Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
#PolicyRx14
The First Policy Prescriptions® Symposium & Contributor Retreat
April 5 & 6, 2014
Lancaster Hotel / 701 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002 /(713) 228-9500 /thelancaster.com
Saturday, April 5, 2014
12pm
Opening Lunch and Networking
2pm
Who are we? The history, mission and vision of PolicyRx
Cedric Dark, Founder and Executive Editor,
3pm
Lobbying 101: Tips on reaching and influencing policy-makers
Séan Patrick Nichols, Director of Public Affairs at Renaissance Air
4pm
Agents of Change: What lawmakers need for better decision-making
Garnet Coleman, Texas State Representative (TX-147)
5pm
Media Training: Connecting with print, video, and social media
Tyeese Gaines, Clinical Instructor at Yale School of Medicine, Health Editor at theGrio.com (NBC News), and Emergency Medicine Physician at Raritan Bay Medical Center
7pm
Happy Hour and Dinner
Sunday, April 6, 2014
8am
Lessons from Public Health, Business, Law School
Cedric Dark, Renèe Volny-Darko, Kameron Matthews
9am
Writing Workshop: Introducing our Style Guide
Farah Kudrath, Managing Editor, Policy Prescriptions ®
10am
The Business Plan
Renèe Volny-Darko
11am
Product Development Brainstorming
We will discuss forthcoming products such as: infographics, podcasts, and videocasts
12pm
Concluding Lunch
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