The document discusses Rare Disease Day, an initiative to raise awareness of rare diseases. It provides details on the initiative's goals of creating a central website for information, gathering event listings, and encouraging social media engagement. Metrics are given on the success of the website, social media interactions, and traditional media coverage. Challenges of limited time and resources are also noted. The webinar focused on discussing how to sustain momentum from Rare Disease Day, integrate social media with other communications, and encourage more people to take action after learning about rare diseases.
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Rare Disease Day Webinar
1. Rare Disease Day: Raising
Awareness, Sparking Action
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March 12, 2010
2. Overview
What is the Rare Diseases
Path? & Social Media
Rare Disease
Discussion
Day Initiative
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3. Overview
What is the Rare Diseases
Path? & Social Media
Rare Disease
Discussion
Day Initiative
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4. What is the Project All About?
Bringing Diverse Group of Health Marketing
Communications Pros Together
Providing Tools for Education, Collaboration
Collecting and Sharing Knowledge,
For Today & Future
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5. Overview
What is the Rare Diseases
Path? & Social Media
Rare Disease
Discussion
Day Initiative
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6. NORD
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
๏ง Non-profit organization established in 1983
๏ง Dedicated to helping people with rare diseases and
assisting the organizations that represent them
๏ง A rare disease is one that affects fewer than
200,000 Americans
๏ง Through programs of education, advocacy, research
and patient assistance, NORD serves the nearly 30
million Americans who have rare diseases
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7. How is Social Media Impacting the
Rare Disease Community?
2010 Inspire/NORD Community Survey
Focused on benefits of community for social
and physical health, unmet needs
554 members of Inspire NORD
community completed survey
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13. Rare Disease Day
๏ง A global initiative launched two years ago by
EURORDIS to raise awareness of rare diseases as a
public health concern
๏ง NORD is national sponsor
๏ง Observed on the last day of February
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14. Rare Disease Day US 2010
๏ง How could NORD best support this grassroots initiative
to increase awareness?
๏ง Create a website: one central location for all
information, easy to navigate, focused
๏ง Gather information on events and activities
๏ง Ask organizations to become partners
๏ง Encourage individuals to ask governors for state
proclamations supporting Rare Disease Day
๏ง Get social
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15. Three Steps to Spreading the Word
1. Make your message SHAREWORTHY
2. Go to your audience
3. Help them share it
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21. Utilize All Marketing Channels
๏ง Emailed partners and asked them to share the word
with their members
๏ง NORD website referred visitors
๏ง Press releases
๏ง Support from partners drove traffic
๏ง Lundbeck Raise Your Hand campaign
๏ง Shire FlipVideo Giveaway
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22. Traditional Media Results
๏ง Blog by NORD's president on Larry King Live
Facebook page
๏ง ABC News website story: "Not Crazy: Families
Facing Rare Disease Uniteโ
๏ง Many local news stories based on proclamations:
"UCF Students get Rare Disease Day Recognized in
Florida" (OrlandoSentinel.com)
๏ง Discovery Health promoted NORD and Rare
Disease Day in conjunction with launch of new TV
show
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23. Interactive Results
๏ง Website launched December 9, 2009
๏ง17,565 visits with 58,508 page views
๏งAverage of 3.33 pages/visit , 2:52 minutes on site
๏ง 39 State Proclamations
๏ง 30 national events submitted
๏ง 60 patient stories submitted
๏ง 350+ partners
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