Nowadays, people want to showcase their work to establish their proficiencies for growth and better opportunities. Having your work published plays a vital role in this competitive world. Published work can be helpful for postgraduate university admissions or for getting a job! With technology taking over our lives, we have several encouraging platforms to exhibit the work and demonstrate our skills.
There are various websites with different publication methods and styles. To get your work published in a maximum number of them, you need to prepare your thesis project or dissertation reports for these different interfaces. Here are some tips for you regarding that:
1. Understand the style of the publication and its audience
To get your thesis project or dissertation report selected to be published, you must understand the style of the publication and alter your work according to the guidelines. There is a different audience in each publication platform. Some platforms are article or report based where you can publish your dissertation report while some are portfolio intrinsic where you can publish your thesis project in portfolio format. To publish your work on different platforms, you need to comprehend the platform’s style and alter your work to get it published.
2. Fabricate a narrative
For pitching your work to any publication, you must have an organized piece of work that goes along a narrative. Classify your thesis project or dissertation report in an organized way following a storyline or hierarchy. Add a brief description of your focused work for the introduction.
3. Good visuals are necessary
It is human tendency to get attracted to good visuals. Provide high quality visuals including your sketches or renders for your thesis project and dissertation report to make it more interesting in an article-based publication. For portfolio-based publication, keep your visuals clear with minimal text and focused vision. Graphics play an important role in your portfolio; they determine your story without having to use many words. So, present your graphics loud and clear!
4. A short description
Provide a short description of your work in the introduction. It is necessary for the people unaware about your thesis project or dissertation topic to understand your work better. The description should be short and crisp as the attention span of the viewers on digital platforms is less.
5. Offer a unique selling point!
Publications get many reports and projects to publish on a daily basis. If your dissertation report or thesis project has uniqueness in its articulation, it increases its chances to be a hit for publication! Add your exclusive touch in your report for anywhere you want it to get published.
While you keep these points in mind at the time of preparing your work to get issued, you need to explore different platforms where you can present your work. The ocean of internet has thousands of publication platforms. Here are a few of them for your assistance!
Keep in mind to choose a network that best suits your thesis project or dissertation report style. If you need a simple portfolio space for your thesis project there are spaces like issuu and behance.
1. Self-publishing platforms
Issuu is a space where you can upload your thesis portfolio. It is a digital publishing platform for catalogues, portfolios, magazines etc. People upload their works to get recognition in university admissions or get jobs in multinational companies.
Another space that people use is behance. It focuses more on graphic design works; you will find only a few architectural works on the platform. Consider your requirements and the audience that you want to showcase your work to, while choosing a platform.
2. Websites
There are websites like Archinect to which you can add your portfolio of work. It lets you create your profile under which you can publish your thesis project or dissertation report. Keep in mind the prerequisites and style of the website and alter your work accordingly.
You can also submit your thesis project or dissertation reports for various competitions held by organizing websites like archdais, volume zero, archdaily etc., whichever brief your thesis project caters to.
3. Blogs and Social Media Platforms
Maintain a blog if you can. Blogging is an excellent way to express your thoughts and ideas. You can start a blog to present your work and talents to the world. Be your own publisher and publish your thesis project or other works in your blog. Add your USP to increase viewership.
Consider publishing your work dynamically across various social media platforms for better reach to the audience. Nowadays social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin are the new sources of information where your audience can revisit your page and your viewer portal can grow faster. Sharing your work across social media platforms helps you connect to your audience in an informal way creating a personal bond. The more people visit your work on social media platforms, the more likely they are to see your work on other publishing platforms. So, use the power of social media to your advantage and get going!
There are various other platforms which you can explore in your quest to get published. Following these tips and running through the mentioned platforms should help you for the starters. Happy publishing!
References
www.quora.com. (n.d.). What are the best websites to publish architectural work on? – Quora. [online] Available at: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-websites-to-publish-architectural-work-on [Accessed 16 Aug. 2021].
Archinect. (n.d.). Want To Get Your Architecture Work Published? Here Are 6 Pro Tips For Crafting The Perfect Pitch. [online] Available at: https://archinect.com/features/article/150193455/want-to-get-your-architecture-work-published-here-are-6-pro-tips-for-crafting-the-perfect-pitch [Accessed 16 Aug. 2021].
