Today, APHA held its first-ever Tweet-up. What's that, you say? (No worries, I didn't know either.) It's a gathering of fellow public health Twitterers who get together to talk about social media and, of course, do a little tweeting from a common event. So, why should public health enter the Twitter and larger social media realm. Just ask Twitterer @healthpolicygroup.
"I think social media is an exciting realm," said @healthpolicygroup. "Twitter is especially interesting in that it makes you be precise and consice in what you want to communicate. And in public health, that's very important."
Twitterer @publichealth couldn't agree more: "There is a real benefit to using social media tools in public health, particularly in communicating information and interacting with other users."
Still wondering what Twitter is? Check out APHA's Public Health Twitter!
Wish I could have been tehre!
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