In this week's episode, guest expert Jeanne Zaino, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Iona College, joins us to talk about raising your profile on campus, self-promotion, networking, and promoting the work of others.
We wrap up with our best tips and advice for helping you get more comfortable with raising your profile on campus and at the end we'll have an assignment for our listeners- speak up or amplify something a colleague says in a meeting or in a public setting and share your story on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG and @UVenus on Twitter or post it on our Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share, retweet, and amplify!
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http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- Promoting and celebrating other women in academia through networks of women.
- Self-promotion can feel like bragging and can make you uncomfortable.
- Promoting the work of faculty is important to the university and society.
- Ways that institutions can structure and increase the promotion of faculty work.
- The solitary life of the academic and the advantages of being part of a larger community.
- Women Also Know and University of Venus as models of women promoting other women.
- Recognizing and celebrating more mainstream publications such as op-eds and podcasts.
- Providing op-ed writing workshops and training faculty and public relations offices on methods for publicizing faculty work.
- Developing a fast-response team to help faculty and staff respond effectively to media requests.
- The need for a critical mass of female leaders on campus to change the culture to get women more comfortable with self-promotion.
- Getting over the idea that your work speaks for itself and that someone will find it.
- Finding a way to talk about and share your work in a way that you can be proud of.
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Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas