Twitter: A black hole for time OR a great tool for engaging?
Love it or loathe it, Twitter and other social media are here and demanding our attention. Join us as we consider the big questions:
- Is Twitter a torrent of irrelevant gubbins with a negligible signal-to-noise ratio...
- ... or an exciting fluid new medium that’s enabled you to engage a whole new audience?
- Do you have no idea, but would like to know more so you make a judgement call?
- Are Twitter-haters at a competitive disadvantage in the science communication job market?
- Anything else social media related that’s preying on your mind...
Kicking off the evening with their thoughts and opinions are:
- Jo Brodie (Diabetes UK and UCL) who’s been Tweeting for 3 years and curates the best of the bunch
- Henry Scowcroft (Cancer Research UK), blogs for Cancer Research UK and is part of the charity’s Internet & New Media department
- Brian Owens (Nature), where he is Assistant News editor. Nature News recently won the Online Media Award for Best Twitter Feed
Come prepared with your anecdotes and experiences at the ready (Twitter virgins excepted).
Date: Thursday 7 July 2011
Time: 18:00 - 19:00 (registration from 17:30 for prompt start, followed by refreshments in a nearby pub)
Venue: Society of Biology, Charles Darwin House, 12 Roger Street, WC1N 2JU
Directions:www.charlesdarwinhouse.co.uk
Cost: Free to Stempra members, £15 to non-members (which includes the membership fee)
To register: please email events@stempra.org.uk
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