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Invited speaker grant – sharing knowledge across countries EONS offers a number of awards and grants to cancer nurses in
a keynote speaker at a multi-professional national conference,
Europe, among them the newly-launched Invited Speaker Grant.
Oncology Week, in Sweden, organised by the Swedish Oncology
National member societies, or special interest groups collaborating
Nursing Society and the Swedish Society of Oncology, on the
with EONS member societies, are eligible to apply. These grants
theme of ‘Multi professional collaboration for an equal cancer
could be used to cover travel and accommodation for speakers
care for everyone’. The title of her lecture was ‘Nurse-led cancer
presenting at any educational event within the scope of cancer
care – looking to the future’.
nursing with at least 50 expected participants during 2015.
These new grants are an opportunity to invite an international
The Invited Speaker Grant consists of two awards worth €1000 each.
speaker for an educational event, which can be done with the
After reviewing and judging the applications received for this
assistance of the working group. This year, a speaker is being
year’s award, two winners were selected by members of the
sought for the lymphoma clinical nurse specialist Masterclass in
EONS Education Working Group. Helen Mee from the Lymphoma
October 2015 in London, UK.
Association, part of the Cancer Nursing Partnership with United
Applications for the 2015 grant closed in February. Information
Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS), is this year’s winner.
about the 2016 grant will be available when a new Call for
The second winner is Cecilia Olsson, President Elect for the
Applications is launched. For further information, see EONS web
Swedish Cancer Nurses Society.
page on upcoming EONS awards and grants at http://www.
Mary Wells from University of Stirling was invited last March as
cancernurse.eu/awardsgrants/index.html
It’s time to join the conversation When EONS launched its social media presence for a trial period in summer 2013, it was ahead of the curve. But two years on, as social media is used more widely within the healthcare sector, EONS’ social media presence is now an established part of its communications strategy, explains EONS’ social media manager Kate Griffin. EONS has accounts with Facebook (www. facebook.com/cancernurseEU) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/cancernurseeu). Social media lets us boost awareness of member benefits such as events, grants, educational resources and this magazine you’re reading! Social media represents a different way of engaging with members; it’s all done in real time. So it’s great for sharing minor updates about the kind of dayto-day activity that
Kate Griffin might not make it into the magazine or newsletter. It’s also useful for reminders about deadlines. In the past 12 months, our popularity on both social media channels has doubled. In spring 2014 our “likes” on Facebook and our Twitter follower count were both just over 200. Now our Facebook “likes” have recently hit the coveted 500 mark, and our Twitter followers aren’t far behind, with 477 at the time of writing. Conferences are an excellent opportunity for increasing social media engagement, and social media, particularly Twitter, is perfect for sharing conference updates. There is already plenty
of activity around the hashtag for the European Cancer Congress; #ECC2015 is buzzing with reminders of key dates, information about scholarships, people who are already excited about going. If you’re planning to attend ECC 2015, why not join in? You can make an easy start by following us on @cancernurseeu and perhaps supporting us with a few retweets. After that, perhaps you will be emboldened to share your own thoughts or even live-tweet a whole conference session for the benefit of people who can’t be there. It’s time to join the conversation!
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