Science: Becoming the Messenger

November 17, 2010 8:00 AM  to

November 18, 2010 1:00 PM

The Clyde Heck Marvin Center, George Washington University

*All confirmed registrants will participate in Day One on November 17th and a specially selected number of registrants will also participate in the half-day session on Day Two, November 18th.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will be holding a one and a half-day workshop, "Science: Becoming the Messenger," on Nov. 17 & 18, 2010, at the Marvin Conference Center on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

We are extending an invitation to principal investigators, early career researchers and engineers, graduate students, postdocs, and public information officers who would like to attend this workshop in order to learn more about communicating science to news media and the general public.

Across academia and the research community today, there is a growing interest in science communication. Scientists are asking how they can more effectively communicate to the media and public--how their knowledge can accurately get across in an increasingly challenging information environment.

Seminars and training workshops are, accordingly, springing up to meet this need. But never before has there been a team like the one NSF has assembled to help members of the scientific community at all levels become more effective messengers.

Featuring three accomplished communicators and trainers--Emmy award winning television producer Joe Schreiber, former PBS executive Dan Agan, and bestselling science author Chris Mooney--the NSF workshop, "Science: Becoming the Messenger," provides one-stop shopping for those seeking to reach a broader public about their work.

Over the course of this full day training, participants will learn how to craft a message and deliver it to a variety of media outlets. They will have the opportunity to experience live interview training, to develop writing and new media skills, to hone their public presentations, and even to produce video.

For the ambitious researchers specially selected to participate for a second half day, their messages will be developed further and translated into an appropriate medium to be taken public. Some scientists will leave the workshop with publishable blog posts, op-eds, YouTube videos--and more.

There is no registration fee to attend but pre-registration will be required.  The workshop includes a continental breakfast and lunch on Day One and a continental breakfast on Day Two.  We encourage you to let us know as soon as possible if you'd like to attend by completing the registration form and questionnaire.  This workshop is very popular and tends to fill up fast.

The registration deadline is Friday, November 5, 2010.  All participants must select the Day One Session and if you wish to be considered for the Day Two Session, please select it as well.

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