The World’s
First Twitter
Chat for Nurses:
What Is
#RNchat?
by Phil Baumann, RN

RNchat.org - ...

What’s #RNchat?
It’s a Twitter chat for registered nurses and other
healthcare professionals from around the world and i...

What Do You Talk
About?
A wide range of topics from news pertinent to nurses
and the public to ethics to technol...

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The World's First Twitter Chat for Nurses: RNchat

Nov. 09, 2009

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RNchat is the world's first Twitter chat for registered nurses. This slide deck gives a brief overview of Twitter chats and what RNchat is about.

For more about @Rnchat visit the blog and follow on Twitter:

http://RNchat.org
http://Twitter.com/Rnchat

Phil Baumann, RN BSN

Digital Strategist at C3i for Pharma and CPG Engagement and Reporting Solutions

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The World's First Twitter Chat for Nurses: RNchat

1. The World’s First Twitter Chat for Nurses: What Is #RNchat? by Phil Baumann, RN RNchat.org - @RNchat
2. What’s #RNchat? It’s a Twitter chat for registered nurses and other healthcare professionals from around the world and is open to the public for participation. It was founded by @PhilBaumann RNchat.org - @RNchat
3. What Do You Talk About? A wide range of topics from news pertinent to nurses and the public to ethics to technology to the future of the profession and more. RNchat.org - @RNchat
4. Why Twitter? Twitter provides a unique mode of ambient intimacy in real-time, enabling people from all over the world to express themselves, exchange knowledge, share experiences and ﬁnd the latest developments around the world. RNchat.org - @RNchat
5. Who Can Join? You RNchat.org - @RNchat
6. How Do I Participate? There are several ways... RNchat.org - @RNchat
7. Hashtag: #RNchat Hashtags (keywords prepended with a “#”) demarcate tweets into searchable metadata - in the case of Twitter conversations, they signify a rallying point for participants. RNchat.org - @RNchat
8. Search Twitter Search Twitter (Search.Twitter.com) for #RNchat to view a real-time chronological order of tweets demarcated as RNchat. RNchat.org - @RNchat
9. Twitter Clients Following a Twitter chat can very difﬁcult to follow since regular tweets and tweets marked with a hashtag can be difﬁcult to segregate real-time. RNchat.org - @RNchat
10. TweetChat Third-party applications enhance the value of Twitter. TweetChat (TweetChat.com) is an example of one such client. It displays only the tweets bearing the hashtag you wish it to display, thus focusing your attention. RNchat.org - @RNchat
11. Other Applications TweetDeck - Seesmic Desktop - Twazzup RNchat.org - @RNchat
12. Times Vary - Stay Tuned to #RNchat on Twitter info@RNchat.org RNchat.org - @RNchat
13. Follow @RNchat The World’s First Chat for Nurses on Twitter RNchat.org - @RNchat
14. #RNchat Enter the above into Search.Twitter.com for the latest. RNchat.org - @RNchat
15. Questions? Follow and reply to @RNchat RNchat.org - @RNchat
16. RNchat.org - @RNchat

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