Keep in touch
Open Door - November 2009 page 2
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Trying to keep up to date with MS can sometimes seem overwhelming. To help you get straight to the information you want, there are now even more ways you can have news about MS and the work of the MS Trust sent to you directly.
News alerts
MS Trust news alerts are emailed every time we add a story to the news page on our website. These items include updates on new publications, upcoming chatrooms, fundraising opportunities and also MS Trust press releases and comments on stories in the news.
MS research updates
This new service reviews recently published research papers and gives people access to the latest advances in the MS literature.
MS in the media
The MS in the media pages collect stories from news sources around the internet. Stories include a selection of the coverage of MS in the national and local press, items on new research and more.
RSS
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to collect news stories, blog updates and more from a number of sources, without having to remember to visit each site every day. To use RSS you will need a piece of software called a news reader or aggregator. There are many different types available and our website has links to some examples.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want to receive, by finding and subscribing to the relevant RSS feeds. Within the MS Trust website you can sign up for feeds for Stop Press items, Recent News Stories (MS in the media) and news from the Information, Education and Fundraising pages.
Open Door
Not everyone has access to email, and Open Door will continue to provide information on all the publications and support that the MS Trust provides, articles on a wide range of topics written by health professionals and people with MS as well as news about MS and recent research. Open Door is free and available quarterly both by post and by email.
Social bookmarking
Social bookmarking is an idea that allows people to save links to web pages in a way that allows other web users to see what has been saved. Popular sites include Digg, reddit, Delicious and StumbleUpon. Users of the service can see how many people have linked to a page, what other pages people have linked to, and can often rate the value of the link.
To explore some of the more popular sites or to add pages from the MS Trust website, click on the Share link on the right hand side of each page on the MS Trust website.
Social networking
Social networking sites allow people to share thoughts, pictures, videos and a range of information with groups of friends and other visitors. The MS Trust has groups on a number of popular sites, including:
- news, events and a discussion board where people can share thoughts and concerns
- short, regular updates about the work of the MS Trust
- YouTube
- watch videos including exercising with Mr Motivator and extracts from our MS Together DVD
- Flickr
- share photos of MS Trust fundraising events
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Disclaimer
Open Door articles are reproduced as published. They are not updated to take account of subsequent developments. Use appropriate caution in acting on the information in any article.