Science Communication Activities (from Italian MCAA Chapter)
>>> 21st of April at 13:00 CEST
Twist and Shout in Research Writing - Prof. Elena Bazanova
Registration here: https://forms.gle/NkFWpBceT6uqN6Ka8 (Deadline 15th of April)
The workshop will present unique writing techniques that will get you closer to the fundamental features of great research writing, regardless of the particulars of any one discipline: clear, concise, fluid, organized, convincing, and engaging. In this workshop, you will be guided through the process of creating a compelling story of your research journey that can sustain the reader's attention to ensure continuous reading of your paper. In addition, you will learn how to keep your story moving forward using such a great attention-getter as change. With each change, you will see how your story progresses, widens, narrows, or jumps. And when ideas stop moving, the story lengthens, making your paper unnecessary long, complex, and as a result, tedious. The workshop will also teach you how to avoid some story-killers, e.g., lakes, whirlpools, omega meanders, and counter currents. These proven story-killers, which create a chaotic and repetitious flow of ideas, contribute to the never-ending paragraphs that stretch over one entire column of a journal and depress the reader even before they start reading your paper. During the workshop, you will not only learn how to make your research writing appropriate for an international peer-reviewed journal, but you will also learn how to use effective twists in the story plot and powerful shouts that call the reader's attention. Finally, you will learn how to reintroduce tension and suspense in your paper to sustain the initial attention of your motivated readers as they plow through the challenging parts of your paper where the attention drains really fast. Since your reader's attention is not deserved but earned through hard work, it is time for you to practice!
>>> 28th of April at 13:00 CEST
Sharing knowledge or doing science together? How scientists should communicate with publics: assumptions, situations, challenges - Prof. Hans Peter Peters
Registration here: https://forms.gle/8jrJRRKforhNto9S9 (Deadline 22nd of April)
>>> 12th of May at 13:00 CEST
Developing a personal brand – Dr. Laura Roberts Artal
Registration here: https://forms.gle/K9pdR6QgUs9GrSZs9 (Deadline 6th of May)
>>> 20th of May at 13:00 CEST
Science and poetry – Dr. Sam Illingworth
Registration here: https://forms.gle/XUM9Dx2YBD68vdeG8 (Deadline 14th of May)