engaging citizens in research and innovation: opportunities and challenges afforded by social media
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European Intersectoral Summit on Research and Innovation / Trinity College Dublin, Ireland / 26th February 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Engaging citizens in research and innovation
Opportunities and challenges afforded by social media
John Breslin, NUI Galway
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Me
• Lecturer in electronics • Researcher at DERI • Founder of boards.ie • Mad scientist engineer
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research innovation media society European role science
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designed providers spongebob squarepants can you really read this small writing?
Word cloud generated from http://eisri-summit.eu/background-paper/
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From word of mouth…
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…to word of tweet
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No, I’m too busy reading my Facebook
Haha, I get it, he’s a banana, and he’s saying it’s “apeeling”
Citizens: Can we please have your attention for this important scientific announcement?
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The paradox of the Web*
You now have a megaphone
(Just like everyone else)
* Bernardo Huberman, HP Social Labs
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No longer a race to be first, but a battle to get the most attention
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Be. Interesting.
Easier said than done, eh?
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“A new solid-state propulsion system has been devised using the sigma…”
“Get me out of here”
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Rockets! Space! Action!
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Don’t want to dumb down the message, just make it relevant
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Getting attention for the scientific message
• Have you tried asking questions of the public, rather than regurgitating article titles? – Without using a question that may bias the
response – Provoking but not being rhetorical
• Pique the interest of @influencers – Get them to tell their fans / followers / friends
• Target #topics
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“How well was science taught in your high school?” #scienceweek @wiredscience @nytimesscience
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IDENTIFY HUBS AND INFLUENCERS Who can best spread your message to the public?
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“Doctor Jim is so cool” “Is it m
e or is he looking a little washed out?”
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Anecdote: tweeting out slides from a talk I gave earlier this year
• Put slides on SlideShare* • I had referenced various funding institutions,
non-profit organisations, etc. in my slides: – And made sure to tell them about it on Twitter!
• 500 views in a few hours • 3000 views after a week
* http://slidesha.re/europreneurs
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TARGET KEYWORDS, #HASHTAGS For events or topical stories
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#hashtags for big scientific events
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And explain what the #hashtag is periodically…
…for those not in the know…
#sciencemedia is for EISRI BTW!
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BE A FACE, NOT A LOGO Sometimes, it’s good to be personal
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But don’t go too far!
“I actually came for the climate change discussion, but all I got was someone on about their lousy barbeque”
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Automate your message for sending out at peak times
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But make sure the right message goes out…
• From: Quora Weekly Digest <[email protected]>
• To: [email protected] • Subject: What is it like to have your mother
die? - Quora
• Message-ID: <1361359522.0682987696506104@mf101>
• Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:25:22 -0600 (CST)
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USE EXAMPLES TO SHOW WHY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IS MONEY WELL SPENT
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@johnbreslin or [email protected]