Communicating Science Beyond the Science Community

Early career and other scientists and other R&D employees interested in science communications for non-scientist audiences.

AGENDA

Welcome - Linda Heath WO Director, Early Career Cadre Executive Co-Lead 

Agenda for the event - Robert Mangold, Early Career Cadre (METI) 

Basic in strategic communications for FS R&D scientists - Cindy Miner, Assistant Station Director, Pacific Northwest Research Station 

Communication approaches to encourage wildlife risk mitigation behavior - Patricia Champ, Research Economist, Rocky Mountain Research Station

I-Tree: Using simplified technology and partnership to communicate science - David J. Nowak, Senior Scientist, Northern Research Station 

Walking the line between science and advocacy - Karen Lee Abt, Research Economists, Southern Research Station 

Learning to tell better science stories - Paul F. Hessburg, Research Landscape Ecologist, Pacific Northwest Research Station

REFERENCES: 

Miner, Cynthia L.; Sands, Yasmeen; Pierre, Hugo, eds. 2014. Communicating Forest Science. IUFRO Communications & Public Relations Working Party and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Special Programme for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC). Vienna, Austria. 185 p.