Follow the 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference on Twitter!
The planning committee of the 2009 NEPHC is using Twitter, the popular micro-blogging site, to keep conference attendees connected to important information, updates about the conference, and more!
What is Twitter? Twitter is a free social media tool for staying connected in real-time.
Wikipedia describes it this way:
"Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates, known as tweets, which are text posts no more than 140 characters long."
Why are we using Twitter during the 2009 NEPHC?
We are looking for creative ways to communicate with attendees during this year's conference. It's one of our "green" initiatives for the conference. Other green plans for the meeting include using less paper, offering on-site recycling, hosting a Green Expo, and more! Twitter is great as a "green" communication tool.
We highly recommend using Twitter during the conference to stay informed and up to date!
Not using Twitter yet? It's easy to get started!
- Visit www.twitter.com/CDC_nephc.
- Click on the green box labeled "Join today!"
- Provide the requested information, and then click on "Create my account".
- The next two screens will give you options for "following" certain people on Twitter. You can choose to skip these screens if you wish.
- You should now see your Twitter homepage, where you're now following the National Environmental Public Health Conference!
- Click on "Settings" at the top of the page, then "Devices", and follow the on-screen directions to enable your mobile phone to receive our updates! (**Important** Twitter does not charge for this feature, but be sure to know what your text plan looks like with your wireless carrier as standard rates may apply for sending/ receiving text messages.)
Already using Twitter?
- Visit www.twitter.com/CDC_nephc.
- Log in to Twitter.
- Click on "Follow" and you're all set!
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