Put your team in the spotlight: our guide to create better team pages on your website
We encounter them too often: unattractive team pages with holiday snapshots and boring bios. But your researchers are doing all the work, so we say it’s about time to put them in the spotlight they deserve! With this guide, we will help you take better profile pictures, design an attractive team page, and write interesting bios for your consortium members. Let’s get started! Should you create a separate Team page? If you do not want to showcase your research team on a separate page, you can just create a team section on your About page with a list of names and research roles. However, we think it’s a nice touch to create a team page with a bit more information about the people in your research department or consortium. We like to give navigation menu items a more interesting name, so let’s call your team page “Meet the team”, “About our researchers”, or “Get to know us”. What personal information do you put on a team page? The information in your team profiles should be relevant for the website, but it also shouldn't be impersonal or boring. That’s why it's good to try to include a bit of creativity, and maybe include a personal quote, your favorite food, or another fun fact about someone. This really makes a team page come alive. Here are some items we often include in a profile page: Full name with your titles - but leave out the impersonal initials.Role within this research group - e.g. Project manager, Early Stage Researchers (ESR), or Senior researcherPersonal quote - e.g. “I think we should pay more attention to mental health” or more quirky “I always share my cookies with my co-workers”Expertise keywords [...]