On September 18, I’ll be presenting at PodCamp Pittsburgh 5 in the session, “Tweeting to 13.1 Miles: How Social Media Has Impacted Health and Fitness.” It will be an interesting twist on tech during this year’s “un-conference.”
But, I need your help! As I compile my slides, I want to know: How has social media affected YOUR personal health and fitness lifestyle, if at all? Have you seen blogs that convinced you to change the way you eat? Have Facebook connections inspired you to get off the couch and run a 5K? I want to know! Leave a comment, and I will include your comments in my presentation. Would love links to blogs, tweets, and articles about the subject. Here’s my session description.
And finally, come to my session! I will be speaking Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 11-11:45 a.m. in Room D (739) at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. See me live and in the flesh! 😉
Stay tuned for part II on this post, where I’ll share my presentation with you all.
2 things – Facebook did help keep me motivated to get off the couch & run a 5k. After posting that I was going to do it and the sign up link, I felt like I was “held” to it. During a couple races I used the runmeter app that would tweet or post to facebook my splits. Knowing the my friends would see if I was slowing down keep me going near the end of the race!
2nd, but less for me is the hashtag #fitwv – it’s no secret WV has one of the unhealthiest populations. The idea behind the tag is to bring together people who post about their exercise to encourage others to get in shape as well.
Thank you, Russell! Great stuff and congrats on your running accomplishments.
Deanna!
Your session really caught my eye on the Pod Camp Pittsburgh schedule! I will be speaking there too but on Sunday at 11am. I would definitely love to learn more about how to use social media to stay on track with my work outs. So excited to meet all the cool PCPGH’ers!
Nicole
Hi Nicole. Thanks for your comment! Looking forward to meeting you.