Speaking and Workshops

Book Jennifer van Alstyne for a virtual workshop with your faculty group about
- online presence for professors
- social media to share your research and teaching
- personal websites
- lab websites
Schedule a no pressure Zoom call with Jennifer to talk about your workshop.
Who are these professional development talks and workshops for?
- Professors
- Researchers
- Scientists
- Graduate students
- Research centers
- Scholarly associations
Topics Jennifer speaks on

Social Media
- Academic Social Media (e.g. Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Academia.edu)
- General social media platforms for academics (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube)
- Communicating your research on social media
- Sharing your publications on social media
- Social media for your job search
Online Presence
- Writing your academic bio
- How to manage your online presence for professors
- Your online presence and the job market
- Personal websites for academics
- Lab websites
- Sharing your talk or conference presentation online
Here’s what people are saying about workshops with Jennifer

“In the workshop “Building Your Academic Social Media Presence”, Jennifer van Alstyne taught members of the Public Management Research Association how to use social media more effectively to promote their research. The workshop was engaging, fun, and interactive.
—Leisha DeHart-Davis, PhD, President of the Public Management Research Association

Thanks to @PMRA1991 for sponsoring a social media workshop for academics with @HigherEdPR. Lots of great information on how to leverage social media channels to achieve your professional goals. Thanks especially to @LDDSOG for initiating this workshop! pic.twitter.com/ht4nJ92w1U
— kim isett (@vulnerablepops) April 29, 2022
“Jennifer was incredibly insightful into various social media platforms including LinkedIn and Twitter. She even walked our faculty through recommended updates to their own pages! She was flexible, informative, and overall a wonderful presenter.”
—Dorie Campbell, ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development at Northeastern University

Thank you! It was such an illuminating experience for our faculty! https://t.co/aE7sIfkZFV
— Northeastern ADVANCE (@NU_ADVANCE) November 18, 2020
“The workshop was good for students to get an understanding of how social media can be used in their careers. I believe a few wanted the consultation and have taken steps to improve their online presence. I feel that the presentation improved NEWT’s initiative to empower students to share more digital news with the NEWT community. Jennifer is a wonderful presenter online and provides materials to support the lesson.”
—Liz Scroggins, NEWT Engineering Research Center

Shout out to @HigherEdPR! I took a training with her via @echoechoR’s BOSS community about using social media to promote your work!
— 𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝔹𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕖 (@bree_bop) August 7, 2020

After the @ARVOinfo webinar for the #SciComm Fellowship with @profswatson @HigherEdPR on how to use Twitter and Instagram to communicate our research, I have now started my own #Instagram! #followme https://t.co/k8I0t9O07R Thanks @MWindsorPhD for organising this #phdchat #scicomm pic.twitter.com/RLWfzRA3GU
— Daisy Shu (@EyeDaisyShu) October 11, 2018
It was a privilege to attend a webinar on ‘Science and Social Media’. Social media is for sure a great platform to share our work/knowledge with a wide audience. Thank you speakers @profswatson and Jennifer @HigherEdPR. Thanks @MWindsorPhD @Arvoinfo for the opportunity. #scicomm
— Himal Kandel (@kandelhimal) October 9, 2018
Schedule a no pressure Zoom call with Jennifer to talk about workshops and speaking engagements.
Let’s talk
Questions? Email Jennifer van Alstyne at Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com