Workshops with Jennifer van Alstyne
Let’s chat about a custom workshop or facilitated professional development session on
- online presence for professors
- social media to share your research and teaching
- personal academic websites
- research lab websites
You can learn a bit about what it’s like to work with me on this page. And, please explore the free resources on this website like The Social Academic blog and podcast.
Interested in working together? Please reach out by email. Or, schedule a time for us to chat on Zoom. I’m happy to help you in the right direction (even when it isn’t me). I appreciate you.
Best wishes,
Jennifer van Alstyne
Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com
Interviews and Q&A’s
Want me to appear on your podcast, YouTube channel, interview, or other public online appearance? Fun. I’d love to connect with you.
Please email Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com
Online Presence Workshops and Training for Academics
Custom professional development for your group
Virtual Workshops:
$2540+
Full-day facilitation, in person:
$7,500+ plus travel
Workshops with me are interactive and actionable. Some groups add on 1-on-1 consultation sessions. Or, an implementation-focused VIP Day.
If you feel your group or organization needs Social Media and Communications Strategy or support with your website, please schedule your no pressure Zoom call to chat about working together.
Who are these workshops for?
- Professors
- Researchers
- Scientists
- Graduate Students
- Research Labs, Groups, Centers
- Scholarly Associations
Goal-Setting Workshops
These workshops help your group choose how to best use their time and energy for their digital presence. How do you want to show up online? What makes sense for your goals and lifestyle? These workshops can be tailored for faculty, researchers, or graduate students.
Your Online Presence for Academics
60 minutes | 90 minutes
Social Media for Academics
60 minutes | 90 minutes
Practical Workshops
These workshops help academics take action for their online presence.
Writing Your Academic Bio
60 minutes | 90 minutes
Personal Academic Websites
Create a plan for your personal academic website or research lab website.
90 minutes | 2 hours
Sharing Your Talk or Conference Presentation Online
60 minutes | 90 minutes
How to Brag the Right Way on Social Media for Academics
60 minutes | 90 minutes
Communicating Your Research and Your Online Presence
Create a plan for sharing your research exploring ways beyond social media and websites for faculty and researchers.
60 minutes | 90 minutes
Facilitation
These strategy workshops are best facilitated for research teams and smaller groups.
Inviting Aligned Connections, Collaborations, and Partners with your Online Presence, a goal setting workshop for early career and mid-career faculty
90 minutes
Creating Systems for Your Research Group’s Online Presence, a strategy workshop for a research lab, research group, or research center
90 minutes
Increasing Your Research Impact and Engagement Online, a strategy workshop for faculty
90 minutes
Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com
Booking for 2026-2027
Workshops start at $2540 USD. I’m quite used to the vendor set-up process and happy to be patient with your university if you’d like to move forward. Payment must be made in advance to reserved the time and attention for your event that your group deserves. Thank you.
Want me to facilitate a full day of professional development on your campus? Let’s talk about your community’s need for their online presence. I’ll customize a day just for them. Full day on-site facilitated experiences start at $7500 USD + travel.
I’m open to university honorariums for a fireside talk, interview-style Q&A, or class visit.
Please reach out by email if you’d like a quote for your group. Or, find time on my online calendar for us to meet on Zoom.
Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com
Are you tasked with training your university group on their online presence or digital footprint?
Thank you. This work is meaningful for the people who attend your training. And also for the people they’ll touch in life. I appreciate you.
You don’t need to bring me in to speak with your group to help them have a stronger online presence. There’s resources on The Social Academic blog. At the end of the page you can sort by category and tag to find resources that may be helpful for yourself, or to share with your group. I’m proud that these articles and interviews have been shared by university libraries, departments, and faculty as resources. Please don’t hesitate to share them with your community too.
This free course helps people you know where to start for their online presence so they’re prioritizing what’s important for their goals. Please feel free to enroll yourself. I’ll be transitioning those materials to this website to make them more open access for people in the coming months.
Would you like support personally? Sometimes you just need someone to talk it out, look together at your plans, and have an action plan for your workshop.
Would your group, or a colleagues benefit from working with me personally? I’m open paid workshops and professional development training. Much of that work is done with groups through my online presence services (like designing your website or creating a social media and communications strategy).
I’m also open to a stand-alone workshop or training customized for your group. If that may be helpful for you, please reach out at
Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com
Our speaker friends
Sometimes I’m not the right fit for your group. Please consider our friends:
Brittany Trinh, Dr. Lily Rosewater of Pitch Science, and Dr. Ian Li from Owlstown for personal academic websites and research lab websites
Dr. Jennifer Polk of From PhD to Life for LinkedIn, networking, and online presence for your career search
Dr. Gertrude Nonterah of The Bold PhD for academic branding and public scholarship
Dr. Sheena C. Howard for media and publicity for your research, and social media for professors
Dr. Echo Rivera for presentations and slides
Dr. Jennifer Askey for leadership and team facilitation and strategic planning
Dr. Julia Barzyk of Wise Investigator for research funding
They’ve each appeared on The Social Academic podcast if you want to get to know them.
What people say about Jennifer van Alstyne
“Jennifer possesses not only a profound understanding of strategic social media and communications engagement tailored for academics, but also excels in meeting individuals at their current level and guiding them towards more effective and efficient engagement. She was able to engage each of us individually and move us forward as a team…Jennifer left our team invigorated with a well-defined path for engagement.”
—Katy Dondanville, PsyD, STRONG STAR Training Initiative
“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
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
“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
Email Jennifer van Alstyne at Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com