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Communicating Science with Social Media

A guide for charity, research centre, museum and university communications professionals.

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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018

Communicating science with social media; An introduction

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9 key messages for communicating science on social media

9 key messages for communicating science on social media

Some key recommendations for anyone starting out with digital science communication
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
What makes a good science video?

What makes a good science video?

The key ingredients of a short science film, according to the best producers out there.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
Creating science content with personality

Creating science content with personality

‘Personality’ is a key tenet of social media, but how do you work this into your social content? Here are some starting points.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 9, 2018
Managing (or wrangling) multiple accounts

Managing (or wrangling) multiple accounts

Your organisation is probably a sprawling mess of departments and twitter accounts. Here’s some advice on dealing with it.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
What actually is ‘storytelling’ in educational social media?

What actually is ‘storytelling’ in educational social media?

Storytelling is often the most important thing in communicating science online. But what does that mean, in practise?
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Ant Lewis
Feb 9, 2018
Practical resources for online science content producers

Practical resources for online science content producers

Links, practical resources, further reading and handy tidbits that might come in useful as you create and manage science content online.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 9, 2018
What’s the most important metric for online science communicators?

What’s the most important metric for online science communicators?

Being a statistic analyst as well as science content creator is hard. My advice: dramatically simplify what you’re looking at.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
Is social media content damaging science?

Is social media content damaging science?

Does our ‘educational’ content, that bends to fit social media format conventions, do science a disservice?
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
How long should I spend making a science video?

How long should I spend making a science video?

An impossible question, but to give you a very rough yardstick, I asked some producers what goes into each science film they produce.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
Motion graphics vs animation in science communication

Motion graphics vs animation in science communication

An often neglected distinction that’s worth thinking about when planning your next piece of science viceo content.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 9, 2018
Convincing senior colleagues that social media is valuable to your organisation

Convincing senior colleagues that social media is valuable to your organisation

Senior scientists and managers don’t always appreciate the value of what the social media team do. What’s the best way to win them over?
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Ant Lewis
Feb 9, 2018
How to make animated gifs of archive illustrations and images

How to make animated gifs of archive illustrations and images

A practical tutorial on creating those lovely animated gifs of archive diagrams and still illustrations.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
How to caption science videos for social

How to caption science videos for social

With technical material, captioning is more important than ever. Here are some useful resources and tips.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
Getting your content release schedule right

Getting your content release schedule right

Should you prioritise regularity to build a following, or focus on quality to communicate your science more efficiently but less…
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018

Thank you to all the contributors

Some of the brilliant people who generously gave their time to this project.
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Ant Lewis
Feb 8, 2018
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