Thread by @MelissaSweetDr

This afternoon I will be tweeting on using social media for research translation & impact, & professional development & advocacy - from a #CroakeyPopUp workshop w @SummerMayFinlay hosted by @BronFredericks & @atsisuq

Before we get started, I will re-share some of the resources and links that we've shared at #CroakeyPopUp hashtag: This one on Twitter and hashtags

https://twitter.com/MelissaSweetDr/status/1281520547373780992

Here's a useful resource on promoting your journal articles, and here's a journal showing some ways how: plos-marketing.s3.amazonaws.com/Marketing/Spre… #CroakeyPopUp cc @atsisuq

Communications is an important part of research process:

https://twitter.com/ffolliet/status/1185524204625678337

#CroakeyPopUp

Fundamental to the art & science of communications: storytelling -

https://twitter.com/nature/status/1180427678308081664

#CroakeyPopUp

Live-tweeting conferences & other events can contribute to collective impact:

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Mojarad/status/1176304430662082566

#CroakeyPopUP

And if you keep scrolling back through #CroakeyPopUp you will see some lovely pix & tweets from last year's discussions w a wonderful group at @atsisuq

Acknowledgement of Country by @BronFredericks to start #CroakeyPopUp - acknowledging how social media crosses and connects us across many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ Country

Now @SummerMayFinlay asks us to stop and acknowledge what a challenging year it has been; grateful for the Country we live on and that has taken care of us #CroakeyPopUp

A flashback to last year’s #CroakeyPopUp w @atsisuq

Now @SummerMayFinlay is asking participants to consider these questions #CroakeyPopUp

@CarmenParter uses social media to stay in touch w public health news as well as sharing about her work #CroakeyPopUp

“I want to know what I don’t know”. Re using social media for research #CroakeyPopUp

Other wish list on social media: to find out do’s and don’ts #CroakeyPopUp

Others want to use social media to share resources with students & connect w students #CroakeyPopUp

Others want to learn to use Twitter; to learn whether they really need to be on multiple platforms #CroakeyPopUp

“I don’t speak Twitter,” says a participant. “I would love to know what I don’t know” - the 2nd participant to make such a comment. Other Qs - should I have personal & professional accounts? #CroakeyPopUp

Great to hear that @drkatelynbarney began using Twitter after last year's #CroakeyPopUp & has found it useful. Now wants to find out about @PeriscopeCo (I have hardly had a chance to use this post COVID).

As with so many questions about how to use social media, “there is no right or wrong” says @SummerMayFinlay re whether to have separate personal/professional accounts #CroakeyPopUp

Listening to @SummerMayFinlay discussing use of @PeriscopeCo - makes me wonder what impact #COVID has had on its use? #CroakeyPopUp

Now @SummerMayFinlay is describing how many people she has met after first connecting with them on Twitter (including me!) #CroakeyPopUp

Participants raising concerns about digital platforms and privacy, trolling, stalking, attacks #CroakeyPopUp

Also hearing about the importance of social media for connections, both personal and professional #CroakeyPopUp

@CarmenParter uses Twitter and LinkedIn for professional and for personal - Facebook #CroakeyPopUp

Reflecting on participants’ comments (most are not using Twitter much for work), @SummerMayFinlay says Twitter is a fantastic professional network, it’s like a community #CroakeyPopUp

Why use Twitter? @SummerMayFinlay gives some reasons #CroakeyPopUp

Plus, Twitter is a great way of promoting your work, @SummerMayFinlay tells @atsisuq workshop #CroakeyPopUp

Some amazing people doing amazing things on Twitter, @SummerMayFinlay tells @atsisuq workshop - inc @BronFredericks @drcbond @AnitaHeiss #Croakeypopup

Thinking about how to write and pitch your Twitter bio - @SummerMayFinlay gives the examples of the @LowitjaInstitut and @NACCHOAustralia at #CroakeyPopUp

Hearing about the importance of having a complex password on Twitter, change it regularly, & don’t use the same one across platforms - @SummerMayFinlay at #CroakeypopUp (where hacking is under discussion)

Taking some time to examine ‘anatomy of a tweet’ w hashtags, handles, pictures, tagging. Positivity and appealing photos travel well HT @BronFredericks @researchjames @DeadlyChoices at #CroakeyPopUp w @SummerMayFinlay

Need to be thoughtful about tagging people in tweets, says @SummerMayFinlay Make sure the tweet is relevant/useful for the people you are tagging, she says at #CroakeyPopUp

@HealingOurWay has been very successful on @Facebook w about 32,000 followers, because open to interaction, comments etc, says @SummerMayFinlay #Croakeypopup

Now hearing about the potential for using Periscope to livestream from events to a global audience, increasing reach and impact for Indigenous health researchers globally #CroakeyPopUp

@SummerMayFinlay encourages researchers to use live-streaming, eg Periscope, subject to permissions #Croakeypopup

Hearing about the importance of using analytics to understand how best to reach your audience/s (eg timing of posts; their age, gender, location). Communication must resonate w your target audience - @SummerMayFinlay at #CroakeyPopUp

Personally, I’m learning a lot from @SummerMayFinlay on analytics and Facebook! #croakeypopup