Storytelling Tools for Academics
Thought Leadership Resources for Academics
Getting your ideas published in academia is important — but often this research gets hidden behind paywalls and buried in Google searches. How do we tell stories about our research for a broad audience? It’s time to rethink thought leadership and what constitutes impact in the academy. Engagement with mainstream media is a great step toward raising scholarly voices. The Google Doc linked below outlines tips and resources for engaging with news outlets.
Academic Book Publishing
Book publishing in academia can include edited volumes, deeply researched monographs, research handbooks, trade publications for mainstream press, and more. Julien Cayla and Adishri Guha kindly compiled the Google Sheet below, filled with information about academic book publishing.
Visual Storytelling: Make your presentations pop
Academic presentations do not need to be boring. And you also don’t need a background in graphic design to create a compelling visual presentation. Below are graphic design resources I recommend for designing unique academic presentations.
GraphicRiver, FreePik, and CreativeMarket: for relatively inexpensive or free downloadable templates for slide decks, social media mock-ups and more
Canva and BeFunky: for editing images; both also have templates for formatting reports or presentations
Pixabay and Unsplash: for royalty-free pictures to use instead of images from data
Pexels: for free stock video
Dafont and FontSquirrel: for free fonts
Fiverr: for paid freelance creative services
SlidesGo, Beautiful.ai, and SlidesCarnival: for formatting slide decks - free templates!
Flaticon, The Noun Project, IconsDB, and Iconfinder: for using icons in creating diagrams or presentations
Flourish: for easy data visualization
Adobe Creative Cloud: for more advanced editing of images or mock-ups using Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator