ESRC DTP: Building Your Professional Identity Through Multimedia - Week One: What's Your Story?

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This module comprises a series of six workshops based around a range of multimedia that will enable participants to build a professional identity both online and offline. By the end of this module, participants should have an actionable, usable portfolio.

• What is your story? (Simon Hall and Tyler Shores)

This workshop contains tips on constructing a compelling and powerful narrative, along with soundbites that can make important points around your research stand out. This session focuses on using social media, how to write a post that will pull people in and come away with a clear idea of how to sell your research:

• Crafting your online and social media identity • Knowing your potential audiences • What do your audiences *really* need to know? • Beyond Google searches: how to be discoverable online

• Postgraduates in the Social Sciences
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

Number of sessions: 1

• Presentations and discussion

• Priority booking is given to ESRC DTP students in the first instance

One of six two hour sessions