class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # 4th Year Workshop ## Simple summaries of your work ### Ian McCarthy, Emory University ### Economics PhD Professionalism Workshop --- <!-- Adjust some CSS code for font size, maintain R code font size --> <style type="text/css"> .remark-slide-content { font-size: 30px; padding: 1em 2em 1em 2em; } .remark-code, .remark-inline-code { font-size: 20px; } </style> <!-- Set R options for how code chunks are displayed and load packages --> # Quick summaries - Writing a paper is great. - Presenting papers in conferences can be really fun. - But this is all "academic facing" work for your field/subfield. - How can you get other people to read it? --- # Quick summaries So how do we do this? - **Not** op-eds. I mean an accurate summary of your work but easy and quick to consume. - Visual abstracts - Short videos - Twitter threads --- # Visual abstracts - Really just a slide to summarize your work - Concise but fair to your main point --- count: false # Visual abstracts .center[  ] --- # Short videos - Everybody's doing it! - Our own Santi's [JMP](https://www.smontoyablandon.com/#jmp) --- # Twitter threads - Everbody's doing it! - Too many examples to list...[bestofecontwitter](https://bestofecontwitter.substack.com/) --- # Twitter Most people share all of this, including links to papers, on Twitter... - Join #econtwitter - Relatively inclusive community with lots of shared papers and info - I've learned a lot and seen many papers that I wouldn't have otherwise seen - Follow Academic Sequitur, @AcademicSeq - Follow NBER and journals (in and out of your field) --- # Twitter etiquette While we're on it, let's talk Twitter etiquette... 1. **Tone**: Be kind. -- This is not the setting for criticism. Jokes also don't tend to land well through tweets. --- count: false # Twitter etiquette While we're on it, let's talk Twitter etiquette... 1. **Tone**: Be kind. 2. **Blocking**: #econtwitter is generally very kind and inclusive. But #twitter is not. Feel free to block people that are rude. -- Unfollowing and muting are also options, but blocking is generally recommended. --- count: false # Twitter etiquette While we're on it, let's talk Twitter etiquette... 1. **Tone**: Be kind. 2. **Blocking**: #econtwitter is generally very kind and inclusive. But #twitter is not. Feel free to block people that are rude. 3. **Replies**: Two ways to respond...reply or retweet. -- Respond if you want to have a conversation. Retweet with comment if it's standalone. Poor taste to retweet with comment if you're discussing the content of the original tweet. --- count: false # Twitter etiquette While we're on it, let's talk Twitter etiquette... 1. **Tone**: Be kind. 2. **Blocking**: #econtwitter is generally very kind and inclusive. But #twitter is not. Feel free to block people that are rude. 3. **Replies**: Two ways to respond...reply or retweet. 4. **Tagging**: Tag people when relevant. -- For example, positive comments about some work, or a retweet where you add an author. --- count: false # Twitter etiquette While we're on it, let's talk Twitter etiquette... 1. **Tone**: Be kind. 2. **Blocking**: #econtwitter is generally very kind and inclusive. But #twitter is not. Feel free to block people that are rude. 3. **Replies**: Two ways to respond...reply or retweet. 4. **Tagging**: Tag people when relevant. 5. **Identity**: Start professional and add personality over time. Especially when first getting started, try to focus on where you can add value. --- # Other Twitter things - Professional [guide](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cUoW_4SUl5u5NUydKZnNH2oPo08kEEP_/view) by Sarah Jacobson - Another [guide](https://annemburton.com/assets/burton_econtwitter_slides.pdf) for grad students by Anne Burton --- # Timing A natural question regarding how to promote your paper on social media...when should I do it? - Not until you're confident of the results! - Need not wait for official publication - R&R is OK, depending on the reviewer comments -- - Talk to your adviser (and co-authors) before promoting your papers