{"id":385,"date":"2017-04-04T11:22:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/socialmedia\/?p=385"},"modified":"2017-04-05T10:09:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T10:09:05","slug":"five-things-i-learned-from-the-debateautism-twitter-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/socialmedia\/2017\/04\/04\/five-things-i-learned-from-the-debateautism-twitter-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things I learned from the #DebateAutism Twitter chat"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the point of a Twitter chat? For social media and marketing professionals, Twitter chats are a regular thing. They\u2019re a good way for professionals to network, make new connections and learn from each other. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been kicking the idea of a regular Hallam Twitter chat around for a while, but it\u2019s only recently that the pieces have started to fit together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s one piece: we\u2019ve got a new university-wide strategy. It focuses on changing lives. We change lives, through educational development and self-improvement. Our academics are experts in their field, and their research addresses some of the toughest issues society faces.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor Nick Hodge and his dog Huck<\/p><\/div>\n

For a university, a Twitter chat can be a way to engage large numbers of people in serious debate and inform our research and teaching. It can also be a way to raise our academics\u2019 profiles, and connect them to people who are interested in, and invested in, their specialist subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our first academic Twitter chat took place on 21 March 2017. It was led by Professor Nick Hodge<\/a>, an expert in autism who\u2019s very good at using Twitter to develop his professional network and share ideas around autism. Nick\u2019s research focuses on issues that affect the education, development and well-being of disabled people and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here's @Goodchap62<\/a> ready for our Twitter chat #DebateAutism<\/a> starting at 6pm… pic.twitter.com\/lg3Mb9qfV7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sheffield Hallam Uni (@sheffhallamuni) March 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n