How to Participate in Submission Sharing

Introduction

The posts section of the Submission Sharing space is where people and organisations can post submission snippets to share. There are several ways one may participate. The first is by making a post. This will lay the foundation of ideas from which others may build their submissions. Another way is by liking posts. A really powerful way to participate is to use the posts here to create a submission that you make to MBIE. All posts have buttons to share on Facebook and Twitter. If you use these platforms, please consider sharing the posts that you like. In these ways the ideas that resonate with you will be amplified. 

Please remember to bring your best selves here, treat each other with kindness and be open to learn from those with differing perspectives and life stories. We are here to join together to create a better research system for all of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Join in and be the change you wish to see in the world.

Author Publishing Options

Any of these options will allow the ideas to be seen by more people which is the aim of this approach. It is also different that what people are used to doing, so possibly a wee bit confusing. This is to try to make it less so. We have two places that these can be easily published. The posts in the Submission Snippet space here and the https://zenodo.org/communities/tearapaerangi/ site set up by New Zealand Association of Scientists. The list below describes the options one has and what those options allow for. This is not a comprehensive list, others may have thought of additional options.

1. Post only on Zenodo (citeable, CC-BY, but not easily added to submissions for those short on time)
2. Post only here (Not citeable, but easily added to submissions)
3. Post full text versions in both places (dual licensed, so citeable and all text can be easily added to submissions)
4. Post full text on Zenodo and summary here. (citeable, and summary can be added to submissions - the summary should be stand alone and copy / paste friendly to make it easy for those short on time)

How to use the snippets

Read through the posts and when you find one that fits for you, copy and paste it into a word processing document. Then find another and repeat the process. You can edit the snippets to suit. You can re-mix many snippets as you like. The choice is yours.

Once you are finished, make it into a pdf document and email it to: FuturePathways@mbie.govt.nz. This is an initial version of instructions. More details will be provided prior to the 16th March deadline.

How to post a snippet

You may compose your snippet directly on the community site using the post editor. You may also compose your snippet in a word processor (e.g. Word or LibreOffice Writer). You can then copy and paste the entire snippet into the post editor. Choose the clean up option in the pop up window when pasting. Do not worry about making a post perfect the first time. The snippet author may edit the post at any time to make improvements or correct errors (e.g. typos / formatting). Getting your ideas out there in the first instance is the key.

If you do not see the graphical editor controls, enter a title and a small bit of text, then save it. Once it is saved, edit it and the editor controls will appear. 

Enter the title of your snippet in the title box. Put the rest in the text section. If you have references, insert a horizontal line after the main text and add the references. Add another horizontal line and add appropriate hash tags. Please include the #CC0 and #SubmissionSnippet tags in all of your submission snippet posts. See this post as an example.

After you submit your snippet, community moderators will disable comments. This is to keep the post section in this space strictly for submissions. Discussions about posts, ideas in them, etc. are encouraged in the discussion section of this space.

Snippet Style Guide

These are suggestions to help one think about how to write a snippet. Use them as you like.

• One topic or idea per snippet. This makes them easier to understand and reuse.
• Write for a general audience.
• Keep it as short and concise as possible.
• Expand acronyms so everyone can understand what one is writing about.
• Do not use jargon. This can be hard because we are so used to those shortcuts in language that we might not even notice. Maybe have a friend who is not in your field have a read with this in mind.
• If you have references, make them into links. This will help others easily find things that they might be interested in learning more about.
• A summary or cliff notes version of another document following the principles above can make a great snippet.