You couldn’t make it up!

I’ve recently been discussing the mechanisms of effective science communication and was challenged to suggest a good ‘how to’ guide. Truth is… you don’t need one, but that isn’t to say that you don’t need training to learn it. In fact, the description across the top of this blog contains all the fundamental rules.

It talks of two things, finding the right words and of getting someone to explain them. I’ll share some pointers on both of them now but they are addressed using the same method. Continue reading “You couldn’t make it up!”

Day one in the ‘How Science Works 2011’ household.

It is presenting at events like this one, run by the ThinkTank Museum in Birmingham, that really make you appreciate why you do science communication. Each school in attendance today had the opportunity to sample up to four sessions run by the industry’s finest examples engagement pioneers. This always throws up the same problem though, that of becoming distracted. Not the pupils, but the presenters. Continue reading “Day one in the ‘How Science Works 2011’ household.”