"Telling the Public Health Story – How to Affect Policy, Engage Elected Officials and Inspire
Citizens" is the topic for the 13th annual Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health on March 29. Andy
Goodman, director of The Goodman Center in Los Angeles, will present the topic from 4-5:30 p.m. in 228
Bowen-Thompson Student Union at Bowling Green State University.
Goodman is a nationally recognized author, speaker and consultant in the field of public interest
communications. Along with the book "Storytelling as Best Practice" he is author of "Why
Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes" and "Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes."
To learn more about his work, please visit http://www.agoodmanonline.com and
http://www.thegoodmancenter.com.
Sponsoring the lecture are BGSU’s Center for Excellence for Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan, the
College of Health and Human Services, and the Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health in partnership
with the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) and sponsored in part by the Cove
Charitable Trust of Boston and the Wood County Hospital Foundation.
NALBOH was founded by Ned Baker, a Bowling Green resident who served on the Wood County Board of Health
for 12 years.
The lecture named in his honor is available to the public via a webcast at http://wbgu.org/baker.
Questions for the speaker may be emailed to [email protected].