Burning Down Communication Barriers Among Fire Scientists
Fire may be one of the clearest manifestations we have of climate change – it’s visible, palpable, and stirs our emotions. Headlines from last week’s release of the Third National Climate Assessment...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground on Fire Science
Conflicting viewpoints are commonplace among scientists. And those studying wildfire are no exception, where perspectives vary among regions, ecosystem types, and disciplines. It’s a hot topic (not to...
View ArticleCOMPASS at NACCB
This post was co-authored by Director of Science Outreach Nancy Baron This weekend, some 1000 scientists, managers, practitioners, agency and activist organization leaders will come together in...
View ArticleConnecting at NACCB
This post is co-authored by COMPASS Director of Science Policy Outreach Chad English. The COMPASS team is in Missoula, Montana this week for the 2014 North American Congress for Conservation Biology...
View ArticleSeeking Conservation Scientists for the Wilburforce Fellowship
Are you a conservation scientist working in Western North America who wants to hone your skills as a communicator? Do you have ambitious conservation goals? Do you want to expand your network to...
View ArticleTaking Meetings From Painful To Productive
From one-hour conference calls to multiple-day workshops, meetings are all too often considered a necessary evil. Although bringing people together can be critical for building consensus or tackling...
View ArticleWant to Get Policymakers Engaged With Your Field of Research? Integrate Them...
This post is co-authored by COMPASS Director of Science Policy Outreach Chad English. Scientific conferences are hotspots for researchers to come together to share their latest discoveries, form new...
View ArticleClimbing Dawn Walls for Conservation Science
The New Year is a time for thinking about “What do you want to do with your one wild and precious life?” (Mary Oliver). The first week of January, I spent a few days in Yosemite with my husband,...
View Article5 Steps for Integrating #SciComm into STEM Graduate Education
Last month, an article in The Atlantic stated, “Beginning this year, the Medical College Admission Test [MCAT] will contain questions involving human behavior and psychology, a recognition that being a...
View ArticleFarewell to Chad English: A Pioneer at the Science-Policy Interface
We like to think that our work speaks for itself, through the scientists we train, the communities we build, and the conversations we spark. As coaches, connectors and enablers, we are intentionally...
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