Shout it from the rooftops

Why you should tell the world about your research

Tristram Hooley
Professor of Career Education
University of Derby

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What we are going to talk about

Why talk to
anyone?

Choosing
your poison

Building
dialogue

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What we are going to talk about

Why talk to
anyone?

Choosing
your poison

Building
dialogue

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What kind of academic

do you want to be?
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The philosophers
have only interpreted
the world, in various
ways; the point is to
change it.
(Marx, 1845)

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So why talk to people?

You might learn something

It might be fun
You might be able to help someone
You might change the world (one conversation at a time)
You might become a global superstar (from blog to BBC
in three easy steps!)
It might do your career some good
You might make some money!

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Who to talk to?

Please yourself
Your mates?
Academics?
Students?
Practitioners?
Policy makers?
The general public?
Future employers?

Know who you

want to talk to

Realise that
other people
might hear you

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What we are going to talk about

Why talk to
anyone?

Choosing
your poison

Building
dialogue

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Research processes

Writing
Attending seminars
Giving conference papers
Publishing
Reading others publications
Writing reviews
Teaching

are social and communicative processes which are

reliant on networks
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You havent lived until

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What outputs are you producing?

As well as articles you can write
Executive and plain English summaries
Blogs
Handbooks and guides
Newspaper and magazine articles
Tweets and comments
Whatever you want!

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Issac Newton seeing farther than others,

because he is standing on shoulders of
giants.
Edmund Halley yes but you also stood side
by side with some of us.
Richard Bentley and we corresponded
about your work when I lectured on
Newtonian physics.

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Why do researchers use social media?

I think social media made me a better researcher
because I find stuff out a lot quicker. I now have a
network of individuals I respect and am confident in
their work. The network discovers and filters and
discusses. I have connected my research to the real
world in a way that would not have been so easy
before and maybe not possible. For curriculum
development and teaching this has connected with
real issues that interest and engage students and has
helped them become student researchers in their own
right with a broader and more critical take on issues.
Terry Wassall (Principal Teaching Fellow,
Sociology)

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What I do

Work

Fun

Occasional
Linkedin
Research Gate
CiteULike

Pinterest

Twitter

Whatsapp

Blog

Facebook

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What we are going to talk about

Why talk to
anyone?

Choosing
your poison

Building
dialogue

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How do networks work?

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What do you want from a network?

Diversity
Independence
De-centralisation
(Surowiecki, 2004)
Also
People who share your interests
People to have fun/sociability with

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Lessons from network theory

You dont need to know everyone.
Knowing who the connectors are is important
Be aware of what networks you are in and what ones you
are not in
Being part of a network takes time and energy you cant
be part of everything.

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Reciprocity
a state or relationship in which there is mutual action,
influence, giving and taking, correspondence, etc., between
two parties or things
OED

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Some stuff wot I wrote

Cann, A., Dimitriou, K. & Hooley, T. (2011).
Social Media: A Guide for Researchers. London:
Research Information Network.
Hooley, T. (2014).
'We wanted to change that particular part of the world': T
he role of academics in the career development field, lear
ning from the career of Tony Watts.
Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and
Counselling, 33: 37-43.
Other stuff at
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stram-hooley
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In conclusion
1. Think about why you want to talk to people.
2. Choose some channels and stick with them for a
reasonable amount of time.
3. Remember you are in a conversation and not a lecture.

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Tristram Hooley
Professor of Career Education
International Centre for Guidance Studies
University of Derby
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@pigironjoe
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