Your geoscience is important. It can change thinking and practice in the world if you communicate it well! To be the best communicators we can, and to get proper credit for approaches that work and inspire, it is important to publish on best practice. This session is to help you publish research about the tools, tips and techniques you use, or the impact of your educational, outreach, or engagement (e.g. with government, industry) work.
The session is a task-led workshop and will consist of roughly 10 mins of us talking, followed by 15 mins of Q&A, then we will break into group-based activities to build your confidence led by an editor of the journal Geoscience Communication editor. It doesn’t matter if you know very little already. No question is too basic, and no prior knowledge is needed.
The activities will include:
● 'Plan a project' - sketch out a project plan (e.g. a flow chart) for research-led communication.
● 'Help me with my idea' - a safe space to get 1-to-1 input from a Geoscience Communications editor.
● 'Editor for the day' - understand the review process infinitely better with an exercise in which you are editor for a GC insights article.
The questions can answer include:
● How do I get started? - I’ve got a great outreach idea, but how do I do it as research and contribute to best practice?
● How do I collect evidence / data? – The guts e.g. methods & statistics
● What does robust ‘research’ about communication look like? i.e. what a paper needs.
We hope the workshop will benefit burgeoning communicators at any career stage. Or, if you’re an experienced geoscience communication practitioner, then we can help you get the reputational benefit that comes with publication.