{"id":47,"date":"2019-06-17T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students-preprod\/communication\/"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:16:59","slug":"communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/resources-2\/communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How we communicate our science and the broader relevance of it to students, friends and family, policy makers, and the media plays an important role in nearly all ecology related careers. This page is designed to help you find resources to improve your communication skills through workshops, outlets, online tools, and ideas\/examples of effective communication.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#comm_training\">Communication Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#media_engage\">Media Engagment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#public_engage\">Public Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h1><strong>COMMUNICATION TRAINING<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Basic communication skills are important in every walk of life. Below is a set resources for useful training on basic communication training<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaas.org\/pes\/communicating-science-workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAAS Communicating Science Workshop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforcommunicatingscience.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallpondscience.com\/2015\/10\/08\/useful-science-communication-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Pond Science<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">: Useful resources for science communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comscicon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ComSciCon<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">:Training for graduate students in science communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scifundchallenge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SciFund Challenge<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">: Online education curriculum designed to improve science communication.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>FORMAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT\/COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Find formal media outlets to discuss and share your science. These are places you can contribute short articles or find some ideas of how to get started\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ideas and How-to\u2019s on hosting a science blog:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scidev.net\/global\/icts\/practical-guide\/how-to-set-up-a-science-blog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Setting up shop<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/blog\/scholarcast\/how_science_blogging_can_lead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science blogging and writing career<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contributing to public radio (NPR \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Friday<\/a>\u201d and CBC \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/quirks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quirks and Quarks<\/a>\u201c)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Media Relations departments\/groups at home institutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conversation<\/a>:\u00a0A collaboration between scientists and journalists to maintain scientific rigor in news reporting. Accepting science stories daily.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/splasho.com\/upgoer5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upgoer<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0text five text editor: Explain your science in the ten hundred most common words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aibs.org\/public-policy\/communications_boot_camp.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bootcamp communication training<\/a> hosted by AIBS in Washington DC. A short multi-day workshop on honing your message to share with journalists and policy makers to make your science story resonate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Training resources \u00a0for engaging the general public in science yourself<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencefestivals.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science festivals<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">: Festivals held all around the world celebrating science.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Reddit (AMA, AskSci)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nerdnite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nerd Nites<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">: Casual atmosphere to share ideas about science (often in collaboration with museums etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Twitter (Biotweeps, Realscientists, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagescientific.com\/translation-services\/translation-medical-technical.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Translating Science<\/a>: Language Scientific provides high quality scientific, technical, and medical translation services to over 150 different languages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scistarter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SciStarter<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">: Citizen science network to post your research program to engage interested members of the public.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How we communicate our science and the broader relevance of it to students, friends and family, policy makers, and the media plays an important role in nearly all ecology related careers. 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