My desk is littered with the detritus of EMS World Expo – business cards, receipts, candy wrappers, click pens, brochures, schwag, and handwritten notes. I am working to organize everything and will be posting some follow-up articles. Meanwhile one of the participants in the Integrating Smartphones into EMS Education captured and created the below video. […]
Category: Social Media Tips
At the 2012 NAEMSE Symposium Dr. Bill Raynovich mentioned in his presentation on teaching ethics with cases that the topic ethical challenge for paramedic students is navigating the confusing world of social media. His talk inspired this new column at EMS1.com, Memo: Social Media Training for the Paramedic Class of 2013. Additional Resources PIOSocialMediaTraining.com – […]
I am not sure what to make of Kickstarter and other group/crowd funding websites. I have browsed many kickstarter projects but I have yet to contribute to the fundraising goal. Have you joined a kickstarter project? Did it get fully funded? I have recently received notification of two group/crowd funding projects related to EMS. Defensive […]
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Video: I am a Paramedic
Lots of these photos gathered through the creators social media connections around the world. Well done.
Dr. Paul Pepe is a popular conference speaker. This video is from his keynote presentation at the 2012 Grant LifeLink EMS Conference. A few things have made this possible: 1. YouTube allows much longer videos – this video is nearly an hour long 2. It is easier than ever to capture videos and post them […]
This is a reply of my presentation during the first EMS Web Summit – using social media to market your EMS agency.
EMT Joe Galizio has just finished writing a children’s book called “Don’t Be Afraid.” He is looking for backers for his kickstarter project. This is the first EMS/Fire related kickstarter project I have seen. Joe wrote to me: “As a volunteer EMT on Long Island, I have seen quite a few fires and accidents involving […]
Your EMS organization or fire department can monitor the social web using searches and RSS feeds. Step 1: Create at least one Google Alert for your department, organization or business. Consider other alerts for names of key personnel, community name with key words like fire and EMS, and other search terms relevant to your business […]
Catchy video for an upcoming trauma conference. All the elements of a brochure but in an online video that can be shared, linked to, and embedded.