Social Media for Academics
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Kimberly Wilmot Voss, PhD Associate Professor Area Coordinator of Journalism SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMICS: PROMOTING RESEARCH, CREATING COMMUNITY & INCREASING ACCESS
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This session will demonstrate how to use social media to promote your professional work and to better understand the communication of the future. The focus will be on developing best practices of social media use, with examples from my professional blog, as well as my Academia.edu, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Slideshare accounts. There will also be tips on getting started for those not currently using social media.
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Kimberly Wilmot Voss, PhD
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator of Journalism
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMICS: PROMOTING RESEARCH, CREATING COMMUNITY & INCREASING ACCESS
Vintage Cocktail Columnist
My Social Media Friend: Laura FowlerSIUE
The Food Section Book
Mad Men & Working Women
Who is using Social Media?
Who is using Social Media?
Which Social Media?
Academic Reasons
•Better Lit Reviews/•Network/Collaboration•Research Opportunities•Analytics\Impact•Beyond the Ivory Tower•Building Community
Academia & Social Media
• Academia.edu• Linkedin • Facebook • Twitter• Pinterest• SlideShare• Blogger• YouTube
My Blog: Women’s Page History
My Blog: 135,000 Page View
Conversation By Blog
Social Media Analytics• Blog: 135,000 page views• Twitter:
• 2,600 tweets• Following: 2,000 • Followers: 469
• Pinterest: • 115 boards & 4,000 pins• 598 likes• 462 followers
Academia.edu• 1,217 profile views• 3,238 document views
Academia.edu
Analytics
Sharing Scholarship
Women’s History Month
•Blogged each day•Created a Facebook post•Bitly & Tweeted a link•Added it to my Google+ circles•Created a Pinterest Board
Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month on Facebook
Women’s History Month onPinterest
Becoming an Expert
Becoming an Expert
PinterestGroup Boards
Twitter Shout Out
Twitter & Academic Community
Facebook Repost
Social Media Concerns
Create Personal Policies
Create Community
Share Content
Make Social Media a Habit
How to Get Started
Slide Share
Next Project Came From FB
