Ryan Duggan, Technical Director

University of Chicago Flow Cytometry (UCFlow)

Maximizing Social Capital to Increase Core Facility Exposure and Usage

How to get in contact with me• about.me/ryanduggan (online business card)

• plus.google.com/+RyanDuggan (my “network of choice”)

• twitter.com/RynDggn (@RynDggn)

• 773.809.DGGN (sms/voice)

CYTO-U Webinar• For more detailed explanation of the basics• http://cytou.peachnewmedia.com/store/seminar/

seminar.php?seminar=25695

Take home messages• Funding is uncertain• Technology-based Shared Resource Lab (SRLs) are the

Nexus• Investigators need partners (Philanthropists need places

to put their money).• Their search will include online networks (search/social)• Be present, Be discoverable• Establish expertise by consuming, curating, creating• Increase social capital (online credibility)

Expertise Social Capital

Why invest the time and effort?• Funding landscape has changed

• Quantity• Project Type

• People use the internet to connect with collaborators• Search, social, colleagues

• Biomedical science (technology-specifically) is Awesome• Interact with peers• Interact with lay public• Create advocates

Frame the discussion (U.S.)

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Source: NIH Office of the Director, Office of Budget: http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/

• NIH/Federal is only one component of Research Dollars (30%)

• Pharmaceutical/Biotech makes up 55%

• Philanthropy, Institutional Funds adds 15%

• Most increases in funding are geared towards clinical research projects.

• Funding is flat, but costs are increasing

Compiled by Adam M. Katz http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/healthdollar12.pdf

Recession Starts

ARRA Funds

UNCERTAINTYINNOVATION

Funding $’s Directed Towards Clinic

$’s geared towards Basic Research Declining

Difference is more dramatic when comparing Basic/Basic Research

• Uncertainty in funding.• Diminished SRL usage by traditional userbase, namely

R01 awardees and publicly funded investigators.• Funding shifts towards clinical/disease-state researchers.• Industry partnering with Research Inst. to save money.

• If we want to increase usage in our SRL, we’ll want to understand the needs of these groups.

Zzzzz. What does this really mean?

Clinical

Research

Industry

R01

Funded

Solution• Diversifying your target userbase will insulate your SRL

from changing funding landscape• Expand your services to cater to this non-traditional

usersbase.• Use social media outlets to network with people from

these various groups.• Build an online presence to demonstrate expertise of the

core facility and yourself (social capital)

Why invest the time and effort?• Funding landscape has changed

• Quantity• Project Type

• Investigators use the internet to connect with collaborators• Search, social, colleagues

• Biomedical science (technology-specifically) is Awesome• Interact with peers• Interact with lay public• Create advocates

Like it or Not, These are Your PI’s

Investigators are looking for partnersWhat can I do with all

my $

Why invest the time and effort?• Funding landscape has changed

• Quantity• Project Type

• Investigators use the internet to connect with collaborators• Search, social, colleagues

• Biomedical science (technology-specifically) is Awesome• We have the coolest toys• Interact with peers and lay public• Create advocates

I <3 Science!

SOME SOCIAL MEDIA BASICSThe 3 C’s

An Evolving Marketing Plan

One-way broadcast of message

Message shaped by consumer’s social network

The Three C’s• Content Consumers

• Use Social Media to be informed

• Content Curators• Share Social

Media to inform others.

• Content Creators• Create content

that can be shared. Consumers

Curators

Creators

Start by listening• Listening is key.• The internet is a very noisy place that’s contantly trying to

grab your attention.• Like a finely tuned cytometer, you need to resolve the

useful information from all the noise.

Useful Information

Noise

Useful

Start by listening• Gate out the noise using various tools so it’s easy to pick

out the important information.• E.g. Twitter keyword searches and lists, Google Alerts,

LinkedIn Interest Groups, RSS feeds for key blogs and journals, news aggregators like Flipboard, and following key people on any service.

Useful Information

Noise

Useful

Single platform that allows you to tap into many networks and display the information all in one place

Hootsuite

Beware the Echo Chamber

Rate of the flow of ideas

Impa

ct o

f id

eas

Isolationist

Echo chamber

Diversity in Social Group

If you measure the rate of the flow of ideas, you would see a spectrum whereby on the low end you’d have no flow of ideas (the isolationist) and the high end, you’d have a situation where the same ideas get passed around quickly creating an echo chamber. The spot where new ideas have the most impact is in the middle where there is a diversity in the social network so that new ideas can be exchanged freely. Sandy Pentland: “Social Physics: How good ideas

spread.” http://youtu.be/HMBl0ttu-Ow?t=19m51s

The Art of Curation• Once you’re able to filter out the noise effectively, you’re ready to start

curating.• Pick a platform that you’re comfortable with and learn how to reformat

content for that service.• Remember our goal is discoverability, so share publicly

Userbase Characteristic Utility

Facebook1+ Billion Everyone is here,

including Framily.One stop shop, see family pics and talk shop

Twitter560 Million 140 characters, real-

time newsGreat for curation of links

Google+400 Million Search giant does

socialBlog-like posts, hangouts, communities

LinkedIn240 Million Social Network for

ProfessionalsFocused groups, business-centric networking

Cross-posting• Social networks have their own look and feel for their

content• Cross-posting is a legitimate time saver and can be used

for some content.• Most of the time you should format content for the

platform.• Simultaneously talking to multiple groups of people

No. 1 rule to Curation• Add something to the conversation.

Good Tweet Bad Tweet

Second-Tier Social• Niche platforms, high specialized, public or private

• Listserves• Nings (DIY Social Network)• Facebook/Google+/LinkedIn Groups/Communities.

• Great for talking with colleagues• Beware the echo chamber.• ABRF Forums/Marketplace

Feeling Creative? Then Create• Blogging, Videos, Tutorials, Quick snippits, commentary

on a publication or article, answering questions in a forum, etc…

• You’ve been consuming good content and you know what you like.

• You’ve been curating other people’s content and you recognize what types of content is shareable.

• Now it’s time to create.

Blogging• Easy to do• Doesn’t have to be earth

shattering.• You’re all expert in some

technique, assay, software, hardware, etc…

• Write what you know.• You may want to talk to

your peers, your users, or the lay public

Video• On average, video is shared 12x more than text*

*http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33513/Visual-Content-Trumps-Text-in-Driving-Social-Media-Engagement-INFOGRAPHIC.aspx

Industry-Specific Communities

plus.google.comCytometry Community

YouTubeCytometry on Air

Getting Shared/Liked/+1/RT• Try not to look like a spammer or bot.• Fill out your profile with images, text, links, etc…

Brands and Personalities

• Your Facility• Longevity in spite of

turnover• Typically less baggage• Easy to share the load

• Logo• Unified across platforms.

• You• Can take your brand with

you.• Have better control over

the presentation.• Aids in professional

development.

• People are key.• Show your face

Summary• Use filtering tools to become an efficient listener• Broaden your interactions to avoid the echo chamber• Curating can be an effective way of gaining social capital• Create sharable content so happy end-users, aspiring

philanthropists, and the general public do the marketing for you.

SOCIAL MEDIA LEVEL: NINJAGetting the most out of your effort

S-E-Oh no he didn’t• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Increase your search ranking on Google

• Search today is weighted heavily by social interactions not just the use of keywords.

Search engine ranking is all about social - https://medium.com/p/8b884d71aae5

Which Platform?• Short answer – it doesn’t matter• What does matter is getting out there and doing it.• They all have strengths and weaknesses.• You’ll likely use more than one (cross-post).

But it takes sooooooo much time.• Using efficiency tools, you can minimize your discovery

time.• Liking/+1-ing/RT/Favoriting takes no time at all.• Curating taking very little time (make sure you actually

read what you’re sharing).• Creating takes time (blogging, video)• Make hay when the sun shines.

Frequency of tasksTask duration frequency when Total

weekly time (hours)

Consume social major (twitter, G+, Purdue)

60 minutes

Daily (morning 10 min., afternoon 10 min., evening 10 min.)

7

Consume social minor (LinkedIn, Research Gate

30 minutes

Bi-weekly morning 1

Read non-journal articles (Pocket)

20 minutes

Daily Evening 2.3

Google+ Cytometry Community

15 minutes

Daily All day 1.75

Blogging 5 hours Monthly When I have a chance 1

Video (creation) 5 hours Monthly Hangouts 1

TOTAL 14 hours per week

Avg. daily hours of T.V. watching for

U.S. adults = 4.5 hrs (31.5 hrs/wk)

My 6 point strategy - #1

Social networks start at home• You can use social networks to interact with your current

user base.• Prioritize any comments/posts made by your users

• You can set up Twitter searches based on location or create a custom list of your users.

• Share your content with them directly instead of putting it out there and assuming they’re following it.

• Don’t forget the old school social networking – lab meetings, works-in-progress, Thesis Defense.

• Setup filters/alerts to find and congratulate them on a publication and thank them for the acknowledgment.

My 6 point strategy - #2

Exploit efficiency tools• You cannot possibly find/read everything, so don’t try.• Hootsuite – cuts down on the # of sites I need to visit and

filters the content.• Pocket – one click browser plug-in that stores articles and

web pages to be read later• IFTTT Recipes – Favorite something in Twitter, linked

content get sent to Pocket.• Schedule content. Write a bunch when you have time and

schedule them to go out slowly. Gives the appearance you’re always online.

My 6 point strategy - #3

Consume• Use Hootsuite (open all day long)• Google Alerts set up to send news items relating to

cytometry (automatically sent to my email as they hit)• Monitor cytometry-related keywords in Google+ (check

daily)

My 6 point strategy - #4

Curate• Retweet items of importance to my communities and add

description as necessary.• Any items that come through Google alerts or twitter can

be repackaged and reshared on Google+• Sprinkle in non-cytometry, science/technology related

items to interact with a larger crowd (avoiding the echo chamber).

My 6 point strategy - #5

Interact with other people’s content• +1/Like/Favorite people’s content when appropriate• Gain new followers and connections, build your base,

avoid the echo chamber.• Offer help/suggestions/useful links to distress signals.

Nearly every time I find someone’s lonely post hanging in the ether and like it, I almost immediately gain a follower.

Friendraising before Fundraising

My 6 point strategy - #6

Create good content.• Blogger (ucflow.blogspot.com)• YouTube (youtube.com/TheRynDggn)• Google+ Cytometry Community

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Challenge• If you’ve not already implemented a Social Media strategy

for your core facility, Start TODAY.

• If you’re currently using these tools professionally, make a pledge to interact daily (+1, Like, RT, Blog, etc…)

• If you want to collaborate on social media efforts, contact me.

Thank you