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Children with Diabetes
Jeff HitchcockMarch 2010
CWD Teens at Friends for Life
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
CWD History … or 15 years in 30 seconds
• Children With Diabetes (CWD) began in July 1995• First “Dear Dr. Hitchcock” email Nov 1995• Chat rooms 1996• First poll October 1998 (what glucose meter?)• First conference in June 2000• Quilt for Life 2002; DC June 2006, again August
2008• CWD Teen visit to Italy in 2004• Presentations in Dubai in 2007• Friends for Life 2007 hosted 2,500 people• Toronto 2007, first international conference• Now hosting over 25,000 visitors per day from over
155 countries monthly• April 2008 – CWD joins the Johnson & Johnson
Family of Companies• First Friends for Life UK conference in August 2009
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
CWD
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Who Uses CWD?
• No registration, so all data is from polls asking users to describe themselves
• From Online Poll:– Parent of child with type 1: 69%– Adult with type 1: 9%– Teenager with type 1: 8%– Parents with type 1 & child with type 1: 3%
• Traffic from over 160 countries• Clear focus on type 1 diabetes
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What’s Inside CWD?
• Over 33,000 pages• People
– Stories, polls, surveys, chat rooms, forums• Clinical information
– Diabetes basics, products, care suggestions, school & 504 plans
• News– “What’s New,” research updates, links to stories
• Email lists– Parents, geographical most used
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CWD: Kids’ Stories
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CWD Forums
• Giving users a voice– > 6,780 users– > 49,000 threads– > 559,000 posts
• Interesting discussions about daily care and social support issues
• Posts have an impact
Recent Poll – Nighttime Monitoring (non-CGM)
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Conferences—the Heart of CWD
• Four to six conferences each year– “Friends for Life” annual
international conference in Orlando in July
– “Friends for Life” conferences in UK & Canada
– Two regional conferences, spring and fall
– January conference in Florida• World class faculty• Latest research and management
strategies• Most companies involved with
type 1 diabetes• Extensive social activities and
support• Scholarships through the
Diabetes Scholars Foundation (www.diabetesscholars.org)
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CWD’s first “conference” – Orlando 2000
All the kids who had diabetes … about 65
Kids at Orlando 2000
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Orlando 2001—The First Real Conference
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Pasadena 2002—First West Coast Event
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Orlando 2003—Will Cross Motivates
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LA 2004—Douglas Cairns
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Orlando 2005—Back to Orlando For Good
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Orlando 2006—Chris Dudley
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Orlando 2007—Louis
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Orlando 2008—Faculty Posters, 1000 First Timers
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Orlando 2009—PJ the Dog and More Grandparents
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Friends for Life UK
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From around the world
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Families
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Scenes from Friends for Life
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Quilt for Life
• Collection of 3’ quilt squares,
• 709 as of September 2009
• Shown at CWD’s Friends for Life conferences and in Washington, DC
Marco Island—CWD’s Slice of Paradise
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www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
Upcoming CWD Conferences
• 2010 – Friends for Life Annual International Conference 2010 at the
Marriott World Center Resort in Orlando, Florida (June 30 - July 4, 2010) – Friends for Life Canada 2010 at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel
Harbourside in Vancouver, BC, Canada (August 27-29, 2010) – CWD Focus on Technology at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel,
Charlotte, North Carolina (September 3-5, 2010)– Friends for Life UK 2010 at the Beaumont House, Old Windsor,
Berkshire (October 29-31, 2010) • 2011
– CWD Family Support Weekend at the Marriott Marco Island Resort, Marco Island, Florida (Dec. 30, 2010 - January 1, 2011)
– CWD Focus on Technology at the Marriott Cincinnati North, West Chester, OH (March 25-27, 2011)
– Friends for Life Annual International Conference 2011 at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida (July 6-10, 2011)
– Friends for Life Canada 2011 at the Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre, Toronto, Canada, July 29-31, 2011
– CWD Focus on Technology at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle, Washington (November 18-20, 2011)