#WorldEmojiDay

July 17, 2018

Today July 17th 2018 is the fifth World Emoji Day, a day where the virtual world celebrate the miniature pictures that have changed the way many of us communicate online.

Invented by Shigetaka Kurita, the ability to send a heart symbol on early Japanese pagers is the source of all emojis. Kurita drew inspiration from marks used in weather forecasts and from kanji characters to design a set of 176 symbols that covered a range of human emotions and activities that could be used on phones in 1999. The rest as they say is history.

The Staff Networks wanted to take today as an opportunity to highlight the Social Media Presence they have along side their pages on connect. These allow colleagues from across the trust to access our activities on their own phones at any time.

BME Staff Network
Connect Page – BME Staff Network
Twitter look up @swbhbme
Facebook look up “Sandwell West Birmingham BME”

Disability & Long Term Conditions Staff Network
Connect Page – DLTC Staff Network
Twitter look up @SWBHDisability
Facebook look up “SWBH Disability”

LGBT Staff Network
Connect Page – LGBT Staff Network
Twitter look up @SWBH_LGBT
Facebook look up “SWBHLGBT”
Instagram look up “SWBH_LGBT”