Title: Building an academic and professional persona online

Presenters: Steven Lubar and Ian Alden Russell

Brown University, The Humanities and Technology Camp – October 19, 2012

Description: It’s important for new and emerging professionals to create and manage their web personas, their personal brands. It’s a way to meet people and keep up with ongoing discussions in your field. It’s also essential in finding job opportunities and getting hired. This workshop will introduce the professional use of twitter, blogs, networking tools like LinkedIn and Academia.edu, online portfolio tools like wix.com, and sharing sites likescribd.com and slideshare.net. Aimed at academic and public humanists.