Fast Track Impact

In this episode, Mark walks you through seven questions that will give you a social media strategy to power your research to impact: What do you want to achieve through social media? Who are you trying to reach through social media and what are they interested in? How can you move from a “lurker” to a content maker? Who can you work with to make your use of social media more efficient and effectiv...

In this episode, Mark interviews the brains behind @CECHR_OuD to reveal how she reached 87,000 followers in four years, currently growing at 150 followers per day, to become one of the most influential research institutional Twitter accounts in the world. Mark also describes six things you can do to grow your influence on social media: Have a social media strategy: know your audience, add value to...

In this episode,​ Mark discusses how you can build a network of people who can empower you to have the impacts you want. Follow Mark at  @fasttrackimpact  and  @profmarkreed  or on  LinkedIn . If you want more information about training courses, please write to training@fasttrackimpact.com

In this episode, Mark interviews Rosmarie Katrin Neumann about her work as a knowledge broker​ and asks if we might all as researchers, be able to do more to act as knowledge brokers. Make sure to follow Rosie on Twitter to know more about her work. Follow Mark at  @fasttrackimpact  and  @profmarkreed  or on  LinkedIn . If you want more information about training courses, please write to training@...

In this episode of the Fast Track Impact Podcast, Mark discusses the essential role of planning for impact in research projects, providing practical steps to make research more relevant and actionable. Key points include: The Power of Planning for Impact Start with a Clear Impact Strategy: Projects with high impact often have a well-defined strategy from the beginning. Mark stresses transforming v...

In this episode of the Fast Track Impact podcast, Mark shares strategies on how researchers can increase productivity and maximise their impact by working smarter, not harder. He explores the concept of achieving more by doing less, highlighting the benefits of focused, high-quality work over prolonged hours of multitasking. Key insights from the episode include: Set “crazy short” deadlines: Tight...

In this episode, Mark explores the range of reasons why people engage with research. He describes research in which he asked the​ people who had engaged with researchers what had motivated their engagement, and these were the most common reasons people cited: Accessing future funding and new business opportunities Developing new solutions to old problems Increasing personal impact/influence throug...

In this episode, Mark gives you a sneak peek behind the scenes of his new book,  The Research Impact Handbook​  and tells you how you can write a book in a week. Key points: Reasons why you might choose to self-publish your next book, rather than going with a traditional academic publisher (or not). The personal story behind The Research Impact Handbook, including the sentence that breaks a lifeti...

In this episode, Mark presents eight powerful questions that will enable you to envision the impacts your research might have. Whether you already have a defined impact goal and plan, or you don't know where to start, these questions will help you get a clear idea of the impacts you could achieve from your research: What aspects of your research might be interesting or useful to someone, or could...

In this episode, Mark shares five ways you can enhance the impact of your research. He illustrates each of the five principles with practical suggestions about ways you can generate impacts from your research.​ Follow Mark at  @fasttrackimpact  and  @profmarkreed  or on  LinkedIn . If you want more information about training courses, please write to training@fasttrackimpact.com