I N F O R M AT I O N C U LT U R E – M E G A N M C K E E V E R

SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOTIVATION

MORE SPECIFICALLY…

• Fitness, Nutrition and Health Social Media sites and applications

LIVESTRONG DAILY PLATE

• Livestrong has both an online site and an app to record your food and exercise and share your progress with friends

REWARDS

Participants are rewarded with mPoints each time they track an exercise or food.

Points are tallied and can be redeemed for chances to win large prizes or for gift certificate.

COMMUNITY

• The Community features allows you to see what others are saying and reply to their comments.

• On Livestrong.com, you can actually “friend” others and follow their progress, but this isn’t supported on the free app yet.

NEXERCISE

• Allows you to post daily workouts and share them with others. • Keeps record of all your workouts. And assigns

points per completed workout.

RUNKEEPER

CREATE A PROFILE

SHARE RESULTS ONLINE

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

• Seeing results or chatting with online friends may increase your motivation• Seeing posts on other platforms, such as

Facebook or Twitter, may increase interest in the app• Competing with others may increase activity

OR YOU COULD TURN INTO ONE OF THESE PEOPLE…