recent articles you've written or identified as being useful in 
your work. Or, books of interest (even if you thing EVERYONE has 
already read them). Think boundary topics, too, books or articles 
that aren't quite health education/promotion but are important.

* Events you know about or are planning, for the Calendar of 
Events section

* Transitions - i.e., job changes, a move from work to 
retirement, additions to the family, other changes. This section 
is about YOU. Let your colleagues know what you are up to. Boast 
a little. You deserve to get kudos and recognition from the rest 
of us.

* Web sites you have bookmarked and adore and return to over and 
over again. If you can't send me anything but a URL, I will 
accept that. Of course, knowing why you find a site useful would 
help me out.

* Computer literacy/informatics tips

* Short articles on relevant topics that *you've* had bottled up 
inside you with no place to publish them. I'm a great editor. I 
accept everything! And will work with you if you just have an idea.

* Anything else you find interesting professionally

Why should you do this?

1. Because you care enough to send the very best!
2. Because you're overworked and need a time out/break (even if 
it is only 5 minutes).
3. Because you're a colleague and colleagues help each other.
4. Because you're also a professional with knowledge that begs to 
be shared.
5. Because I'm asking.
6. Because you will gain new knowledge from sharing.
7. Because sharing is fun.
8. Because I'm likely to nag (oops, maybe I shouldn't have said 
that...)

So, between now and say **April 15**, send me lots and lots of 
infogoodies. I would love to be overwhelmed. My email is: 
larsson at u.washington.edu.

Laura (partner with a librarian today) Larsson

-- 
Keep well and connected,

Laura Larsson
Information Content Manager
Digital Assets Manager
Online Learning Developer
Information Appliance/PDA Trainer

Clinical Faculty
Health Services, SPHCM
University of Washington
larsson at u.washington.edu
List Manager: PHNUTR-L, PHSW, PHNURSES, PNWHEALTH, HSR-L, 
BIRTH23MH, PH-INFO, BRIGHTFUTURES-WA
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