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Does Social Media help? Which platforms?
Web Seminars
What’s it about
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Powerpoint has always worked fine for me while being live at conferences. I used it for bullet points. Not too fancy. Sufficient, with my temper on a stage. But there is no stage in virtual presentation. Much less temper. I need better Powerpoint skills. And, while we are at it: I need better visual skills in general, also about showing something in a nice and comprehensive way. And nice pictures. Preferably no kitten pictures.
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What’s it about
It’s fast. It’s too fast for me. I have always used Twitter twitter to ask questions. Worked fine in the past. Nowadays, my questions are too difficult (example here: https://twitter.com/YvonneTunnat/status/1438063958821416961). People always retweet, but tend not to answer any more. Besides, I check my timeline not frequently enough to see interesting content.
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It seems to be too time-consuming to really get something out of it. I try to use it more often, but I guess I must have more content to do so. Like blogposts. Which brings me to the next point.
Blogging
What’s it about
I have always written blogposts. Usually using the OPF platform. Sometimes the DPC. Now I have the possibility to use nestor, too, which offers the possibility to also blog in my mother tongue.
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It works. I need more. I need to put more time into it. It also helps with Twitter twitter.
Ideas
Not every blogpost has to be half a paper. I can create short ones, work in progress, just ideas, share what I am working at. Elaboration is always possible afterwards.
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Talk to workmates about what they do. Talk to experts about certain topics. Record it. Publish it. nestor has a YouT YouTube channel. Plus, we could distribute it where all the other podcasts are. Like Apple or Spotify.
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It’s another form of gathering information and good/best practice and talking to people and sharing knowledge. It can lead to other ideas. For work. For Twittertwitter. For blogposts. Of course it has to be done on top of the normal work. But it should be worth it.
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I just had my ten year anniversary on my job. I know what I am doing. But I also know it’s changing. Plus, I need some fresh eyes from time to time. Or refresh my own eyes. Live conferences and talking to you has always done that. I miss that. I need you. Let’s talk.
