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AnintroductiontoFacebookandPatient
ParticipationGroups(PPGs)
WhatisFacebook?! Itisanonlineplacewhereyoucanconnectwithothers,sharingwords,photosandotherimages.
! Thereisnowordlimit.
! Youcansharephotoalbums.
! Youcanseekotherpeople'sopinions(andgiveyourown).
! Youcaninteractwiththepeopleyouchoose.
! Youcansendprivatemessages,likeemails,toindividualsorgroups
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Howdoesitwork?
1. Becomefriendswithsomeone,orlikeapagesotheirinformationwillappearonyourhomepage.
2. Theinformationyoupostisstoredonyourprofile.
3. You’llreceiveanotificationwhenpeoplerespondtoyouortagyou.
4. Ifyoutagsomeone,you’redrawingtheirattentiontoitandmakingitvisibletoyourfriendsandtheir
friends.
Whoisusingit?1. Peopleuseitinformallytokeepintouchwithfamilyandfriends.
2. Theyfindoutinformationaboutservicesandproductstheylike.
3. Theymaybemorehonestastheyknowthepeopletheyareinteractingwith.
4. ManypeopleuseFacebookonadailybasisandmayhavesupplementaryaccountsonTwitteror
Instagram.
5. Peopleusecommunityforumssuchas‘Buy,Swap,Sell’sitesor‘Spotted’pagestofindoutaboutand
commentonwhat’shappeningintheirarea.
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HowtogetthebestforthePPG
1. You’llhaveapageoragroup.
2. Haveclearinformationonyourprofile,explainingwhatthegroupisandwhatyouhopetoachieve.
3. Connectwithothercommunityorganisationsandsharetheirinformation.
4. Keeppeopleuptodatewithwhatishappeningatthesurgery.
5. Askquestionstohelpyouunderstandpeople’sperspectives.
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1.Notifications2.Messages 4.Mainaccount5.Page
3.Status
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AnintroductiontoTwitterandPPGsWhatisTwitter?
• Itisknownasamicro-bloggingplatform
• Ithasa140characterlimit(spacesincluded)
• Itremovesgeographicalandhierarchicalboundaries
• Anyprofilecantalktoanyotherprofile
• (Some)Peoplesharetheirthoughts,feelings,experiences–eventheirlivesonit
• Itbringscommunitiesofinteresttogether.
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Howdoesitwork?
https://twitter.com>signedintomyprofile>thisiswhatIseeTimelineoftweetsfrompeopleIfollow
Suggestedprofilestofollow
Trendingtopicsandhashtags
Summaryofmyaccount
Username
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Howdoesitwork?
…allcompletelypublictopeoplewhoaresignedinornot.
Thequestion
Theanswer
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Whatisahashtag?• Awayofhighlightingaterm/phraseoracronym
• Amethodof‘tagging’contenttodowithacertaintopic
• ArelicofwhenTwitterdidn’thaveasearchfunction:#cornwall#NHS#PatientSafety
• Anyonecanmakeoneup
• Checkthehashtagis“clean”
Whatisatweetchat?• TakesadvantageofTwitter’sopenness
• Includethechat’shashtaginyourtweet
• Itgetsseenbyalllookingatthehashtag
• Theyreply…chataway!
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WhocanseewhatonTwitter?! AssumeanyoneintheworldwithaninternetconnectioncanseewhatyoupublishonTwitter
! ThereareDirectMessages(DM)whichareprivate
! Buttheyonlytakeascreenshottoshare
HowdoIfindpeopleandpeoplefindme?
! Searchbysubject,keywords,name,organisation,hashtags
! Twitternaturallybringscommunitiesofinteresttogether
! Seewhothepeopleyoufollow,follow
Buildingacommunitytakestime,patienceandpersistence.
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WherecanIfindoutmore?
https://support.twitter.com
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Tips
• Goodhashtagstostartwith:
#nhssm#PatientSafety#NHSCitizen
• Goodaccountstofollow:
@PatientsAssoc@PatientVoiceSth@NHSCitizen@PatientOpinion
• FindoutmoreaboutplanningsocialmediaworkandsettingobjectiveswithNHSEmployerssocialmedia
toolkit:http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/need-toknow/social-media-and-the-nhs/a-social-
media-toolkit-for-the-nhs
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Tips
Passwords:
• Changethemeverymonth
• Don’tusethesameonefordifferentaccounts
• Makeitdifficulttoguess.NeveruseanyvariantofPASSWORD!
Ifyouareworriedaboutyouraccount'ssecurityuse‘loginverification’(akatwo-stepverification)tosignin:
https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170388-using-login-verification
Updates:
Alwaysupdateyourappsandbrowserstothelatestversion.
FormoreinformationpleaseclickheretoseethesocialmediawebinarthatwasrunforPPGsinApril2015