Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Science Communication Workshop for Grad Students

Wednesday October 25 2017 @ 12:00 pm
to 1:30 pm

October

25

Wed

2017

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Event Type
Seminar
Availability

Closed to Public

Audience
  • CIRES employees
  • CU Boulder employees
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators
    • Host
    Earth Lab

    COMPASS Message Box Training
    This workshop by COMPASS is intended for graduate students in geography/geology/biology/related departments and institutes who want to learn how to better communicate their science to different audiences.  If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to Chelsea Nagy (chelsea.nagy@colorado.edu) by Friday 10/20/17 with your name and department affiliation.  Please feel free to bring your own lunch to the event. 

    This COMPASS science communication training will help participants share what they do, what they know - and most importantly, why it matters - in clear, lively terms. Grounded in the latest research on science communication, this training is designed to help participants find the relevance of their science for the audiences they most want to reach — journalists, policymakers, the public, and even other scientists.
    Participants will be introduced to The Message Box- COMPASS' most fundamental tool no matter who you are preparing to communicate with. The Message Box is a powerful tool to help distill what you know and why it matters for your particular audience. There will be time for hands on practice with your peers, and an interactive exercise practicing your "elevator pitch” to explain to others what you do in 30 seconds.