The lanes are designated to aggregate conversations related to the following topics (These lanes are not mutually exclusive, and contributions may reflect this with the use of multiple hashtags):
Research {e.g., empirical, qualitative research, and select statistics}
Current Events {e.g., panel discussions, meetings, forums, conferences, casual gatherings}
Miscellaneous {i.e., anything containing the hashtag #a11 or #publichealth}
The following Twitter hashtags should be used to contribute to these conversations:
#publichealthresearch
#publichealthed
#publichhealthnetwork
#publichealthevents
#a11 or #publichealth
Please Note
This is a work in progress. Don't worry if you don't see all lanes, we are currently working on this. Expect to see an expanded layout by mid-October. In the interim, if you adjust your computer screen resolution, you can view more of the lanes. As we consider users' input, the site will undergo additional updates. We welcome your opinion on the utility of this site.
If your tweets are protected, they will not appear on this site. Please unprotect your tweets, if you would like to contribute.
Curate Your Experience
If you have a new Twitter hashtag you'd like to add, can think of a lane we're missing, need assistance in navigating this whole Twitter thing, or wish to express your sentiments, feel free to email info@anonymous11.com.
In the Spring of 2011, I sat with a fellow Emory alum in the atrium of The High Museum in Atlanta, GA. We sipped mediocre coffee and scanned the space for something interesting. Aha! There it was— the list of benefactors spanning the length and height of an adjacent glass wall. I read from Z-A, just the way I always do, and lastly landed at the word "Anonymous". I'm thinking, "Really?" And, I verbalize, "Who the hell is Anonymous? Really?" My compadre and I roll this around for a bit. Bouncing around questions like, "How many anonymous(es) are there?" And, "If there are several, should they all be listed and numbered?" So this is me, "I'm ANONYMOUS 11, not 1, but 11." Hence the name was born in the Spring of 2010.
About Anonymous 11
The vision is that all public health professionals and students are afforded the opportunity to contribute their expertise in order to promote the core public health mission, regardless of hierarchical position. The mission is to create open source tools for a diverse cross-section of public health professionals and students to exchange news and ideas and create and evolve research and practice. For now, the primary goal is to exploit relatively effortless actions and form networks that work toward the above mission (hence, the use of Twitter).
This site was born out of a concern that public health entities, like those of many other professions, yield themselves to the opinions and expertise of few—the executives, if you will. For multiple reasons, this is necessary; however, it is simultaneously inhibitory and often prevents the matriculation of valuable ideas and commentary. As a result, those who do not carry the title of Chief, Lead, or Director have time to develop frustrations and lose fervor while essentially "waiting their turn". From that realization, several conversations were had and this site is a productive effort to address this reality by filling the void between the top and everybody/thing else, first, with words, and hopefully with actionable conversations. It is, however, a work in progress. And, the direction of this "thing" is up to the people it serves—the benefactors of public health.
The vision that birthed this experiment is simple— All public health professionals and students are afforded the opportunity to contribute their professional expertise in order to promote the core public health mission to promote health and prevent disease, regardless of hierarchical position. The mission is to create open source tools for a diverse cross-section of public health professionals and students to exchange news and ideas and create and evolve research and practice. For now, the primary goal is to exploit relatively effortless actions and form networks that work toward the above mission (hence, the use of Twitter).
I hope that you consider this space a fitting opportunity to engage in the design phase of an experience you wish to see or need to have. This site is long overdue, but hopefully timely in its approach. Feel free to share your public health related commentary, recommendations, and interesting public health news; announce relevant forums, panels, conferences, events, etc.; pose questions and offer solutions; announce employment opportunities; and, tell us where you'll be for happy hour. Or, simply be voyeuristic. The key is that it is simple to get involved and requires little time to harness the power of sound bites.
#a11 The ANONYMOUS 11 Experiment