*This piece was originally published on ESA’s EcoTone blog. Adorable and fuzzy, American pikas (Ochotona princeps) have become the spokes-critter for the consequences of climate change in alpine areas. These little fuzzballs, more closely related to rabbits than rodents, are specialized for living on the rocky slopes of mountains. They’re very sensitive to hot summer temperatures, and so, as temperatures…
Today in the Hyatt hallway, I passed a colleague with an imposing nametag terraced by four colors of ribbon. He is an ESA donor, a moderator, and two other things I can’t recall (possibly a juggler). This year my nametag has a ribbon, too. It’s a regular reminder that even though scicomm workshop 15 is done, my duty to communicate…
Wednesday, August 13, Convention Center Rm 202, 6:30-8 p.m. Troubleshoot, share, collaborate and (re)connect with workshop participants; open to everyone, including those who did not participate in the workshop
Workshop participants hard at work turning science articles into story, drafting headlines & ledes #scicomm #ESA2014 pic.twitter.com/hruw0QrzuB — Dr. Holly Menninger (@DrHolly) August 10, 2014 This is a one-stop shop for the PowerPoint presentations, release forms, and other materials from our workshop. If you’re looking for something and don’t see it, just let us know. Presentations (click image to view):…
Our workshop takes participants beyond why communicating science is important. We’re empowering ecologists to better communicate the stories of our science (including stories about the people doing the science) in creative, compelling and innovative ways. In order to do that, we’re working hard to spread the word about the workshop. One of our main outreach mechanisms is a series of…