Maximizing Twitter at Cardiology Conferences
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The document provides guidance on how to maximize the value of tweets when following a medical conference remotely via Twitter. It suggests tweeting summaries of presentations, flagging highlights, starting and continuing conversations through questions, clarifications and opinions, and contextualizing information with background details, links and hashtags. Tweets should aim to inform, engage, inspire and help the remote community, while maintaining courtesy and relevance to the field. Analytics tools can track the impact on the global cardiology discussion.
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Maximizing Twitter at Cardiology Conferences
- 1. Making the most of 140 characters Len Starnes Digital Healthcare Consultant Twitter reporter training ESC Congress 2014 Barcelona 30 August 2014
- 2. First ESC Congress London 1952 The year of the Great Smog
- 3. …but a new format is emerging Format has remained unchanged for over 50 years…
- 4. 24 x 7 365 Global Physical Interactive Virtual
- 5. The digitally-native majority is driving change LBI Health: http://www.lbi.com/uk/
- 6. Sales Sales 53% 2013 Percent ESC attendees who use social media to share Congress learnings 28% 2011 Use of social media to share up almost 100% Source: European Society of Cardiology November 2013
- 7. 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2010 2015 2020 2023 Virtual attendees set to outnumber physical Physical conference attendees Virtual conference attendees Baseline = 100% Number of physical conference attendees in 2010 Attendees 2013 Scenario based on growth of physical vs virtual medical conference attendees. Not specific to the ESC Congress
- 8. For some leading conferences, the true audience is many times larger than the number of physical attendees. Social media, and especially Twitter, are driving this conference participation disruption. Auden Utengen Founder & partner symplur.com
- 9. Good start at ESC Congress 2013 2,200 participants 11,000 tweets http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/esccongress2013/
- 10. ASCO Annual Meeting was 6x more active 12,000 participants 60,000 tweets
- 11. 140 characters is beneficial Dr Merry Markham @DrMarkham #ASCO14 participant …the 140-character limit is a good thing. I m forced to consider what I want to say, how I want to say it, and with just the right wording.
- 12. Oncologists are embracing Twitter Cancer hashtag ontology http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/ontology/cancer/
- 13. What were your conclusions after reading the transcripts of the 2013 ESC Congress?
- 14. Which tweets were valuable? Why? Which tweets were not valuable? Why?
- 15. *Inspired by Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little by Christopher Johnson A valuable tweet is like a key that opens doors*
- 16. Valuable Accurately informs Provides follow-up action options Drives debate Inspires & motivates Triggers emotions Offers light relief…yes, occasionally welcome Not valuable Does none of the opposite Is discourteous Delivers spam
- 17. A word about Perfectly acceptable For industry partners to occasionally inform about ESC Congress events & services Not acceptable For industry partners to flood #ESCcongress with tweets about events & services
- 18. What type of tweets would be most valuable if you were following from… …10,000 km away?
- 20. Obvious place to start Retweet a valuable tweet from someone else Use RT ,MT, HT, not the Twitter Retweet feature
- 21. Start a conversation Ask a probing question Questions are the life-blood of conferences Use @ to address speaker(s) or pose rhetorically without @
- 22. Start another conversation Ask for clarification Use @ to address speaker(s) or pose rhetorically without @
- 23. Stand out in the conversation Offer unusual or original perspicacity Use @ to address speaker(s) or pose rhetorically without @
- 24. Keep the conversation going Respond to answers to your questions Debate is the essence of good conferencing Use @ to address respondents
- 25. 50% of scientists who use SoMe use Twitter to follow discussions http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration- scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711
- 26. Flag highlights as they arise during the best presentations & sessions Imagine that cardiologist following from 10,000 km away Incentivize her to want to learn more
- 27. Post a take-away learning after every presentation & session Remember the words of Dr Merry Markham @DrMarkham #ASCO14 participant
- 28. Keep in mind what ESC members want 0 10 20 30 40 50 More practice- orientated sessions More clinical trials results More hot-topic coverage More online resources More dynamic speakers 47% 17% 25% 26% 26% Source European Society of Cardiology: survey of members 2013
- 29. Express a personal opinion Contrasting opinions drive scientific debate Albert Einstein debated the validity of quantum mechanics for over 20 years
- 30. Post contextual background information Add value to presentations Start more conversations
- 31. Offer practical help Include account names, website addresses, anything to help others…10,000 km away If necessary use a URL shortening service such as bitly
- 32. Signal the best sessions Let the community know which sessions you find most interesting Explain why
- 33. Praise great speakers Let your enthusiasm for a speaker be felt A little passion goes a long way
- 34. Flag speakers who are not so great Politely comment on style, use of Powerpoint Help them become better speakers in future 17% of ESC members want more dynamic speakers* *Source European Society of Cardiology: survey of members 2013
- 35. Easy via smartphone or tablet Tweet a photo
- 36. Tweet a video Tweet a video Tools galore… Tweetpic, Vimeo
- 37. Impressions of Barcelona Occasionally, prove you are human Congress buzz Networking experiences WiFi speed Anything inspirational Anything humorous Quality of cappuccinos Impressions of Congress venue
- 38. Always remember to include #ESCcongress
- 39. Reach out to the global cardiology community #cardiology #imaging #coronary #MRI #afib #stroke #epatient #HITsm #artery #angioplasty #meded #CVD
- 40. Track analytics in real-time http://www.symplur.com/healthcare- hashtags/esccongress/ http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/esccongress/
- 42. Learn more The medical conference is dead, long live the medical conference http://www.slideshare.net/lenstarnes/future-of-med-confs-final-11- dec-2013 Scientific communications in a digital age Digitally Sick podcast with Alex Butler, Andrew Spong, Faisal Ahmed, Len Starnes http://digitallysick.com #ChatAfib: Boehringer Ingelheim-sponsored tweetchat at ESC Congress 2013, transcripts & analytics http://tinyurl.com/mvc6etz Use of Twitter & tweetchats at professional medical conferences #hcsmeu chat 18 October 2013, transcripts & analytics http://tinyurl.com/luldukt
- 43. lenstarnes@gmail.com T: + 49 30 781 5513 M: + 49 172 1788253 Skype: lenstarnes www.linkedin.com/in/lenstarnes www.twitter.com/lenstarnes www.slideshare.net/lenstarnes Len Starnes Len Starnes Digital Healthcare Research & Consulting