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Scientific communities: How to avoid getting scooped on social media

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Being prepared before broadcasting is a sure way to avoid being scooped, says Jon Tennant at the 2015 London Naturejobs Career Expo.

Many scientists are nervous about sharing their scientific work before publishing. The fear of being scooped is there when it comes to social media, but it will be difficult for someone to scoop your work based on a 140-character sentence.

Sharing your science on social media is all about being selective. You can make data and methods open when you’re ready – there is no rush to get things out before you are prepared.

Further reading:

Scientific communities: Build your own.

Scientific communities: How to follow the right people on Twitter

Scientific communities: From Twitter to paper

Scientific communities: Membership at learned societies

Scientific communities: How to get your blog noticed

 

Scientific communities: How to get your blog noticed

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Increasing engagement and using social media can help get your blog posts to wider audiences, says Jon Tennant.

At the 2015 London Naturejobs Career Expo, Scientific communities panelist Jon Tennant, an avid science blogger, shared a few top tips on getting your blog noticed.

Top tips from Jon Tennant:

  1. Tag your posts so that they are easily searchable.
  2. Share your posts on social media (Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter…).
  3. Ask for feedback by getting people to comment on your posts. This can stimulate conversations around the topics covered, which will increase engagement.
  4. Ask people to share your content in their own circles so that it reaches a broader audience.

Further reading:

Scientific communities: Build your own.

Scientific communities: How to follow the right people on Twitter

Scientific communities: From Twitter to paper

Scientific communities: Membership at learned societies

Scientific communities: How to follow the right people on Twitter

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Following the right people on Twitter can help develop supportive and beneficial communities, say speakers at the 2015 London Naturejobs Career Expo.

Jon Tennant, a paleontologist and avid social media user shares his tips on how to make the most of a social media community on Twitter.

Jon Tennant’s four top tips:

  1. Identify learned societies in your field and find out who they follow. These people will be high-profile scientists in that particular speciality.
  2. Tweet at conferences and you’ll quickly find that people follow you back, especially those who cannot attend.
  3. Curate your feeds into lists. For example, develop a list appropriate to science communication, or on microbiology. You can be as specific as you like
  4. If you don’t like what someone does/says on Twitter, you can unfollow them.

Further reading:

Scientific communities: Build your own

Scientific communities: Membership at learned societies

Scientific communities: From Twitter to paper