Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists
Presented by Shwen Gwee (@shwen)
June 3, 2009
Hosted by WEGO Health
[Abridged version]: This presentation is intended as a resource for individuals who have already
attended the webinar, Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists. To participate in the full webinar
presentation or to be notified of future webinars in this series, please visit WEGO Health
[http://community.wegohealth.com/events].

Agenda:
I. Search
II. Twitter Search: Hashtags
III. Twitter Trends
IV. Finding & Following People
V. Various Twitter Tools
VI. Twitter Management Tools & Apps
VII. TweetDeck: Live Demo
VIII. Mobile Twitter Apps
IX. Question/Answer

Twitter Search:
Search
http://www.summize.com
http://search.twitter.com
http://Twazzup.com
http://www.TweetGrid.com

TweetGrid: Monitoring Multiple Feeds

Twitter Search: Hashtags
Hashtags
http://www.hashtags.org

Twitter Search: Hashtags
#Hashtags:
- “Hashtags are a community-driven convention
for adding additional context and metadata to
your tweets.”
- “They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline
to your post. You create a hashtag simply by
prefixing a word with a hash symbol:
#hashtag.”
- Acts like a reference label
- e.g. #health20 for the Health 2.0 Conference

Hashtags.org: #migraine

Using Hashtags: Twitter Conversations (#hcsm)

HealthSocMed:

HealthSocMed:

Hashtags.org: Trends

Twitter Trends:
Trends
http://www.TwitScoop.com
http://TweetMeme.com
http://www.Twendz.com

Twitscoop:

TweetMeme:

Twendz:

Twitter – Finding & Following People:
Finding & Following People
http://www.Twellow.com
http://www.WeFollow.com
http://www.Twibes.com
http://www.MrTweet.com
http://www.Tweepler.com

Twitter Followers:

Twitter Followers:

Directories: www.Twellow.com

Directories: www.WeFollow.com

Directories: www.Twibes.com

People Management: www.Tweepler.com

Twitter Tools:
Various Twitter Tools
URL Shorteners
http://www.TwitPic.com
http://www.TwtVite.com
http://www.TwtPoll.com
http://www.CoverItLive.com

Twitter URL Shorteners:

TwitPic: Linking Images

TwitPic: Linking Images

TwitPic: Linking Images

TwtVite: Event Management

TwtVite: Event Management

TwtPoll: Twitter Polls

TwtGrid: Twitter Polls

CoverItLive: Live Tweeting Aggregator

Twitter Clients:
Twitter Management Tools & Apps
http://www.TweetDeck.com
http://www.Twhirl.org
http://www.HootSuite.com
http://www.CoTweet.com*
*still in private beta

TweetDeck:
TweetDeck

TweetDeck:
TweetDeck: Live Demo
Resource:
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/learn-how-to-use-tweetdeck-effectively-and-save-time
(shortened to: http://bit.ly/1uyqqF)

HootSuite:

Mobile Twitter Clients:
Mobile Twitter Apps
iPhone
http://www.Twitterific.com
http://www.TwitterFon.com
BlackBerry
http://www.orangatame.com/products/twitterberry
http://tinytwitter.com/

Twitter on the Go: iPhone

Twitterrific:

Twitter on the Go: BlackBerry

Twitter Power Tools Checklist:
 Listen to the community
 Join the conversation through RT, @reply or DM’s
 Establish reputation and expertise through “tweets”
 Manage Tweets through TweetDeck or HootSuite
 Search keywords via Twitter Search
 Follow people with similar interests – Directories, etc.
 Pose questions to the community – use TwtPoll
 Use URL Shorteners – Offer full text elsewhere
(e.g. a blog or website)
 Plan and Manage events using TwtVite
 Attend TweetUps

Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists
Presented by Shwen Gwee (@shwen)
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More about Twitter Power Tools:
\"Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists\" is the second in a series of
webinars designed to help you make the most of your Twitter account as a
Health Activist. This 45 minute presentation was presented by Shwen Gwee.
Shwen is a very active practitioner of social media - he blogs regularly on
the Med 2.0 Blog and Podcast, founded the Social Pharmer Unconference
and Network, and is highly active on Twitter (@shwen), with over 1,700
followers and more than 5,500 tweets. Shwen's aspirations are to combine
his background in academia, agency, and industry together with his
interest, experience and passion for emerging technologies and new
media, in order to drive innovation in science and medicine.
*What does that mean, \"Health Activist\"? Health Activists are people who are
passionate about health, care deeply about others, and are driven to share
their knowledge and experience for the greater good. If you're discussing health
issues on the internet, there's a good chance you're a Health Activist! Take our
quiz [http://www.wegohealth.com/quick_quiz] to find out what type of Health
Activist you are.

More about WEGO Health:
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Health Activists join WEGO Health for special access to information, insights
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helps top health organizations support, navigate and participate in the evolving
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