Workshops on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Mastodon and other social media platforms for PhDs, postdocs and science communicators

If you are a researcher or science communicator you probably already use social media.

But you may not be using social media strategically or professionally.

This practical workshop introduces PhDs, Postdoc researchers and science communication professionals to the systematic use of LinkedIn, X (Twitter), alternatives like Mastodon, and other more specialized social media and tracking applications.

By using these platforms, you can find inspiration, network with international colleagues, and improve your own standing in a specific niche field.

You will be introduced to the finding, producing and sharing of content:

Finding. How to:

• set up personalized, automated systems to monitor and filter news for specific research areas
• crowdsource content for projects

Producing. How to:

• use X (Twitter), LinkedIn and alternative platforms to optimize networking at conferences
• engage others in your own research
• think in recurring social media concepts

Sharing. How to:

• use social media to extend the reach and definition of an expertise area
• position yourself as an expert on social media networks like LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Mastodon and Reddit
• schedule tweets and posts, so you can concentrate on what you do best

Improving your research impact through social media

The first part of the workshop is about increasing your impact through social media.

Platforms like LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Mastodon and Reddit let researchers network with other international colleagues around the world within a highly specialized niche area.

You will learn how to break out of the filter bubble of your own social media newsfeed, and open up to new collaboration partners and ideas.

The course will introduce you to the latest techniques and best practices in the tracking and sharing of content on social media like X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Mastodon and Reddit.

For each researcher, a personal  concept

In the second part of the workshop, we will focus on your individual profile and try to couple your individual expertise area with a social media concept that works.

You will set up a specific tailor-made tracking feed for one of your own fields of interest. We will then discuss how you can share and cross-post, and on which platforms.

Practical info: 

Workshops are modified to fit a department or institution’s specific field of research. Mike Young Academy will give individual feedback to researchers based on a prior analysis of accounts, campaigns, concepts and efforts.

Contact me, Mike Young on +45 30 66 31 21 or on mike@mikeyoungacademy.dk for a no-obligation price quote.

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