Draft Blog Post for Lauren Tilton

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BIDS Blog Post Instructions

• Create and save your draft in this folder
• Consider the purpose of the event or project and the impact we want it to have, and incorporate it into blog/story. Consider the BIDS mission / vision and connect as best you can.
  • Ask if you are unsure of the purpose
• Include a few section headlines - example here
• Add a quote from the speaker and a testimonial from a guest/attendee whenever possible.
  • Ask if you are unsure of who could give a nice testimonial
• Welcoming, warm, and informative tone
• Close with a call to action (CTA) - some options:
  • General: "To stay in touch with the BIDS community and join the conversation, please visit follow us on Bluesky & LinkedIn and subscribe to the BIDS newsletter."
  • Specific to Cultural Analytics: "To stay in touch and join these far-ranging conversations of critical cultural importance, please join our Cultural Analytics mailing list by visiting this page or emailing bids-cultural-analytics+subscribe@lists.berkeley.edu."
• Linking People/Orgs: Add links to people, orgs, and tools mentioned.
  • Use LinkedIn for most people (if up-to-date).
  • For UC Berkeley faculty, always prioritize linking to their official UC Berkeley website page.
• Add links to people, orgs, and tools mentioned in the blog
• Add a few photos or other related graphics
  • blog images - size to 768 wide
    • Crop and adjust the lighting as needed
  • for the Feature Image - use this Google Slide template to size the image to 768x512 and to add a blue border
  • Ask for help if needed
• Add Photo Descriptions and Alt Text to the draft
• Choose a photo or image to be the "feature image" which will appear on the homepage
• Create a second tab on the blog doc, and write social media posts for Bluesky and LinkedIn

Elements of a BIDS Social Media Post

(add instructions from this doc)

• Featured Image: Use the Featured Image Template in Google Slides to create your Featured Image graphic.
• Add the finished Featured Image to the Social Media tab of your draft doc for easy access.
• Include a link to photo/image from the blog that you think is best for the social media post
• Add a direct link to the Feature Image on this tab.
• Note: Find this link by navigating to Dashboard > Files (ex: https://bids.berkeley.edu/file/768 -> this is found by navigating to Dashboard > Files)

Process

• Find someone in this intern group to review your draft and share comments and suggestions. This can be done asynchronously or if you happen to be working at the same time.
• Add a link the blog post draft in the comments of the corresponding GitHub issue and ask @lillihart to review
• After change requests/comments are addressed, @lillihart will contact the person featured in the blog post and ask for a review/approval, Ccing the person who wrote the blog post
• Write the social media post draft
• After all approvals have been received, add the blog as a News item to the website
• Save but do not publish – add the URL link to the corresponding GitHub issue
• Lilli will publish the News items on the website and post on social media

How to update/edit template:

• Open file /ISSUE_TEMPLATE
• Click the Pencil icon to edit.
• Commit the changes directly to your main branch.

[hazel-chenrongzheng]

Here's the recording of the talk: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2026/multimodal-cinemetrics