Strategies for starting to use social media and digital tools

Robert Fraser BScN RNLearn more, help others.

Graduate Student, Nurse.@rdjfraser

robertfraser.ca

Objectives

1. Learners will be able to apply strategies in their approach to learning new social media tools

2. Learners will feel less anxious about adoption of new tools

3. Students will be able to develop their own plan for learning new social media tools

Accept it will be complex

Look beyond the stated purpose

Experiment

Experiment

My Advice

1. Information Inflow

2. Organize information

3.Professional online presence

4. Online Publishing

5. Publish different content forms

6. Learn to use Wikipedia/wikis

7. Experiment with twitter

8. Automate posting

9. Analytics

Exercise

1. List your expertise, and/or desired area of expertise

2. Discuss how others find out your skillsets and how you actively share them

3. Discuss how you might use one social media tool to enhance activities you are currently engaged in