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EMS 2.0 | Making Blog Comments & Social Media

Here is a quick tutorial from Jim Hoffman, of the Authorized Transmissions blog, on how to make comments on EMS blogs and how to share your favorite blog posts with your social media EMS, paramedic and EMT friends. Your turn … leave a comment on this post, another Everyday EMS Tips post, or on a […]

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EMS Tips

Event Review: Louisiana Association of Nationally Registered EMTs

The Louisiana Association of Nationally Registered EMTs held its annual conference in Bossier City, Louisiana June 10-12, 2010. I welcomed an invitation to present two sessions at the conference – a general session on “Use Social Media to Build Your Own Brand as an EMS Professional” and a break-out session on trends in elearning. I […]

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Hardly Anyone Knows about EMS Social Networks

Last night I gave an EMS Week talk to about 60 EMS professionals from north central Wisconsin about using social media and social networking to build their personal brand. I talked about things that have worked for me, some of the social networking tools that are available, and how other EMS professionals like Jim Hoffman, […]

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News and Events Social Media Tips

Develop a Facebook Presence for EMS Week #EMSWeek

In the EMS Week resources on the ACEP website you can find my article, Use Social Media Tools to Celebrate EMS Week Anytime, Anywhere. Facebook is still a rapidly growing social network that is used by many people in your community. A Facebook Fan Page can be the hub for organizing your social media efforts. […]

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News and Events Social Media Tips

Podcasting with Doctor Anonymous

Last night I was on the Dr. Anonymous podcast. I have been Twitter pals with Doctor Anonymous for quite a while and enjoyed listening to recent shows he has done with other EMS and Fire bloggers/podcasters. During our conversation we talked about: Why I started in EMS Tips for EMS education The EMS podcasting community […]

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EMS Education Tips EMS Tips Event Review

Priority Posts from Outside the Service Area

I overheard some priority traffic from other EMS bloggers and education programs that I wanted to share with Everyday EMS Tips readers. Blog Posts 1. Sean from Medic Madness in a post titled “Consider Yourself Lucky” reminds all of us that are able to work and have work to be grateful and not take our situation […]

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Social Media Tips

Write Lifesaving Blog Posts

This is a guest post by David Konig. This post originally posted at PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. One of the questions I seem to get quite a bit is how hard is it to write a blog post? The short answer is that it […]

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Video Tips

Video: What is the Chronicles of EMS

Ted Setla and Justin Schorr explain the Chronicles of EMS, how EMS professionals are getting involved, and what is next for the Chronicles. Chronicles of EMS – The purpose from Thaddeus Setla on Vimeo. Learn more at ChroniclesofEMS.com

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Safety Tips Social Media Tips

Encounters on the Road (part 2): Shoveling Tips Video

I drove by as this video on shoveling tips was being filmed by an Affinity Health physical therapist. Three thoughts: 1. They were filming with a Flip UltraHD Camcorder (Amazon Link). Considering the falling snow and outdoor setting the picture quality and sound pick-up are excellent. 2. At the 1:38 mark in the video you […]

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Social Media Tips

Build your Brand with Social Media (#31daysofCE)

About a year ago I dove into different social media tools. I think my first foray was Facebook. Then before I knew it I had multiple Twitter accounts, several blogs, profiles on five Ning social networks, a LinkedIn profile, a YouTube channel, a Flickr account, and RSS subscriptions to dozens of blogs. Based just on […]