{"id":2800,"date":"2018-02-14T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T20:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T20:50:16","slug":"myscicomm-looking-back-and-looking-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/2018\/02\/14\/myscicomm-looking-back-and-looking-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"MySciComm: Looking Back and Looking Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2802\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2802\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2802 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2018\/02\/20180214_myscicomm-2018.jpg\" alt='A line of colored pencils, one in each of the common colors on the rainbow spectrum. Text on the image reads \"#MySciComm in 2018.\"' width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2018\/02\/20180214_myscicomm-2018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2018\/02\/20180214_myscicomm-2018-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image placed in public domain by Wall Boat, via Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Welcome to the 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/category\/myscicomm\/\">#MySciComm Series<\/a>!\u00a0We\u2019re excited to kick off the new year by celebrating what the #MySciComm Series became in 2017. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We launched in February 2017, and were able to feature 27 publicly engaged scientists and science communicators. Their back stories celebrated and talked candidly about the diverse entry points and skill sets that epitomize scicomm and public engagement careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/13\/myscicomm-on-the-esa_org-blog-series-editors-discuss-what-myscicomm-is-and-why-it-matters\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contributed piece on the ESA EcoTone blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> last year, we feel strongly that the #My SciComm Series supports our section goals: professionalizing science communication efforts within and beyond ESA and providing resources and mentorship to ecologists interested in transitioning to careers in science communication or incorporating meaningful communication and engagement into their careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the next few weeks, leading up to the launch of the first #MySciComm pieces of 2018, we\u2019ll be looking back at the insights shared by our 2017 contributors. Each of the series editors will be highlighting out-takes from the Tips &amp; Resources sections of each blog post. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay tuned! Next week we\u2019ll take a look at #MySciComm 2017 contributions for human connections within, for, and as result of scicomm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And, in the meantime,\u00a0<strong>please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/scientist-scicomm\/myscicomm-contributor-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pitch us<\/a>\u00a0a piece<\/strong>\u00a0on your scicomm backstory, or suggest someone we should invite to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2018 #MySciComm Series!\u00a0We\u2019re excited to kick off the new year by celebrating what the #MySciComm Series became in 2017. We launched in February 2017, and were able to feature 27 publicly engaged scientists and science communicators. 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