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Dr. Echo Rivera

Dr. Echo Rivera

@echorivera.com

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I help academics/researchers create visually engaging, accessible talks & lectures. Training | Consultations | Design PhD in Community Psy #AcademicSky #PsychSky #SciComm #HigherEd 日本語を勉強している ~ she/her/Dr 💁‍♀️✨🌈 echorivera.com 👆👆Free training 👆👆

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Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · Nov 26

👋 I’m trying to get momentum like I had on Twitter

I'm here to help you:

🌈 enjoy creating talks & lectures
🙌 feel like a rockstar when you give them
👏 see instant proof that they made an impact

Topics:
🗣️ public speaking
👩‍🏫 accessible, plain language
👩‍🎤 design & creativity

#AcademicChatter #PhDSky

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · May 9

🆕 Research suggests a conference poster format that outperforms BOTH the "journal article on a wall" and #betterposter formats.

The “Complete assertion headings” poster format!

🤔

Yeah, they should have workshopped the name a little more.

1/2

Making statements with section headings on your conference poster

A new paper by Wolfe and colleagues (in press) provide a new suggestion for improving your poster. Do not use generic section headings like...

betterposters.blogspot.com

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 9

Oh cool that’s really good to know! I’m glad to hear that 🙌

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 8

I’m quite enjoying Pritzker’s Very Chicago attitude being all over the news these days. 🤣

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 8

I’m glad Chicago has been getting some good attention lately.

It wasn’t until I was in college that I learned the rest of the country/world apparently had a really bad impression of our city?

I always found that odd. Chicago is a pretty cool place to live, relatively speaking.

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 8

Greed rots people’s brains, I swear.

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 8

*(Maybe it is possible that it’s legal and they can keep the deposit)

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 8

But yeah it’s also so horrible how we aren’t protected as consumers here. Maybe it is possible. Who knows honestly. Movers broke our couch in half and went turtle speed to overcharge us and we still have to pay them every penny!! It’s so unfair

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 8

Ok yeah I was wondering if that was her. Then yeah. Unless she signed a contract or something that had this in the small print, Small claims.

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · May 8

Depending on the state, it might not be legal. I could see her winning in court over this. Not that going to court is necessarily easy…but yeah.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · May 6

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · Apr 30

Admin and EdTech folks:

Stop suggesting that teachers use AI for teaching and grading and start giving teachers space and tools to actually help do our jobs.

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · Apr 22

Step 1 towards making more engaging presentations is to use more photos. But...you need to make sure you format them so they don't look weird.

That's where cropping comes in.

I put together a (hopefully) fun video about this to help.

#EduSky

www.echorivera.com/blog/crop-it...

Crop it like it’s hot 🔥 4 ways to crop photos in PowerPoint — Echo Rivera

The first step towards creating more engaging presentations is to use more visuals. However, you want to make sure that you format those pictures correctly…which means you need to crop it like its hot...

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Kelly Bodwin @kellybodwin.com · Apr 18

Happy 10-year anniversary to my all-time favorite tweet.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · Apr 18

You’re not starting over. You’re moving forward—with a PhD and a lifetime of skills behind you. My free webinar helps you build what’s next. Sign up here:

Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.

fromphdtolife.com

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readywriting @readywriting.bsky.social · Apr 15

People I respect tremendously are saying really nice things about my co-edited forthcoming book! press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Neurodiversity and Mental Health Among University Faculty and Staff

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · Apr 15

I just released a new YouTube video (my first in years!) 🙌

My way of coping with all this chaos is to create things. I already have the next video ready, so that will be posted soon!

If you want to clean up your presentation slides, here are the first steps 👇

#AcademicSky

youtu.be/UEYnf_qncxo

Presentation Spring Cleaning | Fix your PowerPoint, Canva, etc slides | Slide Makeovers

YouTube video by More than PowerPoint

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Jennifer van Alstyne @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social · Mar 26

When people Google your name, can they find what you want them to know about you? #AcademicSky

You deserve a digital footprint that shares your research, teaching, and what you value as an academic (if you want one).

Find resources to help you on The Social Academic theacademicdesigner.com/blog/

The Social Academic – The Academic Designer

The Social Academic is an advice blog for academia. Jennifer van Alstyne talks about websites and social media for faculty and researchers, and interviews.

theacademicdesigner.com

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Joey D'Antoni @joeydantoni.com · Mar 24

AI images in your presentations are not worth burning the planet. Also, they aren't good.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · Feb 12

I've started offering short private program tours to give faculty members, postdocs, and other PhDs ready to leave academia more info about my PhD Career Clarity Program and how (or not!) it will help them land their next meaningful job. If you're on my list, you got info about that earlier today!

A promotional image for a **private tour of the PhD Career Clarity Program** with Jen. The image features a smiling woman with long brown hair and glasses, wearing a sleeveless gray top, speaking into a microphone. Behind her is a bookshelf filled with books. The right side of the image has a teal background with white bold text that reads, **"Private Tour with Jen"** and **"Learn about the PhD Career Clarity Program."** The rounded corners on the image frame give it a polished and approachable design.

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · Feb 1

👏🙌💫

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · Feb 1

Academic and professional writing doesn’t have to be dull. Helen Kara’s new book Writing Creatively for Work or Study shows you how to use creative writing techniques for this purpose. Now available for pre-order

Manchester University Press - Writing creatively for work or study

Writing creatively for work or study - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Writing creatively for work or study by Helen Kara

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · Jan 31

So.

You’re realizing federal funding for your research is not as stable as you thought.

Let’s talk crowdfunding. 🧵

a man in a superhero costume is standing in a hallway next to a chair .

Alt: Captain America turning a chair around and spitting down.

media.tenor.com

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · Jan 26

My free workshop on Feb 5 will give my best tips for surviving the peer review process for scholarly books.

There are important differences from the journal peer review process that all aspiring book authors need to understand.

Register at Courses.manuscriptworks.com (recording provided)

Surviving peer review. Free workshop. Learn practical tips for a successful peer review process at scholarly book publishers from Laura Portwood-Stacer, author of The Book Proposal Book and Make Your Manuscript Work

Dr. Echo Rivera @echorivera.com · Jan 24

When I tried to do this, my subscription was cancelled and I never had a chance to downgrade to classic.

I tried to find a way to contact someone to see if I can still subscribe to the classic but couldn’t find a way.

Oh well, guess I lose my office subscription soon. 🤷‍♀️

*downloads libreoffice*

James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · Jan 18

Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.

Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...

answers.microsoft.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · Jan 21

hey cool all my Bad Religion albums came true