Group picture from #ACR14 Tweetup. “A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.” ― Seth Godin … Read More
#ACR14 Social Media Bootcamp & Tweetup
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin The use of social media in medicine has experienced enormous growth in the past few years, and this short blog post can’t even start to scratch the surface. A great overview of the importance of social media in the field of rheumatology … Read More
Social Media and the Tweetups at #ACR13
I was fortunate again this year to attend my sixth American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting (ACR) in San Diego. This year was much different than every other because of the (self-imposed) stress of organizing the #ACR13 tweetups, relating to my goal of trying to spend time meeting with people at medical conferences. I want to thank everyone who attended. Every year the tweetups … Read More
#ACR13 TweetUp – San Diego
Here’s the current plan for our social medial Tweetup for #ACR13 in San Diego: *** updated 10/3/2013 with plan for lunchtime session at Maryjane’s *** *** updated 10/26/2013: Twitter highlights from #ACR13 review course *** This year, we’ll be having two events, in hopes that more people can attend. This is an open event. Anyone interested can attend. You do not … Read More