Chapter 15 references: Create e-newsletters, wikis, blogs, podcasts, social networks and webinars
Chapter references
- Blogger Help, “Help People Find Your Blog on Search Engines.”
- Britton, Ben, “Social Media or Scientists and Engineers,” Medium, July 17, 2017.
- Carroll, Sean, “How to Get Tenure at a Major Research University,” Sean Carroll, March 30, 2011.
- Crick, Tom, and Winfield Alan, "Academic Blogging—10 Top Tips," The Guardian, December 13, 2013.
- Email newsletter subscriptions, The New York Times
- EurekAlert RSS Feeds
- EurekAlert Trending newsletter
- Eysenbach, Gunther, “Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact,” Journal of Medical Internet Research,” Vol. 13, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2011.
- Getting Started, Twitter
- Google Alerts
- Hall, Neil, “The Kardashian Index: A Measure of Discrepant Social Media Profile for Scientists,” Genome Biology, Vol. 15, No. 424, 2014.
- Jarreau, Paige, “How I Use Social Media as a Scientist,” From the Lab Bench.
- Leeming, Jack, "Social Media as a Scientist: A Very Quick Guide," NatureJobs, August 23, 2017
- Might, Matt, “6 Blog Tips for Busy Academics.”
- Peironcely, Julio, “How Blogging Can Transform Your Scientific Career,” Finish Your Thesis with Dora, February 3, 2014.
- Raper, Vivienne, “Science Blogging and Tenure,” Science, January 28, 2011.
- RealClimate blog
- Scientific American podcasts
- Tachibana, Chris, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media," Science, February 28, 2015.
- The New Reddit Journal of Science
- Wainwright, Corey, “What is CAN-SPAM,” Hubspot.
- Winkowd, Inka, "700 free newsletter templates (that are all responsive!)," EmailToolTester, June 4, 2018.
General references
- Anderson, Chris, Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, Hyperion, 2006
- Bert, Alison, "How to Use Social Media for Science -- 3 Views," Elsevier Connect, February 25, 2014
- Bik, Holly M., "An Introduction to Social Media for Scientists," PLoS Biology, April 23, 2013
- Bonetta, Laura, "Should You be Tweeting?" Cell, October 30, 2009
- Chang, Kenneth, "Phoenix to Earthlings: I've landed! Awesome!," The New York Times, May 31, 2008
- DeLong, J. Bradford, "The Invisible College," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 2006 (subscription required)
- DiPietro, Jon, Social Media for Scientists and Engineers," Momentum Press, 2011
- Drezner, Daniel W., "The Trouble with Blogs," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 2006 (subscription required)
- kevinmd.com blog disclaimer
- Liang, Xuan, et al, "Building Buzz: (Scientists) Communicating Science in New Media Environments," Journalism & Mass Communications Quarterly, September 12, 2014 (See also Matt Shipman blog post)
- Raper, Vivienne, "Science Blogging and Tenure," Science Careers, January 28, 2011
- Shipman, Matt, "Scientists: Social Media Is Not Necessarily a Waste of Time," SciLogs, November 30, 2012
- Social Networking for Scientists: The Wiki
- Tachibana, Chris, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media," Science Careers, February 28, 2014
- Van Noorden, Richard, "Online Collaboration: Scientists and the Social Network," Nature, August 13, 2014
E-newsletter references, mailing programs, and resources
- AWeber email system includes autoresponder that can automatically send sequences of emails to new subscribers
- Bit.ly URL shortening service
- Bronto
- Constant Contact
- eNewsletterPro
- E-zineZ email newsletter tutorial
- EurekAlert RSS feeds
- "Free Email Marketing Resources," EmailToolTester
- Google Alerts
- iContact
- Individual.com
- JangoMail
- ListProc
- LISTSERV
- MailChimp
- Majordomo.
- McNamee, Hannah, "7 Best Ecommerce marketing Software for 2021," The Ecommerce Manager
- Mineo Ginny, "How to Create an Email Newsletter
- myNewsletterBuilder
- NewsletterPro
- Singleton, Chris, “How to Create an E-newsletter (2018)—10 Simple Steps to Email Marketing Success,” Style Factory, June 26, 2018
- The New York Times e-mail alerts
- URL-shortening services, from Honeytechblog
- VerticalResponse
- Wibowd, Inka, "How to Create Email Newsletters (That Your Subscribers Will Actually Read," EmailToolTester, August 13, 2018
- Winkowd, Inka, "700 free newsletter templates (that are all responsive!)," EmailToolTester, June 4, 2018
- Winkowd, Inka, "The 12 Best Free Email Marketing Services – How far can $0 get you?" EmailToolTester, May 15, 2018
Science podcasts
- Astronomy Casts
- Bowler, Jacinta, "6 Science Podcasts You Need to be Listening to Right Now," Science Alert, March 14, 2016.
- Chen, Joy, "The 12 Best Science Podcasts , Reviewed. FOR SCIENCE! (and Nerdy Enjoyment)," Scoutfm.
- Feltman, Rachel, "The Best Science Podcast to Make You Smarter," Popular Science, May 21, 2018.
- GeekWrapped, "The 20 Best Science Podcasts."
- LaForme, Ren, "The Best Tools and Tech to Create a Podcast in 2018," Poynter, June 18. 2018.
- Loria, Kevin, "15 of the Best Science Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter," Business Insider, March 15, 2018.
- Nature podcasts
- Omega Tau
- The New York Times podcasts
- PodcastPeople commercial audio/video podcast site
- Science Friday
- Science podcasts
- Scientific American podcasts
Podcasting tutorials
- Allen, Patrick, "How to Start Your Own Podcast," Lifehacker, August 9, 2017.
- Dumas, John Lee, "How to Podcast: The Ultimate Guide to Podcasting," Fire Nation, September 1, 2018.
- Hesse, Brendan, "How to Make a Successful Podcast," digital Trends, July 24, 2016.
- The Creative Penn, "How to Podcast."
Podcasting hardware and sound editing services and software
- ACID Music Studio 10
- Adobe Audition
- Audacity
- Avid Pro Tools
- Audio Acrobat
- Apple Logix Pro X
- Electro-Voice RE50/B Microphone
- JK Audio Broadcast Host Digital Hybrid
- Magix Audio Cleaning Lab
- Sound Forge Audio Studio
- Type Studio transcribes podcasts to enable editing just by editing text
- WavePad Audio Editing Software
- Zoom H4N Handy Recorder
Podcast production, syndication, and distribution services
Wiki sites and resources
- Confluence
- PBWiki/PBworks
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia comparison of wiki hosting services
- Wikipedia explanation of wikis
- Wikibooks textbook community
- Wiki.com
- Wiki.org
Social networking sites
- Academia.edu for sharing papers
- Flickr photo-sharing site
- Google Scholar
- HubPages
- Instagram for sharing photos and videos
- LabRoots scientific social network
- Meetup
- Mendeley reference-sharing and networking site
- Mix social bookmarking site
- NASA social networking sites
- Perlmutter, David, "Facebooking Your Way Out of Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 3, 2009 (subscription required)
- ResearcherID for managing professional profile
- ResearchGate networking site
- (Yahoo Groups has shut down. Here's a good guide to alternatives, by Katie Horne.)
- YouTube
- YouTube Help
Social networking guides and tips
- 2020 Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media."
- Bik, Holly M., "An Introduction to Social Media for Scientists," PLoS Biology, April 23, 2013
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, "Social Media for Scientists/Scholars"
- Fiske, Peter, E-Persona Non Grata: Strategizing Your Online Persona, ScienceCareers, Science magazine
- Leeming, Jack, "Social media as a scientist: a Very Quick Guide," NatureJobs, August 23, 2017
- Miah, Andy, "The A to Z of social media for academia," Times Higher Education, March 9, 2017
- Palmer, Joshua C., "Academic Social Networking Sites," American Psychological Association, February 2017
- Pew Research Center, "Social Media Fact Sheet," February 5, 2018
- Schulman, Victoria, "LinkedIn: The Basics," Yale University, July6, 2016
- 60+ Social Networking Sites You Need to Know About in 2018
- Tachibana, Chris, "A Scientist's Guide to Social Media," Science, February 28, 2015
Blogging sites and resources
- Blogger
- Blogger Help, “Help People Find Your Blog on Search Engines.”
- Blogging Wizard, How to Choose a Blog Name You Won't Regret: a Definitive Guide
- Blog Name Generator. Business Name Generator.net.
- Carrington, Damian, "How to Set up a Science Blog," SciDevnet, September 30, 2008
- Carroll, Sean, “How to Get Tenure at a Major Research University,” Sean Carroll, March 30, 2011
- Crick, Tom, and Winfield Alan, "Academic Blogging—10 Top Tips," The Guardian, December 13, 2013.
- DeLong, J. Bradford, “The Invisible College,” Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 2006, (subscription required).
- Freevlog.org site for free video blogs
- Google Alerts
- "How to Create a Successful Science Blog," The Guardian
- McGuire, Hugh, "Why Academics Should Blog," Huffington Post, May 25, 2011.
- Images in Your Blog Posts: Best Practices
- On Blast Blog, "How to Start a Blog: The Only Guide You'll Ever Need"
- Might, Matt, "6 Blog Tips for Busy Academics."
- Peironcely, Julio, "How Blogging Can Transform Your Scientific Career," Finish Your Thesis with Dora, February 3, 2014.
- Perry, David, "3 Rules of Academic Blogging," The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 11, 2015.
- Raper, Vivienne, “Science Blogging and Tenure,” Science, January 28, 2011.
- "30 Inspiring Ideas to Develop Content for Your Blog," JeffBullas.com
- Thomson, Pat, "Seven Reasons Why Blogging Can Make You a better Academic Writer," Times Higher Education, January 2, 2016.
- "26 Tips for Writing Great Blog Posts," Social Media Examiner
- Typepad
- WordPress
Science blogs
- American Society of Microbiology, Small Things Considered
- AAAS ScienceInsider policy news
- Feedspot, Top 100 Science Blogs
- GeekWrapped 20 best science blogs
- Guardian science blog network
- McCurry, Dee, "The Best Academic Blogs," December 7, 2017.
- Next Scientists, a blog for Ph.D. students
- The New York Times blogs
- Public Library of Science blogs
- RealClimate
- ScienceBlogs
- Science Life blog of the University of Chicago Medical Center
- Science News blogs
- Scientific American blog network
Twitter references and resources
- Day, Erik, "100 Education Hashtags for Teachers and EdLEaders," Getting Smart, July 19, 2017.
- Deville, Sylvain, "Top 10 Twitter Hashtags for Scientists," October 24, 2014
- Dybwad, Barb, "Tweet Ideas: Thirteen Things You Can Do With Twitter Besides Tweet," Mashable, August 21, 2009
- Eysenbach, Gunther, “Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact,” Journal of Medical Internet Research,” Vol. 13, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2011.
- Jarreau, Paige, “How I Use Social Media as a Scientist,” From the Lab Bench
- Macsai, Dan, Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter, Fast Company, September 21, 2009
- Mitchell, Olivia, How to Present with Twitter (and other backchannels)
- The Complete Guide to Twitter Hashtags for Education
Twitter sites and tools
- Bit.ly URL shortening service
- dlvr.it automated social media manager
- HootSuite Web-based system for managing multiple Twitter accounts
- NASA Social Media
- NetLingo Internet Dictionary
- Plurk
- SocialOomph for managing and scheduling social media
- Tumblr
- TweetDeck for managing Twitter feeds
- TweetGrid search dashboard for monitoring topics, events, etc.
- Twhirl destop application for managing social network accounts
- Twilert service for monitoring Twitter
- How to use Twitter lists
- Twitter basics guide for business users
- Twitter Guide Book, Mashable
- Twitter in plain English
- Twitter search
- Twittermail provides email address for posting Tweets
- Twitter Mars Phoenix
- twtpoll polls via Twitter
- twtsurvey polls via Twitter
- Wikipedia article on microblogging
- Wikipedia article on Twitter
Social bookmarking sites and resources
- AddThis service enables one-button sharing of content with multiple bookmarking sites
- Digg
- Del.icio.us
- Mix
- Social bookmarking, Wikipedia
Web meeting resources and software
- Best Video Conferencing Apps and Software for Accessibility
- Best Video Conferencing: Join.Me vs GoToMeeting vs WebEx vs Zoom vs Skype vs TeamViewer vs AnyMeeting
- Which is More Secure: Zoom Vs Skype Vs Teams Vs Webex Comparison
- Zoom Vs Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Cisco Webex and Skype: Choosing the Right Video-Conferencing Apps for You
- Zoom vs GoToMeeting: Which is the Best Video Conferencing Solution?
- Adobe Connect
- Beyond Built-in: Why a Better Webcam Matters
- BigMarker
- Elgato green screen
- Emart Photo Studio Backdrop
- eShow
- Eventsforce
- GoToMeeting
- GoToWebinar
- Green screen backdrop
- How to build a Zoom Virtual Background with Your Brand Logo, Thinktiv web tool for creating a logo background
- How to Look Good on Camera, Techsmith
- How to Look Good on Video Calls for Zoom, FaceTime, Skype
- How to Look Good on Zoom, Katie Fehlinger
- How to Remove Video Background without Green Screen
- How to Use a Script on Zoom, Katie Fehlinger
- How to use a green screen with Skype
- How to use Manycam for green screen
- Inexpensive Video Conferencing Lighting Solutions
- Livestorm
- ManyCam streaming production software
- Open Broadaster Software for video recording and live streaming
- On24
- Skype video calling software
- SparkoCam virtual webcam for creating a green screen
- vMix streaming production software
- Using vMix to create a Chroma Key Green Screen
- WebEx Meeting Center
- WebEx/ Skype/ Zoom - Background removal - for PC
- Webinar software comparison site
- Web and Video Conferencing Software Overview
- WebAround green screen
- Zoho Meeting
- Zoom
- Zoom accessibility features
- Zoom accessibility features and ADA compliance (video)
- Zoom closed captioning and live transcription
- Zoom Events
- Zoom: Getting Started with Zoom Rooms
- Zoom Hybrid Meetings: Setup and Tips for Beginners
- Zoom: Hardware Solutions for your Hybrid Meetings
- Zoom Hosting Large Events: Webinars Vs. Meetings
- Zoom:Polling for meetings
- Zoom training webinars
Online survey tips, software, and reviews
- CHECKBOX
- GreatBrook, Tips for Selecting an Online Survey Software Tool
- QuestionPro
- QuestionPro Survey Design Tips
- SurveyMethods
- Survey Monkey
- twtpoll polls via Twitter
