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ECSSC Science Communication Series: Honing Your Pitch

  • 20 Apr 2021 11:13 AM
    Message # 10329956
    Jodi Phillips (Administrator)

    16 Jun 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST @ Online

    Early Career and Student Statisticians Network is excited to be hosting a Science Communication Workshop Series in the lead up to ECSSC2021.

    Join us virtually to learn essential science communication skills from the experts across four (4) exciting workshops covering:

    Science Communication: Learn how to effectively communicate your research.

    Visualising Your Data: Discover the key aspects of data visualisation and how to produce presentation-ready figures.

    Honing Your Pitch: Work on your communication skills to hone-in on your pitch and communicate your research in a quick and effective manner.

    Presenting Virtually : Get advice and tips about presenting in a virtual format.

    We hope participants will come away from the series with the confidence to share their research in an engaging manner.

    Workshop 3: Honing Your Pitch

    Discover techniques to effectively convey your research in a short period of time. In this interactive workshop, Dr Will Grant will cover how to concisely present what you do, how you do it and why without losing the importance of your work. 

    Presenter : Dr Will Grant is Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at ANU. Awarded for his public policy and outreach work, Will has authored or co-authored dozens of works in various scholarly outlets (including Public Understanding of Science, Environmental Communication, Computers in Human Behaviour, Scientometrics and Higher Education Policy), and written commissioned and pitched articles and opinion pieces in high impact public facing outlets (including The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Conversation, Times Higher Education, The Canberra Times, The Brisbane Times, Crikey, The Drum, Climate Spectator and ABC Environment), focusing mostly on the interaction of science, politics and technology. He is co-founder of the researcher employment service PostAc.

    Will is regularly heard on Radio National discussing science for Research Filter and Nightlife, as well as podcasting in The Wholesome Show  and G’day Patriots , both of which have charted in the Australian iTunes top 50. Will has held science communication workshops for a range of Australia’s leading science organisations, including Universities Australia, Science and Technology Australia and the Australian Academy of Science, as well has various universities and research institutes, government departments and scientific societies around the country. He tweets at @willozap. 

    There is a small fee to register but if you have registered for the conference, a code will be provided for this workshop to be free.

    To register for this workshop click here.


    Cancellation Policy: For online events there is no cancellations.



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