Today, I was fortunate enough to featured by the wonderfully talented Kim Randall on her Not Just Another Blog. Throughout the year she is running a very creative series called Rockin’ It In 2010 that profiles people that are having a good time and successfully applying what they’ve learned about social media.It is an honor to be selected!
To qualify to be “Rockin’ ” you have to be nominated by someone. I was nominated by my good friend Michele Northrup, owner of the Intensity Academy hotsauce company and maker of the sauces that we GIVE AWAY FOR FREE to patients at Bright Eyes.
To help educate patients and parents about visual problems and treatments, we have been giving out online references for the last few years. Well, I was looking at it the other day while handing it to a patient and I was shocked at how out of date it was! I am happy to report that the amount of information on children’s vision and vision therapy has absolutely EXPLODED on line.
I hope that you find the references below useful in learning about vision and finding others with similar questions and experiences. And, of course, do not hesitate to Ask Dr. Nate. You may also want to share your experience online via one of the below, or email me at doc@brighteyestampa.com.
I am intentionally leaving in the full links so that if you want to print and share this information with a friend or a family member you can do so without having to Google or Bing any of them.
Also, understand that this is not a comprehensive list. I have not included every possible online resource – the list would be too long! If I have left any out that you think should belong, please let me know!
Note – There are lots of great bloggers in Tampa and we’re going to begin showcasing their talents with periodic guest posts. This is a great way to further strengthen ties with the community. This first guest post is by Laura Petrolino of Flying Pig Communications. – Dr. Nate.
You visit the grocery store to find the cashier remembers your name and asks about the sick child you had come in last week to buy cough syrup for….
What do you do?
The manager at your favorite restaurant surprises you by giving you a complimentary lunch, for no reason other than as a thank you for your continued business…..
What do you do?
You go to have your hair cut by a new stylist, who not only takes you late and treats you rudely, but also leaves you with a Beatles inspired mop-top……..
I hope no one minds if I take a quick moment to highlight some of the things have have been written about me and Bright Eyes Family Vision Care recently. I’d like to add that not only would this aggregation of links not be possible, but none of the individual articles, blogs and comments would have been written if it were not for social media. This is just one more example of how cool social media is for small business.
This is an Guest Post by Stephanie Leary, who is training to be a Vision Therapist. Although her story is long, I encourage you to read it because it is not written by a doctor or by a newspaper reporter, but from a mother how has experienced how vision therapy can change lives. – Dr. Nate
I cannot thank my eye doctor enough for all that his vision therapy program has done for both my son and me. The transformation that has taken place in both of us is profound and absolutely life changing! I am writing our story in hopes that it will be given to any person diagnosed as needing vision therapy. I hope that our story will help them decide to pursue the treatment. I know that they are skeptical and I thought that hearing our story from the perspective of a college educated mother who herself experienced vision therapy with her son might shed some light on very unfamiliar territory. I want them to understand the varying degrees of these vision problems and their implications behaviorally. I want them to know that no matter what the severity, pursuing vision therapy treatment will help. Unlike psychology, which is subjective, vision therapy is measured and you will see the results, in black and white, printed out for you from the Visagraph. The computer will show you what your eyes are doing while you read and evaluate your comprehension. The Gardner Test will further evaluate your visual abilities, including things like visual memory and visual discrimination. Read the rest of this entry »
As I have explained in this post, I have an extremely long, poly-ethnic last name. During my residency, optometry students started calling me “Dr. B”, because there were many doctors to refer to and Dr. Bonilla-Warford just takes too much time to say.
I have kept up “Dr. B.” out of convenience. But have noticed something: Nobody really spontaneously calls me “Dr. B.” any more. They will if I ask them to, but they don’t do it on their own. Instead, they call me “Dr. Nate.” In fact, I now have more people that call me “Dr. Nate” than “Dr. B.”
So I am formally announcing that my new nickname is “Dr. Nate.” Accordingly, I’ll be changing the Ask B. category to “Ask Dr. Nate.”
This is a blog for Bright Eyes Family Vision Care, an Optometric practice in Tampa, FL that is owned by Nathan Bonilla-Warford, O.D., F.A.A.O. Most of my patients know that I like to share information. This will be an additional way for me to share news about events and changes at Bright Eyes and discuss new developments about vision care. I like feedback, so feel free to leave comments!
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