Social Media, from planning to posting, for researchers and scientists

SciComm Success

A mini-workshop for researchers, scientists and academics to take them from thinking to planning and posting their first social media post.

<h2>Maybe you are a social media addict in your free time but you don’t use it for research communication. Maybe you’ve always held the view that you wouldn’t touch a social media channel with a 10-foot barge pole. Maybe a lack of time, understanding, or good, old-fashioned procrastination has kept you from dipping your toes in the sea of social media.</h2><p>And now, for whatever reason, you’re thinking, “Hmm, perhaps it’s time to give it a go…”</p><h3>If you’re nodding, then join us for a fast-paced, hands-on workshop that will challenge you to:</h3><ul><li>think about your research, what you want to say, and who you want to say it to</li><li>identify 1-2 social media channels that will serve your purposes</li><li>create a tiny campaign and mini posting-plan</li><li>put together everything you need to launch a new social media account (no sign-ups required – we’ll do it all through planning documents)</li><li>write the content for 1-2 posts AND illustrate them with images</li><li>(optional) get feedback from fellow-participants on your ideas</li></ul><h3>Will this process result in the perfect social media plan for sharing your research with the world forever and ever? </h3><p>No! It’s likely that after the session, you may need to tweak and tune things or discuss your grand plans with your team before taking any further steps.</p><h3>Will it give you an opportunity to go through most of the steps you need to know about getting started with social media so that you can move forward confidently with one or more social media tools to share your research (or make an informed decision to avoid social media altogether)? </h3><p>Yes!</p><h3>What you&#x27;ll learn in this mini-workshop</h3><p>You’ll leave this session with a practical understanding of planning, setting up, and using social media, which you can use to support your career goals, support your department or research group, or to simply share research or research-related content that you feel deserves to be “out there”.</p><h3>What you&#x27;ll get AFTER the workshop</h3><p>We will provide you with a recording of the session (minus breakout rooms), plus useful notes, a list of any resources mentioned, and copies of any templates that we provide during the session. If for any reason you can&#x27;t join us on the day, you&#x27;ll be able to access the information and exercises in your own time.</p><h3>Technology and other requirements for this workshop</h3><p>To participate in this mini-workshop, you’ll need a decent internet connect, a mic (so that you can talk to us), and it would be great if you had video access too, so that we can see you when you talk (although this isn’t essential). </p><h3>Run this workshop in-house</h3><p>This workshop can also be offered for your university, research group and groups involved with the art of bringing research to a wider audience in scientific, research and academic organisations. For details, visit <a href="https://scicommsuccess.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>SciComm Success</strong></a>.</p>

<h2>Meet Suzanne Whitby, your workshop leader</h2><p>This workshop will be led by <strong>Suzanne Whitby</strong>. Suzanne is the founder of <a href="https://scicommsuccess.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>SciComm Success</strong></a> and runs workshops to help scientists and researchers share their work with non-experts. </p><p>She is also a <strong>sustainability and climate change communicator</strong>, and in her academic life,<strong> she researchers how multi-sensory, storied, landscape-based approaches to climate communication can engage, shift attitudes and drive action.</strong></p>

<h2>If you book a place on this workshop, rest assured that it will run. Even if you’re the only person who signs up.</h2><p>If that happens, you’ll receive a one-to-one session that will cover everything planned in the session, with the chance to get individual input and ideas with no extra charges or hidden fees.  We might need a little less time, or we may decide to use the full 90 minutes. That means that you’ll receive the value of a private workshop for the price of a place on a group workshop – you can’t go wrong by signing up.</p><p><em>* The only time we cancel a workshop is if we’re horribly ill or life intervenes in an unexpected way. If that happens, you’ll receive a full refund. We never cancel because of too few people.</em></p><p></p>

<h2>Cancellation and refund policy</h2><h3>If we cancel:</h3><p>We only cancel events in extreme situations (illness, unexpected life events). If we do, you will receive a 100% refund.</p><h3>If you cancel:</h3><p>What happens if you need to cancel? Because life happens, right? Here’s how our cancellation policy works:</p><p><strong>➡️ Request a refund 30 or more days before the start of the workshop:</strong></p><p><em>Full refund, minus the non-refundable Eventbrite fee (for details, see below)</em></p><p><strong>➡️ Request a refund 15-30 days before the start of the workshop:</strong></p><p><em>50% refund, minus the non-refundable Eventbrite fee (for details, see below)</em></p><p><strong>➡️Request a refund 0-7 days before the start of the workshop:</strong></p><p><em>No refund – but you can contact us to give your place to someone else, if that helps.</em></p><h3>What's all this about "Eventbrite fees"?</h3><p>We use Eventbrite to process our events and payments. Eventbrite charges a non-refundable fee per booking, so even if we are able to issue you with a refund, you will always lose the Eventbrite fee. Sorry. That’s how the system works. </p><p></p><p></p>

<h2>SciComm Success offers practical, engaging communication training and for researchers and scientists who want to share their work with non-expert audiences.</h2><p>We work with universities, research institutes, research groups, and scientific organisations, offering customised training for groups, online and face-to-face*.</p><p>We also work with conference organisers and meeting hosts, delivering practical workshops to hundreds of participants online, prior to the official meeting start.</p><p>And, as you can see, we offer open courses that individuals can attend when there isn't budget or need or a dedicated course: our participants join us online from all over the world and include students, academics, researchers, scientists AND the good people who support their work.</p><h3>Learn more at <a href="https://scicommsuccess.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">scicommsuccess.com</a>.</h3>

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