Echo Rivera, PhD

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I'm on a mission to end #DeathByPowerpoint, so talks & lectures are more accessible and inclusive.

Switched from my research career to help academics & researchers create engaging presentations πŸ¦„βœ¨

See my links for info about my professional devel. training + free resources 🀝

Piano β€’ Anti-capitalist entrepreneur β€’ video games β€’ Leftist

#Academia β€’ #AltAc β€’ #FirstGen β€’ #DataVisualization β€’ #HigherEd β€’ #SciComm β€’ #PublicSpeaking β€’ #PhdChat β€’ #AcademicChatter β€’ #EduTooter

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Free traininghttps://www.stellarslides.com/free-training
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@morethanpowerpoint
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/echorivera/
Newsletterhttps://echo-rivera.ck.page/a80d2cbff2

Phew! πŸ˜… My social media hiatus is just about over. I took a break from it so I could focus on a Big Project.

I think it's been over 2 months since I've really hung out on here?

Just popping in to say hi everyone πŸ‘‹

The Big Project was a whole new online course about how to storyboard talks & lectures to make any "dry" / educational content engaging. And of course, strategies for storytelling with data.

Very excited about it πŸ™Œ

#AcademicChatter #SciComm #PhdStudents #PhdChat

Loving this blog post from @echoechoR about why Design Ideas, templates, and Smart Art are probably doing you a disservice when designing presentations. https://www.echorivera.com/blog/stop-using-powerpoint-slide-design-templates-smartart-designideas
Stop Using Slide Design Templates β€” Echo Rivera

Presentation expert and trainer, Dr Echo Rivera, features the reasons why, as an academic, you should stop using Slide Design Templates. Click here today to learn more!

Echo Rivera

Are you interested in #scicomm as a career? Is it your career?
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@Drkiki hiii! It's great to see you on here, hope you're doing well!
Don't forget to update the footer of your website!

Ya know, this might be one of my fav takes on what could come next...

Bring back the personal blog πŸ‘

I've neglected my blog (switched to YouTube videos only last year). But I miss writing πŸ€”

What do you all think? #academia #SciComm #HigherEd

https://www.theverge.com/23513418/bring-back-personal-blogging

@academicchatter @phdstudents @academicsunite

Bring back personal blogging

As social media changes, Twitter slowly falls, and the landscape seems bleak, let’s take a moment and consider blogging. The personal blog built the internet, and maybe it can help fix it.

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YearCompass

YearCompass | The booklet that helps close your year and plan the next one.

For example, in answering "I will say yes when", I came up with criteria. βœ…

If a proposal or project doesn't meet πŸ‘ all 4 items πŸ‘, I will not say yes.

That felt more helpful and empowering than setting up concrete yearly goals ever has for me.

I tend to hate New Year's resolutions, planning & reflections.

It often feels like a big list of unmet goals + all the things I probably won't accomplish next year.

But this year I did #YearCompass with friends & it was... awesome?

Didn't set a single goal πŸ‘ (eg I will create 3 new courses), but instead talked about things like "I will say no if" & "I will say yes when"

I encourage my #academia & #SciComm friends to check it out. We tend to be really hard on ourselves over goals.

One thing that Mastodon newcomers may not realize is how easy it is to turn Mastodon for web into essentially a Tweetdeck clone, with columns for search/compose, home, notifications, and any lists you've set up. It takes literally seconds.

Here's what mine looks like right now: