{"id":16402,"date":"2025-01-03T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/?page_id=16402"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:32:47","slug":"research-impact-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/research-impact-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Impact Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Because part of leading productive research activities is effectively conveying the significance of your work, The Office of Research adapted a <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.umich.edu\/research-impact-challenge\">successful University of Michigan program<\/a> specifically for you as a WSU scholar\/researcher.&nbsp;This Research Impact Challenge of four sessions contains 10 activities designed to help you&nbsp;better understand and manage your online scholarly\/research presence and measure the success and impact of your work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our research development experts are always available to answer any questions on the topics covered, <strong>reach out to us at <a href=\"mailto:or.orap.servicedesk@wsu.edu\">or.orap.servicedesk@wsu.edu<\/a> with your questions or to schedule a meeting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">Sessions 1 &amp; 2: Your Online Scholarly Presence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Challenges 1\u20135 focus on your <strong>online scholarly presence<\/strong>: how can you ensure that you and your work are represented accurately and appropriately on the web?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Session 1<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Research-Impact-Challenge-Session-1.pptx\">download slides<\/a>)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/research-impact-challenge\/challenge-1\/\"><strong>Challenge 1:<\/strong> Register your ORCID and associate it with your WSU identity.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/research-impact-challenge\/challenge-2\/\"><strong>Challenge 2:<\/strong> Claim your Google Scholar profile.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/research-impact-challenge\/challenge-3\/\"><strong>Challenge 3:<\/strong> Preserve and share your work with a digital repository.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Session 2<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Research-Impact-Challenge-Session-2.pptx\">download slides<\/a>)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/research-impact-challenge\/challenge-4\/\"><strong>Challenge 4:<\/strong> Social media audit.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/research-impact-challenge\/challenge-5\/\"><strong>Challenge 5:<\/strong> Your personal webpage\u2014pulling the pieces together.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">Sessions 3 &amp; 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