Vote for me? Pretty please?

Greet­ings friends!

Recent­ly I entered a schol­ar­ship con­test at my home-away-from-home, The Mayo Clin­ic in Rochester, Freeze-Your-Buns-Off Min­neso­ta. Mayo is host­ing a Social Media Week in Octo­ber where patient advo­cates have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to col­lab­o­rate with doc­tors, admin­is­tra­tors and oth­er health pro­fes­sion­als on using social media tools and mak­ing health­care more patient-cen­tered. Dou­ble win!

As both a patient and a health coach, this is cer­tain­ly a gold­en oppor­tu­ni­ty and I would be thrilled to par­tic­i­pate! There is only one catch…I need to win!

SO friends…[prepare for the shame­less plug], if you feel that I would be a good can­di­date for this schol­ar­ship and agree that I have a strong com­mit­ment to enhanc­ing patient health­care, please vote!

(and if you don’t, maybe call me so I can bribe you with cook­ies con­vince you otherwise?)

**Please note, there are TWO ways to vote, so please read carefully!**

No real­ly, please read VERY carefully. 

Smooches?

1. Fol­low this link to my entry: 

https://network.socialmedia.mayoclinic.org/discussion/lydia-buschenfeldt-patientcaregiver-scholarship-2013

2. After you read my essay, if you like it, you will be prompt­ed to reg­is­ter for an account at the bot­tom of the page. FEAR NOT — this is sim­ply so they know how to count the votes as it pre­vents one per­son from vot­ing 234029384082 times. You will NOT have an inbox filled with junk mail!

(But I would love the per­son who vot­ed 234029384082 times. Just sayin’)

3. After you have reg­is­tered for an account, you will be able to vote! There are three ways to do this...a) leave a pos­i­tive com­ment that briefly explains why I would be a good can­di­date in the com­ment box below the essay, b) “like” the essay by click­ing the like but­ton under­neath the essay and c) BOTH!

Please note, “lik­ing” this essay on Face­book, or even with the Face­book “like” tab that comes up on the upper right-hand screen does not count as a vote!

The icing on the cake? Vot­ing will con­tin­ue through August 9^th, so you even have time to tell your friends all over the world! Score!

I would real­ly love to go and can’t do so with­out your support…so please vote! And tell your pals!

Cheers to health and hap­pi­ness, my friends!