Presentation to NHS England Network Leadership Programme on opportunities for network leaders in health to use a range of free digital platforms to reach out, connect and build network membership. Includes reflections and learning to date on my use with North West AHP Network, @WeAHPs and @physiotalk.

1. Digital
#NetworkLeadership
NHS England Network Leadership Programme
Naomi McVey March 2016

2. Overview
• Digital opportunities for network leaders
• My use of digital platforms as a network
lead
• My top three digital options for health
networks
• Making it happen…

3. Digital opportunities to
engage and collaborate

5. Website or webpage
Pros
• Visibility - people can find you,
your purpose and work quickly
and easily
• Promotes what you do
• Ease of sharing information
Cons
• Cost (depending on platform)
• Agreeing practicalities with
host/funding organisation
• Keeping up to date
• Access to, time for and skills in
content management

6. Facebook
Pros
• Largest number of users
• Option of page or group
• Groups can be closed or secret
• Groups = shared content
• Admin settings and control
• Good mobile app
• Share images and documents,
videos, links
Cons
• Acceptance - still seen as a social
platform
• Access - limited NHS access
• Helping people to understand
privacy settings/control

7. Facebook group: Women’s Health
Physiotherapy
• Grew from group of 20
• 4000+ members
• International
• Grassroots
• Multiple daily posts
• Thriving community of
practice

8. Twitter
Pros
• Fast
• Large number of innovative
health workers
• Ease of which you can connect
with others
• Visibility
• Good mobile app
Cons
• Account is hub and spoke – led
by one person or team
• Needs regular activity
• Can take more energy and time
to build
• Acceptance - still seen as a
social platform
• Access - limited NHS access

9. The WeCommunities
• Grew from nursing tweetchats in 2011
• Now a family of 17 different twitter
communities with over 100k combined
followers
• Grassroots
• Multiple tweetchats each week
• Thriving multi-professional community

11. ‘In the new world,
power comes from
connection and
ability to influence
through networks’
The new era of thinking and practice
in change and transformation, NHS IQ 2014