Today’s guest post is written by Kristy Schirmer BHlthSc, MPH, Director and Principal Consultant at Zockmelon Health Promotion and Social Media Consulting. Kristy helps clients in public health and health promotion with content ideas, managing social media risks and opportunities, and giving them the confidence to use social media effectively through custom workshops and the Health Promotion Social Media School. She is based in Adelaide, Australia.
Read MoreOne career development strategy I strongly recommend is participation in Twitter chats, which are facilitated discussions on a focused topic. Participants use a specific hashtag (e.g., #publichealth) in their tweets so that fellow participants can see their responses and they can be included in the larger conversation. These chats promote networking, provide the opportunity to establish yourself as an expert in your niche, and initiate conversations on historic or timely topics.
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