Make your visibility RISE (part 2)

On June 21 2018, my colleagues and I presented how to increase the visibility of both your research and yourself. You can find an overview of the afternoon elsewhere, but I'm sharing my presentation in full here, as an update to my 2015 WISE presentation .

Mieneke van der Salm • July 06, 2018

Make your visibility RISE (part 1)

This spring, Michelle van den Berk, Rutger de Jong, and I were invited to present at the RISE network on how to increase the visibility of both your research and yourself. Today I wanted to share summaries of the presentations and workshop we gave.

Mieneke van der Salm • July 06, 2018

Social Media Strategies for Academics

Join me and Professor Erik Kwakkel to learn how to create a succesful strategy for your social media activities in our Social Media for Academics workshop this November.

Mieneke van der Salm • September 21, 2017

Let Medium Deliver the Message

What if you want to share an opinion too long for a tweet, but you don't want to commit to a blog? Medium might be the solution for you.

Mieneke van der Salm • October 12, 2016

Altmetrics don't equal social media

One huge misconception about altmetrics seems to be that it is solely based on social media metrics. And while they are definitely a large part of what makes up an altmetric score, they are by no means the sole part or perhaps the most versatile.

Mieneke van der Salm • June 14, 2016

Get Kudos For Your Work

We all want recognition for our work. Find out how the Kudos service can help your science communication efforts and get your work seen and discussed by a larger audience.

Mieneke van der Salm • May 03, 2016

Curating your stories through Storify

Digital storytelling is an important tool in science communication. One tool that can be used to tell the story of your research or capture an online discussion is Storify.

Mieneke van der Salm • July 06, 2015

Bubbling about the ScienceOnline Leiden Unconference 3.0

Last Thursday I attended the ScienceOnline Leiden Unconference. The theme for this year's unconference was 3.0, or the merging ofoffline (1.0) with online (2.0), and how to get the next generation involved in science.

Mieneke van der Salm • June 02, 2015

Cui Computo? Altmetrics and the companies that score them

In the past months, I've focussed on social media and scientific social networks, stressing how being active on there can help gain your work more exposure and increase its impact. But how do you then monitor this impact and what does it mean?

Mieneke van der Salm • March 03, 2015

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