Creating conversations on Twitter@janetthomas47

March 2015

#ISTVHK

Overview

• Which Social media?

• Focus on Twitter

• Planning

• Professionalism

• Doing

• Make it happen!

• Twitter action plan

Which Social media?

Which Social media?

Why twitter?

• International

• Inter-professional

• Non-hierarchical

• Immediate

• Conversations

Why twitter?

You can:

• Listen to different perspectives

• Access & discuss latest research

• Ask for advice & opinions• Follow conferences

Planning

• What?• How?• Who?• Personal v professional accounts

• Time available

Professional responsibilities

Know your responsibilities set out by:• Your regulator: HCPC• Your professional body: CSP• Your employer: NHS Fife

Think before posting!

Social media code

• Personal criticism• Data privacy• Personal privacy• Mixing work with pleasure• Friend requests from patients• Personal advice• Handling negative posts

Step one: Your profile

Your profile

Next: Who you follow

Connection and conversation

Then: Connection and conversation

#ISTVHK

Giving a voice to physiotherapists in 201430,735,293 Impressions21,632 Tweets3,271 Participants

Make it happen!

• Do you have a twitter plan?

• Coordinated?

• Plan and prepare

• Why your twitter presence?

• What are you tweeting for?

Make it happen - workshop