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January 30th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: TMI Award

by Amanda

Before we announce the winners of the Health Activist Awards – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each award.

Let’s look at the TMI Award Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know.

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TMI Award This Health Activist always goes there – no matter how personal or embarassing the story.

 

Mo- Mommy Odyssey


Jacquie Wojcik – Bad Pancreas


Sara – A Girl With Guts


Jenni Schaeffer – Jenni’s Guts


Brynn Hultquist – Lupus Interrupted


Wendy Holcombe – Picnic With Ants


Congrats, Finalists – you’re brazen, brave, and bring a lot of awareness while entertaining and helping your communities.

 

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January 30th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: Offline Crusader

by Amanda

Before we announce the winners – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each award.

 

Let’s look at the Offline Crusader Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know.

 

 

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Offline Crusader Award
This Health Activist did amazing things offline this year. Tell us about your favorite.

 

Regina Holliday – Walking Gallery 2010 | Regina Holliday’s Medical Advocacy Blog


Erin Smith – NYC Celiac Disease Meetup Group | Gluten-Free Fun


Jennifer Pettit – Disability Mentoring Day and UII Events | MY UII Blog


MJ Train & Michelle Litchman – Diabetes Mixer | Sweet Advice


Congrats, Finalists – you bring the passion of online health advocacy offline, expanding your efforts and awareness for your communities.

 

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January 30th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: Best Kept Secret

by Amanda

Before we announce the winners – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each award.

 

Let’s look at all the Best Kept Secret Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know!

 

 

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Best Kept Secret Award
Who is a hidden gem of the Health Activist world?

 

Selena MKI – Oh My Aches and Pains


Rick Pescatore- Little White Coats


Lee Horbachewski – SimpLee Serene


Heidi Skiba – Ostomy Outdoors


Rudy Sims – @disability


Regina Townsend – The Brown Egg


Congrats, Finalists – people think you’re doing amazing things and that now’s your chance to shine as the awesome leaders you are!

 

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January 30th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: Best In Show

by Amanda

Before we announce the winners – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each award.

 

Let’s look at all the Best in Show Finalists. One of these will be the winner – in each category – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know, like, follow, and read!

 

 

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Best in Show: Blog
This Health Activist dominates the blog platform and is a great model for taking it to the next level.

 

Kerri Sparling – Six Until Me


Maisie McInerney- Lyme Chick


Jenna Dye Visscher – The Feeding Edge


Pandora – Serial Insomniac


Natasha Tracy – Bipolar Burble | Natasha Tracy Online


Best in Show: Community
This Health Activist dominates a community or forum platform and is a great model for taking it to the next level.

 

Jason Leitman – Crohn’s Disease and My Experience


Max Szadek – Divabetic


Jeffrey Roberts – IBS Group


Jenni Prokopy – ChronicBabe


Paul Gileno – US Pain Foundation


Best in Show: Facebook
This Health Activist dominates the Facebook platform and is a great model for taking it to the next level.

 

Jeffrey Roberts – IBS Self Help Group on Facebook


Katie Brown – LUNGevity Foundation on Facebook


Niki Wyre – RA Chicks on Facebook


Best in Show: Twitter
This Health Activist dominates the Twitter platform and is a great model for taking it to the next level.

 

Nate Osit – @NateOsit


Cherise Shockley – #DSMA and @Diabetic_Iz_Me


Jason Leitman – @CrohnsDiseaseSN


Congrats, Finalists – you’re super role models for every platform you use and lead!

 

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January 29th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: Best Affirmation Post

by Amanda

Before we announce the winners – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each Health Activist Award.   Let’s look at the Best Affirmation Post Award Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible posts by Health Activists that you should read.

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Best Affirmation Post

The best single post that explains, outlines, or affirms the Health Activist mission.

 

Wil Dubois – “I love you guys (and maybe the girls a little bit more” | LifeAfterDx–CGM Chronicles


Christine Miserandino – “The Spoon Theory” | But You Don’t Look Sick


Timothy Ringgold – “A New Day +1?” | Bella’s Blessings


Kymberli Barney – “The Truth About Trying” | The Smartness”


Congrats, Finalists – your posts (and blogs in general) are great – and you really inspire people to become leaders, too.

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January 29th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: Health Activist Hero

by Amanda

Before we announce the winners – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each award.

 

Let’s look at the Health Activist Hero Award Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know.

 

 

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Health Activist Hero Award
Who has changed your life? There are some people who can change your entire outlook on life just with their story, their dedication, their words, and their encouragement. Who is your Health Activist Hero? Who would you like to thank and why? This award is an emotional one but will yield some incredible camaraderie.

 

Kelly Wahle – Fly With Hope


Jason Leitman – Crohn’s Disease Support Network


Max Szadek – Divabetic


Ellen Schnakenberg – Migraine.com


Christine Miserandino – But You Don’t Look Sick


Patty Hagler-Verdugo – Dr. Patty


Laura (Collins) Lyster-Mensh – F.E.A.S.T (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders



Congrats, Finalists – you’re changing people’s lives through your inspiration communities.

 

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January 28th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: Paperboy Award

by Amanda

Before we announce the winners – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each award.

 

Let’s look at the Paperboy Award Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know.

 

 

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Paperboy Award
The Health Activist who always brings you the latest and greatest news and research.

 

Amy Tenderich – Diabetes Mine


Mark Stecker – Wheelchair Kamikaze


Brigid Laurito – My Rheumatoid Arthritis Journey



Congrats, Finalists – you’re each so informative and offer incredible information for your communities and anyone else who reads your work.

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January 28th, 2012

Announcing Health Activist Award Finalists: Hilarious Health Activist

by Amanda

It’s almost time for us to announce the winners of the first Health Activist Awards! As you may have seen, we received hundreds upon hundreds of nominations that we then handed over to our Health Activist Judging Panels to pick their favorites out of all the nominees. It was a time-intensive task but the judges did an excellent job and took the responsibility quite seriously. So, before we announce the winners – we want to announce who made the cut and were selected as Finalists for each award.

 

Let’s look at the Hilarious Health Activist Award Finalists. One of these will be the winner – but all are incredible Health Activists that you should know.

 

 

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Hilarious Health Activist
You swear you’re at a comedy show.  This Health Activist brings the funny with the advocacy.

 

Christie Germans – The Lesion Journals


Chato Stewart – Mental Health Humor


Rick Green – Totally ADD


Jaquie Wojcik – Bad Pancreas


Jenny – The Bloggess


Jackie Zimmerman – Blood, Poop, & Tears


Doug Ankerman – My Odd Sock


 

Congrats, Finalists – you’re all hilarious and bring a lot of joy to your communities.

 

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January 16th, 2012

Now Live: All Health Activist Award Nominees

by Amanda

Now that the Health Activist Award nomination period has concluded and judging has begun, we are pleased to share all of the nominations with you! As they say, it’s just an honor to be nominated – and, looking at what the nominators had to say about all the Health Activists they nominated – it’s true.

People are truly moved by the work you are doing for your health community and you’re in great company. We received hundreds upon hundreds of nominations telling us why you’re so inspiring to your members, readers, and friends. In fact, we received so many nominations that we couldn’t share them all! But we did want to provide a list of who was nominated (and for which award they were put up for).

To check out the list of all 2011 Health Activist Award nominees click here.

 

Note: We will be sharing a whole bunch more with you as our finalists for each award are chosen and the winners are selected – so stay tuned. This is just the very tip of the iceberg of Award info we’ll share.

Remember we’ll be announcing the official winners of the Health Activist Awards live in our Health Activist Tweetchat on Tuesday, January 31st at 3pm ET – you won’t want to miss it! Click here to RSVP to our Facebook Event for the chat.

 

 

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January 2nd, 2012

That’s all folks! Health Activist Awards Nominations are Closed

by Amanda

Thank you all so much for your support and excitement during the month of December. You made the first ever Health Activist Awards a huge success and helped make so many online health leaders feel great about their work and hopefully motivated to do more amazing things in 2012.

Just a quick note that the nomination period is now officially over and the judging period has begun. We will be setting up judging panels with our Health Activist judges, WEGO Health team members, and industry leaders who will put their heads together and select the winners from all the incredible nominations we received. It’s a tough job but we’re really excited about it!

 

If you haven’t yet – feel free to share the nominations you wrote and received with your community – the ones we’ve seen have been so inspiring and you really do deserve it. The kind words your community members have said about you are perfect to file away and keep handy for those burnout days or days you need a pick-me-up with your blog or community.

 

We will still be sharing nominations – so be on the lookout! And we’ll be starting our 2012 off with a whole bunch of goal-setting and editorial planning and hope you’ll join us in looking ahead for, what we hope will be an even bigger and better year in Health Activism! Thanks for all you do and for your contributions to the Health Activist Awards – winners will be announced January 31st at 3pm ET in our #HAchat so stay tuned :)

 

 

 

 

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