Sharing the Wealth: Mentoring Newbies to Advocacy

Where do veteran advocates point people new to advocacy for skills, resources, and research? What are trusted resources? 15 interviews from Healthe Voices 22.

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Whenever I go to conferences, I prepare two questions to ask people I meet. I don’t always ask those questions, but I like having them in my pocket. It ties the event together; I learn something, and I listen more than I might have without. Adding the feature of recording more strongly connects me to the interviewees. So, a pleasure to interview twenty-six people in five-minute interviews, although challenging to produce.

Welcome to the third and final episodes created from the Healthe Voices 2022 Conference. I asked where do you point people new to advocacy for skills, resources, and research, to understand trusted sources better. See the previous question episodes in the show notes. People commonly responded with knowing yourself and your skills and not biting off more than you can chew. I include fifteen of the twenty-six responses to reduce redundancy. I asked the fourth question, have you heard of PCORI? As a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board member, I wondered if anyone would include PCORI as a trusted source. I don’t include those responses as 22 of 26 had never heard of PCORI, and only two had any familiarity. Listen…