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The slidedeck will either help you as a nurse get the best from twitter, or help you share with colleagues how and why to use twitter. Please download, share and tweet using #nurseuk .
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The #NurseUK Guide To Using Twitter
Listen – Ask – Share
Building A Nurse Community
Why would nurses use twitter?
If they need knowledge on a subject
Or they have information to share
To meet PREP requirementsMaybe to communicate with other nurses
(find out more about nurse communities in social media here)
Twitter allows nurses to share
conversations and information
within a community.
Within twitter Nurses
can also share links to
other social media –
blogs, youtube,
podcasts etc
With Twitter you can “follow”
anyone, anyone can share
and everyone can see each other.
Sign up via www.twitter.com
You can then add some
information about yourself
And a brief biography:
Then you can start tweeting !
And searching for people you want to
follow, or a topic that interests you:
Who should I follow?
This will depend on your interest, as
nurses think about your interest, the
organisations and bodies that offer us
information and support.
Is there news that interest you? Search
and follow those talking about it, share
your views with them; meet and create
new contacts and friends.
And follow !!
Who’ll follow me?
If you have or share interesting
information you’ll be followed.
Being part of a community adds
value, no matter how popular, or
how many followers you have.
Don’t be competitive, just add value.
But to really see the whole picture
download and use:
Or
Via
www.tweetdeck.com
www.hootsuite.com
(other tools available)
These tools allow you :
• to have open or live searches eg #nurseuk, NursingTimes, NMC
• To listen to what everyone is talking about, follow live chats, or unconnected comments.
• To share with everyone – using #nurseuk to reach other nurses.
Tweetdeck:
Has panels separating conversations and is installed on your computer/smartphone.
Hootsuite:
Is similar to tweetdeck, but lives on theInternet, so is wherever you’re online.(There are other differences too.)
The two tools are very similar andonce you can use one you canuse the other, so for simplicity we will just look at Tweetdeck.
All you need to do is downloadTweetdeck, for free, having registered on twitter, then…
Open your eyes!
You can tweet via tweetdeck, byclicking on compose update:
You can search by clicking on the+ symbol to add a column:
.. this opens a window to search
This search adds a column to yourTweetdeck, separating conversations:
You can add as many columns asyou like:
About any subject.
Tools like tweetdeck and hootsuiteallow nurses to have permanentwindows to information.
This allows nurses to listen, to askand to share all at the same time.
What information can we share?
!ANYTHING !
A lot of nursing organisations
already have some
valuable
info on their
websites.
It just needs signposting in the
right direction using #nurseuk to
make best use of twitter communities.
But all nurses have valuableknowledge to share too…
If you see an interesting tweet youcan re tweet it - hover over the pictureof the tweeter & click retweet:
And follow them.
Nurses can add links to their tweets to all sorts of other media: websitesblogs, youtube,podcasts,forums, portalsmessage boardsand so much more …
Nurses can not only share information to help our community, but also create it too!
Are you doing some research? Working on some CPD?
Why not put your findings on a blog?
So you can tell the community about it, and we can share it around, for others that will find it useful.
How do you create content?
Why not create a blog?
Here’s my blog, they are free and easy to set up, even I did it!
http://agencynurseuk.blogspot.com
My next presentation will be on“blogging nurses”, due late July 2011.
Twitter is nothing short
of a global phenomena,
giving us all global,
total access to
knowledge…
…The world is yours.
It should be remembered that Twitter is a public forum and should be treated as such.
Remember to be professional and confidential at all times.
NMC guidance can be found here, thisshould be understood and followed.
Don’t forget that an important partof any communication is listeningand the same goes for twitter.
Listen to what others are sayingand help them out – it isn’t allabout talking – it’s about sharing.
Anything that you find interesting
will be of interest to someone else ...
In the #nurseuk community
everyone adds value!
SO…get tweeting, get all you canfrom our community…
Give what you can to the community,either by sharing content, or creating it.
Follow and ask me more @agencynurseSearch and enjoy #nurseuk
But don’t do nothing!
Lets start to…
Listen – Ask – Share
with
Using #nurseuk
Thank you Thank you for viewing this slide deck
By Teresa Chinn
An ordinary RNAn agency nurse
A Blogger &Tweeter
06/2011
http://www.agencynurseuk.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/#!/agencynurse
If you would like to know more or have this presented in person please contact me @agencynurse