JSF Socials

About JSF socials

JSF Socials are regular informal meetings to support the goals of JSF throughout the year, in particular to build community among public relations staff working in English in Japanese universities and other institutions.

Schedule

JSF socials are held at 7 pm Japan time of every third Thursday of odd months.

NEXT EvENT: THURsday, 20 JULY 2023 (19:00 JST)

Coming soon

To be confirmed

Future events

2023-07-20, Thursday, 19:00: Topic TBD

2023-09-21, Thursday, 19:00: Topic TBD

2023-11-16, Thursday, 19:00: Topic TBD

2023-12-21, Thursday, 19:00: Topic TBD

2024-01-18, Thursday, 19:00: Topic TBD

2024-03-21, Thursday, 19:00: Topic TBD

Past events

JSF Socials report for AY2022–2023

2023-03-16: Media relations

Katherine Nickels

Connecting the Dots: Communication and Engagement to Drive Research Impact

[Slides]

Mikas Matsuzawa

Turning Research into News: Techniques on Pitching Your Findings to the Media

[Slides]

2023-01-19: Inclusive Scicomm

Nicolas Bonne

The Tactile Universe: Accessible astrophysics public engagement with the vision impaired community. 

[Slides]

Akira Ohkubo

Making Museum Experiences Accessible for All.

[Slides]

2022-11-17: Storytelling in science

Ruth Francis

Storytelling in science. 

[Slides]

Rohan Mehra

Form and narrative in documentary film.

[Slides]

2022-09-15: The role of the press officer

Helen Jamison

The Changing Role of Science Press Officers. 

[Slides]

Asako Okamura

What can we tell from numbers?: public communication activities in Japanese research institutes.

[Slides]

2022-07-21: Growing your social media

Fabiana Zollo

Science communication on social media: data-driven insights and recommendations. 

[Slides]

Lisa Takagi  & Brent Olian

Communicating research for the SDGs: Global and domestic social media strategies.

[Slides]

2022-05-19: Hybrid and online events

Heather Doran

Moving to hybrid, lessons from the early days of live streaming. 

[Slides]

Raymond Kunikane Terhune

Online, hybrid, and in person: Presentations in the time of covid. The chaos still remains. 

[Slides]

Supported by

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Organisers

Euan McKay

Kobe University

@euanmckay 

Ayumi Koso