#hcsmca 4+ year history in 4+ minutes as delivered at the #hccmty Meeup in Toronto on February 25, 2015.

1. 4+ Years
in
4+ Minutes

2. Founded Sept 2010
In 4.5 years,
• over 15,000 participants
• contributed 170,000 tweets
• in 208 chats,
• hosted by 80 moderators.
• We’ve held 8 major in-person meetups.

3. #hcsmca Moderators (80+)

4. Gruzd A, Haythornthwaite C
Enabling Community Through Social Media J
Med Internet Res 2013;15(10):e248
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2013/10/e248/

5. New Study with #hcsmca Members
What do people take part in online communities?
Find out more: bit.ly/hcsmca-research
@_sgilbert_
sagilber@mail.ubc.ca
Contact: Sarah Gilbert

6. • Vision: To drive social collaboration for better
health and health care.
• Mission: #hcsmca connects people, facilitates
communications, and supports innovative and
collaborative solutions to improve health and
health care.
bit.ly/hcsmca-vision
New Vision & Mission
Shirley Williams Pat Rich Colleen Young

7. #hcsmca National Strategic Planning
Committee
Future directions
Shirley Williams
Craig Thompson Colleen Young Robyn Sussel Marina Bastawrous Leah Lockhart

8. Interested? Contact Me
www.colleenyoung.com
@colleen_young
@hcsmca
colleen@colleenyoung.com