1. How & WhyTweetchatHospice and Palliative Medicine#HPM Wednesday Nights 8p Central

2. HOW Go to: http://tweetchat.com/room/hpm Login on Twitter if you have an account Watch everyone chat Chime in when you want Retweet the smart stuff #hpm is added to each tweet at the end via Tweetchat

3. Type your Tweet here RT = Re-tweet #hpm automatically added Lots o’ links! Quick Use Buttons Reply Your own tweet Re-Tweet Feature/Block Someone replying to you Favorite Tweet

4. Visual Example of a Tweetchat Tweetchat

5. Tweetchat Group of people begin to have a conversation around a single hashtag

6. Using Tweetchat they can all see the same thread Tweetchat

7. All the people following the individuals see only a few tweets with #hpm Tweetchat

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10. Tweetchat Passed on to 2,838 followers

11. Quick Tweetchat Tips Re-tweet good posts – Sign of endorsement Re-tweet and comment – Conversation starter Reply if you want more info Follow people you find interesting Tweet them once or twice during the week

12. So why is something like this important? A Tweetchat: creates content that might spread lures other people into the conversation places you on the map connects people increases your sphere of influence exposes you to new ideas and resources is a place to get questions answered

13. Examples of those to come!