Nominate Epilepsy Site for a Shorty Award

If you are on Twitter, don’t miss this opportunity to vote for Living Well With Epilepsy in the Shorty Awards. Voting opened on January 7 and runs until February 10.

This is the 5th Annual Shorty Awards and it is time for Epilepsy to get a seat at the table. I have created a category for #epilepsy. This will help raise awareness and provide a way to connect on social media. So, take a minute, send a tweet and make a difference.

Here’s what you need:
A twitter account

Here’s what to do:
Send a tweet (any of the following will do)

Sample tweets:
I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #epilepsy because awareness will get us closer to a cure.

I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #epilepsy because more than 65 million people are living with epilepsy right now.

I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #epilepsy because she is speaking out for a cure.

I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #epilepsy because https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com rocks.

Here’s the rules:

Be sure the tweet begins with: “I nominate @jessicaksmith for a Shorty Award in #epilepsy because [you must add a reason here].
Retweets (RTs) are eligible (if you include all the other required bits)

If you have questions or comments add them here.

Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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