The 2DD Forum
The Two Disabled Dudes Forum is an interactive and exciting alternative to a keynote speaker at your next conference or meeting, putting the spotlight on your company or disease community: a patient experience forum, hosted by the Two Disabled Dudes!
Co-hosts Kyle and Sean have established themselves as charismatic and humorous podcasters. Through their LIVE Forum they will interview a panel of your chosen participants to better understand and share the patient experience.
- Kyle & Sean work with your organization to identify a diverse and engaging group of leaders or patients to represent your community or company.
- With coaching phone calls, Kyle and Sean learn from the panel and cultivate confidence in the team.
- The Live Forum is staged at your annual conference, small meeting, office, or as grand rounds at a hospital or clinic.
- Panelists discuss any specific topics relevant to your company or community.
- The panel will be professionally recorded, edited and available online.
EXAMPLES
Patient Forum: Community
Global Genes is a leading patient advocacy organization that serves all rare disease communities. They invited Two Disabled Dudes to present a LIVE patient forum at their 2019 RARE Patient Advocacy Summit in front of 1,000 attendees including patients, scientists, caregivers, industry, and leaders of patient advocacy organizations.
Global Genes worked with 2DD to select the panel and develop the outline of the conversation that took place with 3 patient advocates live on stage. The panel discussed topics like:
- Living for today while working toward a treatment
- How patients can contribute to drug development
- How society views someone with a rare disease
- The incredible objective and emotional working with your community
Listen Here: LIVE at the Global Genes RARE Patient Advocacy Summit
Patient Forum: Industry Impact
Amicus Therapeutics invited the Two Disable Dudes to interview 3 young patients representing different disease indications to talk about what a typical day looks like from their perspective. The panel was presented in front of employees from all over the world for the Amicus All Company Meeting At the Make a Wish Wishing Place in New Jersey. Employees were able to witness the true impact of their work and they left motivated to get back to work.
They talked about topics like:
- What symptoms give you the most trouble
- What is your biggest fear and hope for the future
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Listen Here: Be Yourself - LIVE at Amicus Therapeutics
Leadership Conversation: Drug Development
Reata Pharmaceuticals invited Two Disable Dudes in to the lunchroom in their office with an audience of employees to talk about the history of the company, their culture, and their approach to drug development. In this conversation the CEO and the CMO were able to communicate with their employees and also the communities they serve through meaningful recorded conversations in a comfortable atmosphere. In this same day, the Dudes recorded a conversation with Reata's Director of Patient Engagement...
Things we talked about:
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Listen Here:
Leadership Conversation: Industry Relationships with Patient Advocacy
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