You’re standing at the lectern, ready to deliver the opening lines of your talk. What do you say first? If this is a conference talk, chances are you start by thanking the organizers for inviting you to speak, then the audience…or if it’s a seminar, you might start with how happy you are to be there…blah blah […]
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How to Explain Scientific Consensus… With Cake
I recently gave a presentation on how to talk science to normal people. After I finished there was the usual question and answer. One of the audience asked me a fairly simple question, which I sadly fumbled. “How do you explain scientific consensus to someone who doesn’t agree?” I don’t remember the rambling answer I gave […]
How to Write About Science so Everyone Understands
Communication is very much like marketing, where how you say something depends entirely on who you are talking to. For example, this blog is for casual readers with various types of education and background. I prefer to write content here in a very causal and conversational tone. I’m okay starting a sentence with a conjugation […]
ScienceTalk.org
Well, it is official…we are no longer Science Talk NW. We Are Science Talk. Or if you prefer, we are ScienceTalk.org. We don’t judge…you can choose how you want to say it.
Let’s Work Together
We thought it would be good to have someplace on this website to discuss and promote opportunities for public engagement, or something similar. Message boards are so 2008, blogs reign supreme…. Let’s start the discussion. Post in the comments any links to online and face to face opportunities to put scicomm skills into practice. Or send us a […]
