- “@PLoSONE: How academic biologists and physicists view science outreach http://t.co/kpneKbGI” via @kejames #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-13
- “@PLoSONE: How academic biologists and physicists view science outreach http://t.co/kpneKbGI” via @kejames #
Social media workshop – Brisbane event
| 22 May 2012 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Science-‐connect a FREE workshop on science communication through social media
Are you interested in using social media to communicate science?
Is social media part of your job as a science communicator?
Come along to the Science-‐connect workshop and learn more about:
- Applying social media in science communication
- Engaging and keeping the attention of your target audience
- Determining if your social media applications are effective
Receive feedback on your use of social media applications from experts in the field:
- Paul Goldston from Reload Media (www.reloadmedia.com.au)
- Elliot Franks from the social media research team at Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts (formerly DEEDI)
When: Tuesday 22 May, 6-7:00pm, before The Big Snapshot of Australian Science Engagement
Where: The Story Bridge Hotel, Kangaroo Point
Entry: Free. Drinks and finger foods provided
RSVP: http://thebigsnapshot.eventbrite.com.au/
For all enquiries please email: writ7210@gmail.com
Queensland science communicators, we want you!
| 22 May 2012 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
The Big Snapshot of Australian Science Engagement – Brisbane Event
How are we engaging people with science in Australia, and how do we do it better?
The ASC with Bridge8 and Econnect Communication are creating a high definition picture of Australian science engagement. This is your chance to contribute right at the start.
The new project is funded by the Australian government’s Inspiring Australia Strategy to gather information about the who, what, where, when, why and how we communicate science.
It will be a fast paced session, led by Jenni Metcalfe, Director of Econnect Communication. Your input and ideas will help shape a forthcoming national survey of science engagement activities.
When: Tuesday 22 May, 7-8:30pm, right after Science-connect – social media workshop
Where: The Story Bridge Hotel, Kangaroo Point
Entry: Free. Drinks and finger foods provided
RSVP: http://thebigsnapshot.eventbrite.com.au/
The biggest snapshot of science engagement in Australia
Who, what, where, when, why and how do we communicate science in Australia? And what do we think our success rate is? The ASC is part of a team to find out the answers.
The Inspiring Australia program has funded a project to create a national audit of science engagement activities. We will get a picture of the diverse range of activities which were delivered, or are planned to be, from January 2011 to June 2013.
The information will be gathered mainly by a nationwide survey and the collated and reported data will be a valuable tool. It will inform individuals and groups who deliver and coordinate the programs, potential partners and sponsors, and be a starting point for related projects to develop means of assessing the success of activities.
ASC branches will be running special events about the audit. Members can be part of focus groups to provide another stream of information and insight, and to suggest which groups we should promote the survey to.
The team working on the national audit comprises Jenni Metcalfe (Econnect Communication), Kristin Alford (Bridge8), and Jesse Shore and Kali Madden (Australian Science Communicators). Nancy Longnecker (UWA), Rod Lamberts (ANU) and Joan Leach (UQ) are advisors for the project.
Read more about the project in the attached announcement. The link to the on-line survey will be announced soon.
Jesse Shore
National president
Announcement of National audit of science engagement activities – 27 Apr
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-29
- ASC Vic: National Audit of Science Engagement + Vic AGM (nominations for committee open) at @EmbiggenBooks 6pm 22 May http://t.co/KlZZKPeP #
What are the upcoming issues and themes in science communication?
The recent ASC conference had many people asking how can we increase our effectiveness? And what can we do to have more positive outcomes? Sometimes we need to drive our professional development in a new direction to break out of the tried but no longer true way of doing things.
What new issues, themes, skills, techniques, etc, do you think have the potential to improve the outcomes of our work?
Jesse Shore
National President
Chief Scientist’s speech to ASC conference – the transcript of Ian Chubb’s presentation
Professor Ian Chubb, Australia’s Chief Scientist, was a worthy voice to present the Robyn William’s address, to open the ASC conference. Ian’s presentation started minds thinking and the points he raised kept delegates challenged throughout the 3 days of the event.
Kali Madden is continuing the spade work needed to post podcasts of various plenary sessions on the ASC website. Look for them to start rolling out in another month or two. In the meantime I’m posting the pdf of the transcript of Ian Chubb’s speech.
Jesse Shore
National President
Ian Chubb’s ASC2012 speech, 27 February 2012
Seeking videos for rejuvenated ASC YouTube channel
The ASC’s YouTube channel has been a quiet place the last 3 years. It contains a playlist of videos of portions of the Hot Air Symposiums held in 2009, but nothing since then. From late May we will start uploading the video interviews made during the ASC20102 conference, with the full set of interviews in place by end of the year.
The ASC Communications Team (consisting of James Hutson, Sally Miles, Kali Madden and me) will act as gatekeepers. We will select videos shot or commissioned by the ASC (like the conference) for uploading to our account.
We are also looking for links to other video content of interest to ASCers as long as this material is accompanied by permission to allow reloading to our site. So please send Sally Miles, Scope Editor, editor @ asc.asn.au, links to videos (with permissions for reuse if needed) that you think we should add to our YouTube channel.
Jesse Shore
National President
SocMed Stars
Thanks to Kristin Alford from Bridge 8 for contributing this article:
The ability to synthesise complex information and articulate it in a clear and concise way is a skill. When that is done well within a strict word limit under tight deadlines, it’s something to celebrate.
Kylie Sturgess (@kyliesturgess <http://twitter.com/kyliesturgess> ), Dr Krystal Evans (@dr_krystal <http://twitter.com/dr_krystal> ) and Dr Sarah Keenihan (@sciencesarah <http://twitter.com/sciencesarah> ) are worth celebrating.
Over the course of the Australian Science Communicators Conference in 2012 <http://2012conf.asc.asn.au/> they made sense of the content in short sharp bursts using a range of social media platforms. Kylie live-blogged many of the sessions and has several podcasts, Krystal live-tweeted almost everything and Sarah both live-tweeted and provided Storify summaries.
If you were at the conference and drew on the back channel to see what others were thinking or to catch up on parallel sessions you couldn’t get to, you would have appreciated their contributions. If you weren’t at the conference, their commentaries and summaries made it possible to follow along. This was certainly the case for Ed Brown (@reallyedbrown <http://twitter.com/reallyedbrown> ) who interviewed all three in his ‘Science on Top’ podcast <http://scienceontop.com/2012/03/sot-special-asc2012/> (this link includes all Kylie’s blogs, other links and Ed’s own Storify summaries of Day 2 and 3).
As producer of the social media session <http://2012conf.asc.asn.au/2011/12/24/plenary-6-sophisticated-social-media-use-science/> , I was certainly interested to see what the back channel had discussed during the session, so seeing Kylie’s blog <http://freethoughtblogs.com/tokenskeptic/2012/02/28/live-blogging-the-sophisticated-social-media-use-and-science-asc2012/> and Sarah’s Storify <http://storify.com/sciencesarah/asc2012-plenarysophisticated-social-media-use-and> was immensely useful, and both made it easier to share the content with others later. Mentioning this later on Twitter also brought endorsement that the contribution was worth recognising.
Congratulations and thank you Kylie, Krystal and Sarah. A specially-designed certificate from James Hutson is on its way.
(Also published at http://bridge8.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/socmed-stars-at-the-asc-conference/)
Dr Kristin Alford
Futurist & Founding Director
Bridge8 Pty Ltd
http://www.bridge8.com.au