World Diabetes Day 2013 is something that I will always remember. I planned on being a part of as many of the 24 topics for the World Diabetes Day Chat as possible. With so many different topics and moderators and participants, I knew that there was going to be so much information to learn and new perspectives to be seen. To say I was super excited was an understatement.
It all started at midnight on the 14th, when it all began. There were a lot of familiar faces, but there were also a lot of people that I haven’t seen tweets from or had ever seen participating in chats. I knew I was going to need a lot of coffee if I was going to make it until 3 .am. like I wanted to. I didn’t make it to 3 a.m., but 2:15-ish was close enough for me. It was time to get some sleep and be refreshed for the long day ahead.
Luckily, I work from home, so I was able to participate as much as I was able to during the day. There were some great topics and I found that answers and responses from one topic would bleed into another one, which led to a lot of common thoughts among the participants. I also found a lot more new people to follow on Twitter.
All in all, after a long 24 hours, the day was a success. I received several spam tweets which means that the hashtag was getting some traction. That’s all that we can ask for, that the conversation fell upon ears that may have not known exactly what was going on.
How did you spend your World Diabetes Day? Did you participate in the chat and/or what else did you do?