Posts Tagged ‘birth conference’
Birth & Breastfeeding Conference Calendar: Announcing a New Partnership with Science & Sensibility
As part of our commitment to foster collaboration and help grow connections between various maternal health stakeholders we have been keeping track of maternal health, birth and breastfeeding conferences for the past two years. We’ve heard from you that this was a valuable resource and are dedicated to continue to curate this information. This year…
Read MoreTips For Conference Organizers: Making the Most of Social Media At Your Next Birth and Breastfeeding Conference
We’re busy compiling our resources for you as you plan your next conference! Watch here for our upcoming conference checklist and attendee handouts. In the meantime, here’s a quick piece on making sure you capture the impact of your social media efforts online: You’ve just mobilized a successful event and fostered a whole new level…
Read MoreTips For Making The Most Of Social Media At Birth And Breastfeeding Conferences
Getting ready to attend a conference and want to spread information and build your presence in the birth and breastfeeding community? Go visual. Get out that iPhone and start taking pictures. Or consider a quick video. Including a picture or video with your written nugget of conference genius will significantly increase the likelihood it will…
Read MoreBirthGenius Twitter Chat: Best Practices and Tips for Attending Birth and Breastfeeding Conferences
Join the monthly BirthGenius Twitter chat this Tuesday (2/21) at 1:30pm et! More details below. Are you ready for conference season? Don’t get us wrong, we love all things digital, but nothing can replace connecting with other birth and breastfeeding professionals face-to-face. Attending a conference is a great way to continue your education, stay up-to-date…
Read MoreDon’t Feed the Troll: How to Keep Online Conversations about Birth and Breastfeeding Respectful
The rise of the social media has bred a new creature: the internet troll. Defined by Wikipedia, “…a troll is someone who posts inflammatory,extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of…
Read MoreHome Birth Consensus Summit Spreads Genius Through Social Media
Did you follow the Home Birth Consensus Summit (#HBCS) on Twitter or other social media platforms this week? There’s a lot for those of us in birth to learn about how to manage the digital end of conferences and messages about home birth in this new media landscape. As more information comes out of the…
Read MoreArchiving Your Birth and Breastfeeding Tweets: Tweetdoc.org
Do you host a Twitter chat and would like to document the conversation for posterity? Hosting a birth or breastfeeding conference and want to keep a record of the hashtag stream? Or maybe you’ve just launched your latest research or book and want to analyze the tweets. Twitter is fleeting, but if you act fast,…
Read More2012 Birth and Breastfeeding Conference Roster
Looking for the 2013 calendar? It’s over here! This list of 2012 birth and breastfeeding conferences was compiled by the community at the Birth Policy Network. February 4, 2012 – Greater Houston Midwives Alliance Cruise Conference February 17-19, 2o12 – regional MANA conference in Tempe, AZ March 16-18th 2012 —NACPM symposium in the DC area April…
Read MoreTwitter Tips for Conference Attendees
(Eds note: Back by popular demand! This post was originally run last August, after our Twitter chat on tweeting conferences. We asked JonaRose Feinberg (@CallMeCass) if she would share her BirthGenius with all of us in anticipation of Lamaze 2011. We’re lucky she agreed! Here’s her guest post – enjoy.) Using Twitter at a conference adds a…
Read MoreBirth Activists Use Twitter to Enhance Conference Engagement
Last post Jeanette outlined why Facebook isn’t the ideal social media platform to use at a conference. What platform is most valuable for conference goers eager for information sharing, but short on time for their Facebook news feed? Using Twitter is quick, can happen on a smart phone, and allows a micro-focus on conference sharing…
Read MoreHow To: Facebook FRIENDraisers for Birth Activists
In our last post, we talked about using social media to deepen your birth and breastfeeding conference experience. We were also looking for ways to engage the conference goers with social media. Here’s what we did – right down to the impact. Facebook Friendraiser. The goal: make as many (or more!) virtual new doula friends…
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