Confronting the social media revolution: Marketing knowledge and image

Effective communication of science and research, as well as building and maintaining a professional profile, has challenged academics, researchers and their institutions in highly competitive fields for decades. Social media is branded as a way to overcome this and many are adopting into the dominant paradigm. Social media was the feature of the concluding presentation at the recent CSU Institute for Land, Water & Society (ILWS) forum in early July at Thurgoona, with a ‘Speed date’ provided via this YouTube Clip.

ISSRM 2013 – Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

I recently attended the 19th Annual International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) on June 4-8, 2013 held in Estes Park Center, Colorado, United States. The theme this year was ‘A Time for Integration,’ and the 550+ participants from over 32 countries delivered a wide variety of content running the gamut from alternative energy, noise issues in national parks, amenity migration, private land management, water policy and everything in between. The symposium was attended largely by US-based researchers and students, while other countries being represented included Australia, Finland, Botswana and Canada.