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You can download all available blogshots organised by Review Group in our dedicated Dropbox folder, in PowerPoint format.

New blogshots are also shared in the weekly Communications Network Digest email.

4. Translate the blogshots

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Then add the translated text into the relevant slide sections of your template. The slides have been designed with a fixed text area for maximum visibility for the audience. If you find there is not enough space for all your text, try to cut down the content rather than expanding expand the text boxes.

Add the link to the translated Review on cochrane.org or the Cochrane Library, so that viewers can read more. Use https://bitly.com or http://ow.ly/url/shorten-url to produce a short link of the URL, and then copy and paste the short link into your blogshot template. If you have not translated the Review, you can link to the English Review.

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Storing and disseminating your translated blogshots

1. Save your blogshot as an image file for dissemination

To save the PowerPoint slide as an image file for dissemination:

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Contact Karen Head (khead@cochrane.org) if you need editing rights for the Dropbox folder in order to upload blogshots. Although everyone can view and download documents in the Dropbox folder , if you would like to upload documents you will need to editing rights.

3. Disseminate your blogshot

Blogshots are ideal to promote via your social media channels , because they are visual and easy to digest.

  • The PowerPoint template fits the image dimensions used by all major social media channels. So if you share your translated blogshots as an image, as per the instructions above, followers of your social media account do not need to click to enlarge the image.
  • If you use platforms like Twitter or Facebook, tag the relevant Review Group , or the main Cochrane account, so it can be disseminated further by them.Send the blogshot link, along with a suggested tweet for dissemination, to Muriah Umoquit (mumoquit@cochrane.org), so she can include it into the Communications Network Digest.

Instructions for special series blogshots

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