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Summary

This unit has:

  • Introduced you to some of the currently available social media tools.
  • Highlighted the potential benefits and drawbacks of the use of these tools for your practice.
  • Covered some of the technical aspects of using social media.
  • Considered the continuing importance of traditional networking such as conference attendance.

Next Steps

  • If you haven't already done so, try joining at least one of the academic social networking sites.
  • Why not set up a Twitter or Facebook account as well?
  • Make sure you monitor your new social networking sites to gauge the impact they are having on the dissemination of your research.
  • Remember not to neglect traditional networking. Look for some forthcoming conferences that you could attend, either to present a paper, or simply to network with colleagues in your field.
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PILOT - New Technologies by Marion Kelt, GCU, Imperial College, London and East Midlands Research Group is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/emrsg/units/dissemination/