social media and pharma regulatory: making it work
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11/09/09 PRSA Healthcare presentation on Integrating Social Media into your organization's PR: How to Satisfy Regulatory & Legal and Still be Credible -- by Betsy Raymond Stevenson and Steve WoodruffTRANSCRIPT
PRSA2009 Annual International Conference
Integrating New/Social Media into your Healthcare Organization’s Public Relations
How to satisfy your regulatory and legal departments and still be credible
Betsy Raymond Stevenson (@Betsy_RSHC)
Steve Woodruff(@swoodruff)
What is Web 2.0?
A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website content, in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them. (Wikipedia)
What is Social Media?
In two words: Networked Communications
Why is SM important?
Take a deep breath…
What is the new communications flow?
Take a deep breath…• Web, connectivity and mobile devices becoming ubiquitous
• Text, audio, images, video – no boundaries from thought to publication
• Interactions are increasingly real-time
• Thought-leaders are everywhere
• Everything tied together with social networking tools
Explosive Social Media growth
…Total users 300 million
Twitter Unique Visitors
…Total users 54 millionFacebook Unique Visitors
Why should you care about Social Media?
It’s here and it’s growing No one should
know more about you than you
Great opportunity to engage
Guidelines are coming…
…In the meantime avoid inertia, choose your level of engagement
Why the reluctance to embrace web 2.0?
Then
Fear?
Uncertainty?
Now
Frozen in anticipation?
May be years...
But there is a way to keep moving …
HEARINGS
Getting started
Build trust by engaging early
and consistently with regulatory
and legalIdeal More likely
Find/develop company social media champions
Create strategyAgree on the visionContinue to educate
Intranet blogsInternal TwitterSuggestion Box
ACTION WITH TRANSPARENCY BUILDS TRUST
TRUST DRIVES IMPLEMENTATION
Educate and engage internally
HRIT
Internal CommsCollaborate on in-
house practice opportunities
Commit to starting
Levels of engagement
Preclinical
Search yourcompany *name *brands*TAs *issues
Phase I
YouTubePodcasts*Affordable healthcare*Preventing disease*Chronic health problems
Disseminate information one way
Share what’s useful
Phase IIa
External blog such as company history (J&J)
Test a low-risk topic with external interaction
Listen, establish reputation baseline
Phase IIb
ADHD moms, CML Earth (Novartis), Twitter (Novo Nordisk)
Test topic of greater interest for key community interaction
Phase III
Twitter (BI) External Blog (J&JBTW)
External public/company interaction with a personal voice
How not to be credible
Don’t commit resourcesNo trained staff to maintain engagement
Disable social aspects as an automatic reflex
Finding AEsOff-label mentions
Criticism
Second-guess others’ interestsChoose topics without regard for what others want
Use only a corporate voiceWritten company statements
Press releases
Don’t show upSet something up and never go there
Be present sporadically
How to be credible
Be present every dayCommit resources for personnel and training
Keep information current
Be transparentBe clear about what that means
Use people’s interests to choose your topics
PreventionChronic health problems
Access to healthcare
Be personableYou know how
Take time to build trustEngage consistently over time
The business benefit
TRANSPARENCY BUILDS TRUST
TRUST DRIVES BUSINESS
When people trust your brand they buy, recommend, and support what you offer
Summary – Get to know:
Summary – Get to know:
Summary – Get to know:
Summary – Get to know:
Summary – Get to know:
Summary – Get to know:
Leaders: J&J
Marc Monseau
Leaders: Novartis & Novo Nordisk
Erik Hawkinson
Craig DeLarge
Leaders: Mayo Clinic
Lee Aase
Where’s the low-hanging fruit?Most community value / Best biz potential / Least risk
Marketing
• Research
• (existing) Patients
• (potential) Consumers
• Health Care Providers
• Health Communities
Corporate
• External Comms
• Internal Comm/Collaboration
Activities1.Listening2.Sponsoring3.Informing/Educating4.Collaborating5.Dialoguing6.Reminding
Applications1.Blogging2.Wikis3.Micro-blogging4.Video/pod -casting5.Focused communities6.Lifestream platforms (e.g. F’book)7.E-mail/Texting8.Mobile
Thank You…
• Steve Woodruff:
www.stevewoodruff.com
Text swoodruff to 50500 (digital biz card)
Twitter: @swoodruff
• Betsy Raymond Stevenson:
www.raymondstevenson.com
Twitter: @Betsy_RSHC
Social Media for Corporate Communicators free weekly updates/feedback: http://bit.ly/2HKwdo
Getting started with Social Media free e-book, and many more links/resources: http://bit.ly/socialrx
Social Media Tips and Resources….
New to Web 2.0? Get to know it – have fun!
Getting to know Web 2.0 --Process and Resources
Find & Follow –social media experts
PR 2.0 Strategies, blog by Deirdre Breakenridge (@dbreakenridge)
Community and Social Media, blog by Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan)
Mashable.com, blogThe social media guide
TwiTip, blog by Darren Rouse (@twitip)
Four Steps to becoming ‘knowledgeable enough’ –
Join•Public sites
•Like Facebook•Private groups
•Like SocialPharmer
Search for Value & Follow•Twitterati•Google Alerts
Participate•Comment on blog posts•Give status updates•Forward good information
Search –What are other companies doing?And where?
What do the experts say about healthcare social media? Blogs
• Eye on FDA, blog by Mark Senak (@eyeonfda)
– Mark tracks pharma on social media – also check his YouTube site
• Dose of Digital, blog by Jonathan Richman (@jonmrich)
– Pharma and e-marketing
• Pharma Strategy, blog by Sally Church (@MaverickNY)
– Product marketing
• Impactiviti, blog by Steve Woodruff (@swoodruff)
– Social marketing
• RSHC Snapshot, blog and media trends by Betsy Raymond Stevenson (@Betsy_RSHC)
-- Pharma/Biotech Corporate Communications
Private Communities
• Social pharmer.ning.com, Shwen Gwee (@shwen)
– Private community for anyone in pharma and healthcare interested in social media
• Pharmatweetical.com, John Mack (@pharmaguy)
– The pharmaceutical community on Twitter
Develop a vision…
• How can Web 2.0/Social Media --
– benefit your stakeholders• Patients• Investors• Clinicians • Colleagues
– advance your company’s mission
• Improve therapeutic outcomes
• Improve quality of life
Consider social media strategies and projects
Identify your low-hanging fruit
…think it through