My session on adding social media to enhance learning and marketing with childbirth education programs lead the weekend that saw several other speakers either focusing completely on social media or having some portions of their presentation feature social media. From Facebook, to Twitter, Blogs, to hashtags to LinkedIn, registrants left with useble skills for adding social media to their education arsenal. Even the closing speaker, Amber McCann, regaled the benefits of social media.
Tweeters tweeted via #Lamaze13 and #LamazeNOLA to keep both attendees and those at home updated on all of the action!
Another hot topic was research via the internet. Andrea Lythgoe, who is a doula/birth photographer and teacher for the Midwives College of Utah spent two sessions helping attendees find, then
Andrea Lythgoe |
Another hugely popular topic was Breastmilk Sharing, presented by Rebecca Law LCCE, FACCE, RN, IBCLC from Texas. Breastmilk sharing is not a new concept but the access to social networking has taken it outside the realm of families and small circles of friends to strangers, states, and countries apart!
We all look forward to the next conference, scheduled for September 2014 in Kansas City! Get your BBQ on and I'm sure we'll all have a great time!
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