This document discusses the power of social media and how to effectively utilize it. It defines social media as activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and sharing various digital media online. The document notes that over 2 billion people use popular social platforms each month. It then provides tips for defining a social media strategy, such as generating campaigns, finding team members, and outlining guidelines. Finally, it discusses specific actions one can take on social media, including establishing profiles, following influencers, engaging with ethical considerations, and continually measuring results.
3. Officially, social media is
‘’an umbrella term that defines
the various activities that
integrate technology, social
interaction, and the construction
of words, pictures, videos, and
audio’’
Wikipedia.org
4. It’s also a clever way to
describe resilience of
conversations people
are having online
every day.
12. Raise exposure
Share ideas
Reflective practice
Changing landscape of accessing information – sports med is dynamic and fast
moving
Animate research into practice
1 to many model:
25. Lead and engage them
Outline your social media guidelines
Create a good practices community
Encourage a high social media presence
Build a culture of trust
27. If you’re going to invest in social media you’ll also need to allocate time,
people and technology.
Investments Action Reaction
Non-financial
impact
Financial
Impact
37. Identify a brand #
• Adding at least one Instagram # increases
engagement on average by 12.6%
• Up to 30 #’s can be used
• Follow #’s
• Ritetag, hashtagify
50. Ethical considerations:
• Is it acceptable for clinicians
to ‘be a friend’ with patients
on Facebook?
• Reply to their tweets on
Twitter?
• Comment on their photos on
Instagram?
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53. This is an opportunity to participate in a digital evolution
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56. Identify what your goal is
Identify your audience – follow them too
Select the IT platforms where they hang out
Be prolific - post quality content once a day for 1 year!!!!!
Concentrate on delivering your message either a through a blog / vlog / picture etc
Respond – interact / retweet
Use #s
Measure your results
58. Please feel free to get
in touch if you have
any questions
Contact: info@108harleystreet.co.uk
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Editor's Notes
Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine
Uni of south wales
Periscope is a live streaming app, owned by Twitter, that allows you to share and watch live video broadcasts from your mobile gadget of choice. Periscope is a 'visual pulse of what's happening right now'. It lets you 'discover the world through someone else's eyes
Relationships btw sports med staff & athletes often extend deeper than traditional clinician–patient relationships seen in hospitals
In most primary settings one may not ‘retweet’ content from patients
Difficult to be prescriptive in responding to these Qs, as there will be prevailing sociocultural norms & individual circumstances.
No gold standard for history taking, clinical examination or radiological investigations underscore the magnitude of this problem.
This is an opportunity to participate in a digital evolution
And always be creative: functional rehabilitation has is woven into the heart of its DNA.