Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Welcome to Twitter, Birth Pro!
Hello Birth Professional! We are *so* glad to see you here. Maybe you’ve been on Twitter for awhile and are just setting up your professional account. Or maybe you are touching your toes into this social media platform for the very first time. Either way, we really need you and your genius in the twittersphere. More…
Read MoreInspiring! Breastfeeding Pros Using Social Media at LCinPP
I (Jeanette) just got back from the Lactation Consultants in Private Practice conference ~ inspiring! IBCLCs are on the leading edge of thinking about how to reach pregnant and breastfeeding mothers where they are at – online. More to follow on inspired talks – both formal presentations and late-night sessions at the bar – with…
Read MoreGet Karen to Haiti: A Grassroots Fundraiser for Safer Births
Ensuring Safe Births During Unsafe Times When disasters strike – like the earthquake in Haiti, Sri Lanka’s tsunami, or hurricane Katrina – emergency tents are set up and medical aid rushes in. What we at BirthSwell recently learned, though, is that the need for reproductive health care – including basic care for women in the…
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 MoreBirthGenius Twitter Chat: Choose Language that Normalizes Healthy Birth and Breastfeeding
BirthGenius Twitter Chat Tuesday, October 18th at 3 pm edt Diane Wiessinger gave us all a critical guidepost for talking about breastfeeding – and an important wake-up call – when she wrote “watch your language” for the Journal of Human Lactation. (Read about the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine’s take on it here) How does 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 MoreBirthGenius Twitter Chat: Show Us the Evidence!
It’s time for the monthly BirthGenius Twitter chat! Date: Tuesday, September 19th, 2011 Time: 1:30 pm edt Details: Read up on the chat and learn how to participate. This month’s topic: Show Us the Evidence! We’re intrigued. Earlier this month a study was published in Obstetrics & Gynecology that found that only 25% of…
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 MoreQ & A: How Can I Leverage Social Media at My Local Birth & Breastfeeding Event?
Lauren, a local friend and birth professional, asked a great question on our facebook page last week. We wanted to share the Q & A with you–read on BirthGenius friends! **************************** The Q Hey BirthSwell! Here in Ithaca, our group, BirthNet of the Finger Lakes, is hosting a birth fair in September. We’ll have…
Read MoreBirthGenius Twitter Chat this Tuesday with Special Guest Host Kimmelin Hull!
Chat with birth and breastfeeding pros on Twitter! #BirthGenius Twitter chats happen the third Tuesday of the month at 1:30 pm edt. General details here. We’re very excited about this week’s BirthGenius chat. This month’s topic is Social Media as a Tool for Birth and Breastfeeding Educators and our special guest host will be Kimmelin…
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