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Boosting research visibility: A Science Communications template to help you turn your research into a good story

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By analyzing a good example and offering a template, this article will help you write an effective research story, reach a broad audience and increase your research visibility. There are basically six things you can do:
1. Immediately set the character/emotion/setting, 2. Immediately state the relatable problem, 3. Tell the story over a timeline, 4. Create a rising action toward the climax – positive results from research, 5. Set up a cliffhanger ending with caveats and/or implications for future research (story sequel) – possible light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel solution, 6. Use the right language.

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EFL 7. Writing comments that (net)work!

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What is the best way to build your network and influence on LinkedIn? Write many posts and articles Share many articles Post videos Comment a lot How confident are you about your answer? Many people might assume it is a., writing many posts and articles. However, if you do this (or b. and c. for

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EFL 6. Writing LinkedIn Connection requests that (net)work!

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Writing messages for networking: connection requests A: “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn”  B: “Hi Marcus! I just finished reading your excellent article on digital marketing and SAAS. I made several notes and learned some useful ideas that I hope to put into practice at my company. I’d love to connect

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EFL 5. Writing an effective LinkedIn Experience Section

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Is the LinkedIn Experience Section a copy of your resume? No. Although this is a section that mirrors your resume with your specific skills, accreditations, education and work experiences, the Experience Section should not have as many details as your resume. It should rather be a summary of your experience that spotlights your main accomplishments.

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EFL 4b. Writing an advanced LinkedIn About Section

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Prewriting skills: Essay structure  In the previous section, we looked at the option of writing a short About section with bullets to make the key information stand out. However, the About section can be up to 2000 characters and can give you the opportunity to express your unique personality and story. In this sense, you

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EFL 4a. Writing a basic LinkedIn About Section

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How to write the LinkedIn About section is essential to make an impact on whoever reads your LinkedIn profile. This article gives tips, examples and grammar suggestion for ELF non-English speaking professionals to write a brief About paragraph with bullets.

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The cognitive science behind effective ppts

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I thought my slides for important presentations and lectures were good. Clean, to the point, sometimes even beautiful. Not so. After reading Paul and Cecik (2021) [1], I realized I often make 2 mistakes when designing and presenting slides: Mistake 1: I read aloud bullets on a slide Mistake 2: I often look for nice

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EFL 3. Writing a LinkedIn headline that stands out

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After seeing your photo and name, viewers will see your headline. As of 2021 [2], the headline allows a maximum of 220 characters, and it should be an eye-catching billboard that briefly describes you, what you do and perhaps how you are passionate about it.   This is your chance to make a first impression with

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EFL 3.Writing to build a LinkedIn profile that (net)works!

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Now that we have thought about your LinkedIn purpose in the previous article, it is time to build your network. We can divide LinkedIn users into 2 main categories. Either you want to expand your professional network for your job or company (sales and promotion), or you are looking for a job.    Sales and promotion

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EFL 2. Writing your LinkedIn purpose and identity

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If you want to write on professional social media platforms, you need to be clear what your purpose is and who you are on the platform. Not sure what this is? That’s ok because in this article, I will show you how to do this. The first step is to become familiar with others on

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