I would like to highlight the Powerpoint presentation ‘Social Media for Research Communication’ by Anand Sheombar. You can view the presentation here:

http://www.slideshare.net/anandsheombar/social-media-for-research-communication

Below is an extract:

Benefits of Social Media for Research Communication

– promote your research and increase its visibility

– communicate directly and quickly with others who have an interest in your research

– develop new relationships and build networks

– reach new audiences, both within and outside academia

– seek and give advice and feedback

– generate ideas

– share information and links, e.g. journal articles and news items

– keep up-to-date with the latest news and developments, and forward it to others instantly – follow and contribute to discussions on events, e.g. conferences that you can’t get to in person – express who you are as a person. Source: Economic and Social Research Council

The author includes two particularly interesting slides:

Building Blocks of the Networked Scholar (Slide 9)

Suggestions for use of Social Media in Research Life Cycle (Slide 13)

Best wishes,

Neil

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