Tweet for #LCAM2013 (Lung Cancer Awareness Month)

The October 24th #LCSM Chat on “Social Media and Lung Cancer Advocacy: What Can I Do?” identified lots of information that the public needs to know about lung cancer.  Chat members decided we’d like to tweet those facts during Lung Cancer Awareness Month (#LCAM2013) this November. Some suggested we all tweet the same fact each day to generate the greatest impact on Twitter. To coordinate this effort, the #LCSM team compiled a list of lung cancer tweets based on verified facts – one tweet for each day in November. Links to the sources… Read More

Recap of October 24 #LCSM Chat

By Laronica Conway During the October 24 chat, members of the #LCSM chat community participated in an hour-long brainstorming session about combining advocacy and social media to increase lung cancer awareness. It was a fast exchange of great ideas and it was a great opportunity to hear from those who advocate for lung cancer on a daily basis. We’ve got a long way to go but we all agreed that it will take a grassroots effort to increase awareness and change the public’s perception of lung cancer.  Hopefully, by changing the perception… Read More

Details of 10/24 #LCSM Chat

As we said in the last blog post, the theme of the 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific) 10/24 #LCSM Chat on Twitter will be “Social Media & Lung Cancer Advocacy: What Can I Do?” If you’re not sure how to participate in a tweetchat, visit our #LCSM Chat tab or click here. The co-moderators @louisianagirl91 (Laronica Conway, a lung cancer advocate) and @JFreemanDaily (Janet Freeman-Daily, a lung cancer patient) will follow this format: Introductions Please introduce yourself with a tweet. If you plan to follow without participating, post a tweet saying “#lcsm”… Read More