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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. which heralded a new, participatory web culture. Online social networking was just being born. Lots of the social media and interactive Web 2.0 Social Networking Web 2.0 Tools social media Twitter NetSquared'

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” It got started in upstate NY by Pat Quinn and through social networks, it spread to Pete Frates. During the first week in August, 200 people gathered in Copley Square and Pete Frates turned on his social media machine.