Twenty-First Century Donor Recruitment Tools Program Code: 094597 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (ET)
MODERATOR Loyce Holmes, MSM-PM, Haemonetics
SPEAKERS Shankar Goudar, MBA, Carter Blood Care Brian Chandler, APR, Virginia Blood Services
DESCRIPTION
Social networks such as My Space and FaceBook, along with mass communication tools like text messaging and podcasts, are becoming mainstream arsenal for many blood centers to increase donors. For many not-for-profit organizations, finding low-cost channels to communicate to large volumes of people with a positive return on investment is a challenge. Tapping into social networks and mass communication tools appears to be an attractive alternative to this dilemma. This audioconference will demonstrate how two blood centers ventured into these unchartered territories early in their market entry and describe their experiences.