Hermen Visser
@hermenvisser.bsky.social
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SciComm trainer | Research grant interview & Academic profiling coach
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Max Richter dominates my work playlist. This album, which is on it, not only helps me to focus, it also motivates me to teach researchers how to raise their voices. open.spotify.com/album/3Ndz8f...
Voices
Max Richter · Album · 2020 · 50 songs
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New year, new platform! 🥳
In addition to our one-on-one trajectories, we created this e-learning environment. It allows researchers to prepare for their grant interview in-between sessions. As the year progresses we will continue adding courses and improving the platform. deltagrantsupport.com
Already during her PhD in linguistics, Joske Piepers started to work as a slide designer. She will help you to make slides that work.
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Why-what-how is the formula I keep coming back to in my #scicomm work. Today it helped me to structure a communication training program: from strategy to content to wrapping.
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By the way, this podcast made me discover some great books, movies and writers (such as Borges and The Third Man). And it helped me appreciate and understand them better. Defensively one of me favorite shows!
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The past weeks I was reading Blood Meridian. As with many great books I found out @verybadwizards.bsky.social had an episode (actually 3 episodes) about it. Although I still have some pages left, I couldn’t help but listen…😬

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Episode 268: Blood Meridian, Part 1
Podcastaflevering · Very Bad Wizards · 12-09-2023 · 1u 17m
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Enjoyed this conversation of @yoelinbar.net and @minzlicht.bsky.social on Bluesky as a political bubble. One glance at #FIFA confirms their stance. Only variations of the same opinion about Saudi Arabia as the World Cup host.

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What's Wrong with Living in a Bubble? (with Mickey Inzlicht)
Podcastaflevering · Two Psychologists Four Beers · 04-12-2024 · 1u 12m
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“My neck in the guillotine,” described one of the successful ERC CoG candidates we worked with this year the interview. This type of communication is quite intense: much at stake, highly competitive, online, brief. It makes thorough preparation key.
Online ERC interview coaching - Visser Visible Communication
Are you invited to an ERC or NWO interview? Our online training helps you to optimally prepare your pitch, slides, delivery and Q&A.
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You can still apply. The instructions are at the bottom of the text.
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Do you want to become part of our freelancers pool? We look for graphic designers with academic experience who can help us with scientific illustrations and PowerPoint slides. More info via the link below:
#scicomm www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
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We are hiring! My team supports scientists around career defining communication moments (eg job- and ERC interviews and keynotes). We want to establish a pool of freelance graphic designers with academic experience to help us with PPT slides and illustrations. Interested? DM me or reply below
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Why do you want to blog? I’ve discussrd it with hundreds of aspiring bloggers. Motivation is key I think.
Based on their answers most of them can be placed in one of these six blogger types: from the reflector 💭 to the science communicator 📹.
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6 Types of academic bloggers - Visser Visible Communication
Over the years I have had hundreds of conversations with PhD students with blogging aspirations. Thus I started to recognize a few types of bloggers. Although most of them do not think about strategy,...
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Adapting a presentation to an audience with some distance to your field not only fosters connection, it also makes you reflect on the bigger picture yourself. It is what the participants of my morning session experienced. A presentation is both a communication means and a thinking tool.
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From legal philosophy ⚖️ to urban birds 🦆 and from international research collaboration 👥 to post-humanism 🕷️. Today I have seen all corners of academia while discussing blogging strategies of PhD students. #SciComm
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🌉 Bridge: end with a short summary and bridge to the next package. At the end of WP1, we’ll have a database, with that…
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🛠️ How: this is the technical bit. Mention what is challenging, existing, novel, unique. Those aspects sell better than the details.
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💡 What: …then do this. State what you will do as a solution to the problem you just raised. Why and what can be one sentence.