Poll of attendees and event details for 'Social Media for Scientists', a presentation made to 85 life scientists at the San Diego Biotechnology Network May 28th event. Mary Canady and William Gunn presented.

1. Scientists & Social Media: Poll & Event Details Mary Canady Founder, Comprendia William Gunn Senior Assay Development Scientist, Genalyte May 28th, 2009 SDBN Networking Event

2. Background Promoted ‘Social Media for Scientists’ workshop to San Diego Scientists as part of the SDBN Promotion via LinkedIn group, Meetup, Facebook, and Fliers Workshop positioned to help them with their career and science Poll: http://sdbn.org/images/MaySMPoll.pdf

3. Background Presentation by Mary Canady and William Gunn Slidecast: http://sdbn.org/sdsms ~85 in attendance (n=75 for poll) Web 2.0 ‘style’ Interactive Encouraged participation ~15 brought computers & used wifi

14. Summary Utilized poll to drive content Covered Science Blogs more than anticipated ‘Want to know’ correlated directly with ‘existing knowledge’ Covered friendfeed, even though interest low

15. Summary: Questions Asked How do I get a blog on Scienceblogs.com? On LinkedIn, should I automatically recommend someone who recommends me? Can you suggest a good RSS feed aggregator? Who owns the content on my blog? Questions about existing websites ResearchGate Spokeo Which blog platform is best? How aggressively should I promote myself online?

16. Follow Up Set up friendfeed room http://friendfeed.com/sdbn Only handful signed up, most already SM-savvy Set up Facebook Page http://tinyurl.com/sdbnfb ‘Bring mountain to Mohammed’ They’re already on FB Will begin promoting to wider audience Not much Twitter adoption Have seen increased LinkedIn usage (anecdotal, personal observation) Will likely poll attendees before next event to gauge progress