Author Archives: Liz McCullough

These tips were distilled from a discussion among the following panelists at LingComm21 in April 2021: Grant Barrett, A Way With Words Laura Wagner, Language Sciences Research Lab at COSI Martha Tsutsui Billins, Field Notes There are no major sources of money meant specifically for lingcomm. You’re going to have to be strategic and creative.Continue reading “6 tips for lingcomm funding”

These tips were distilled from a discussion among the following panelists at LingComm21 in April 2021: Mike Mena, The Social Life of Language Moti Lieberman, The Ling Space Rachel Alatalo, Complexly Know your motivation. What are you hoping to accomplish by making lingcomm videos? Maybe you’re explaining topics in a way that no one hasContinue reading “6 tips for lingcomm videos”

These tips were distilled from a discussion among the following panelists at LingComm21 in April 2021: Daniel Midgley, Because Language Helen Zaltzman, The Allusionist Megan Figueroa, Vocal Fries Identify the audience you want. Who are you trying to draw in: people who are already language experts looking for deep dives, people who approach language fromContinue reading “5 tips for lingcomm podcasting”

These tips were distilled from a discussion between the following panelists at LingComm21 in April 2021: Emily Gref, Planet Word Liz McCullough, Pacific Science Center Plan how you will attract an audience. There are many possible things that people can do with their time, so getting people to show up is often the most difficultContinue reading “7 tips for lingcomm events”

These tips were distilled from a discussion among the following panelists at LingComm21 in April 2021: Dan McIntyre, Babel Marco Neves, Certas Palavras Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl Identify the audience. Who is likely to read your work, and what do they already know about language? What else might they want to know about language? RecognizeContinue reading “6 tips for lingcomm writing”

In April 2021, we ran the first International Conference on Linguistics Communication as a fully online and deliberately community-building event, which we then documented as a series of six blog posts. You may be interested in our approach, reflections, and recommendations if you are planning your own virtual conference or event. Check out some lightlyContinue reading “LingComm21: a case study in making online conferences more social”

We hosted LingComm21 on a platform called Gather, in which each user chooses an avatar and navigates it around a two-dimensional space. When an avatar approaches other avatars in the space, the users are automatically connected to one another via video, audio, and text chat. We built a custom Gather space for the conference thatContinue reading “Hosting online conferences for building community: The case of #LingComm21”

The goal of LingComm21 was to bring together a community of people who were interested in doing linguistics communication, so we were intentional from the very beginning about the community-building aspects of the program. We hosted LingComm21 on a platform called Gather, in which users communicate by navigating video game-like avatars around a two-dimensional customContinue reading “Scheduling online conferences for building community: The case of #LingComm21”