3. What is public engagement
• Myriad of ways in which activity and benefits
of higher education and research can be
shared with the public
• Engagement is by definition a two-way
process, involving interaction, listening, the
goal of generating mutual benefit
National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement
4. What is public engagement
National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement
6. Cross Platform Behaviour
• Multi-screeners
• Usage driven by context
– E.g. location, goal, time
available
• Frequently move between
devices
• 4 main devices for different
purposes
http://bit.ly/1aZHPgA
7. Social Media Strategy Checklist
• Communications plan?
• Which channels?
• Day to day running?
• Building Community?
• Measurement?
• Reputation
management?
• Exit Strategy?
http://bit.ly/11p7M7P
25. Problem 1
• Consider an audience you’d like to engage
with?
• How could you find out what interests them?
• How might you engage them in your
research?
http://bit.ly/17WDS00
26. Problem 2
• Consider your online presence as researcher
• How could you increase and make your work
more accessible using social media
• How might you monitor your online impact?
27. Resources
• These slides: www.slideshare.com/erinmaochu
• Social Media & PE links from presentation:
http://bitly.com/bundles/o_7qq0emcjno/1
• Using twitter in research, teaching and impact:
http://bit.ly/ZqHbql
• ESRC guidance: http://bit.ly/11fq33i
• Social Media for research, Newcastle University:
http://bit.ly/16GAUMB
• Becoming a networked researcher: http://bit.ly/12qYjAr
• Open Data: http://bit.ly/14s7pqS
• Altmetrics, a manifesto: http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/
• Scheduling tools: http://bit.ly/16GCz4M
I’m Erinma – based at the University of Manchester & Engagement Fellow supported by The Wellcome Trust. Networking request to form pairs or groups – who has a problem they would like to solve – who is happy to help – skill level -
Mutual Benefit Quote
Mutual Benefit Quote
Google survey into cross platform behaviour Smartphones keep us connected and for finding things out quickly Tablets keep us entertained – more exploratory approach with more entertainment oriented content Computers keep us productive and informed – serious learning takes place on the computer
Does your content need to be there? Have you researched how others have used social media on similar projects? Will you have a crowdsourcing campaign? Have you considered branding? Have you thought about username/ password storage?
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Sunflowers are amazing – they purify the air and the soil and they attract bees... both the planet & teachers would agree, sunflowers are an incredible resource.
In a letter to his art dealer brother, Theo, wrote, the sunflower is mine…
CASE STUDY: Turing’s Sunflowers Global Media Reach: 62,8M Public Awareness of Turing Lesson Plans made by 11% – easier to teach number patterns Engaged groups
Sunflowers promo
Sunflowers are amazing – they purify the air and the soil and they attract bees... both the planet & teachers would agree, sunflowers are an incredible resource.
Problem I was trying to solve….
SUNFLOWER DIARIES CAMPAIGN consisted of A CALL TO ACTION – short video telling people how to get involved & how to film Web instructions on how to film and upload to youtube Fortnightly questions for people to respond to with a video Videos blogged & tweeted Final short film that included some of the videos – played at Manchester Science Festival
SUNFLOWER DIARIES CAMPAIGN consisted of A CALL TO ACTION – short video telling people how to get involved & how to film Web instructions on how to film and upload to youtube Fortnightly questions for people to respond to with a video Videos blogged & tweeted Final short film that included some of the videos – played at Manchester Science Festival