Science Communication Tips




  • How to give a science talk
    a pdf of a powerpoint talk prepared by Stephanie Pfirman, Martin Stute, and Dallas Abbott at Columbia University in 2006. Some common sense about things we don't always think about.

  • how to write & as a 1 page summary
    by Gopen and Swan, this is a reminder of how to make language work for us. handed out as part of NCAR's undergrad writing mentor program (SOARS).

  • Right your Writing
    a new nugget of wisdom by Judith Swan

  • how to add value to a poster
    An email from the ARM program Chief Scientist Warren Wiscombe to all ARM scientists sent March, 2008.
    updated March 2009.

  • how to add value to your slides
    a set of slides which show, by example, what is good and bad in slides. sent out by Warren Wiscombe to the ARM community in February, 2009.

  • Who is listening? What do they hear?
    by Stephen Benka, Physics Today, Dec. 2008. Slightly long-winded, but makes the useful point that we explicitly consider our audience.

    2 Articles published in EOS, vol. 89, no. 11, March 11, 2008, concerning communication on climate change:
  • scientific and non-scientific word usage
    by Susan Hassol of Climate Communication, Basalt, CO, this article examines differing perceptions of the same climate change terminology.
  • on communicating Arctic climate change
    by Syn-Ichi Akasofu of U. of Alaska, this article addresses common misperceptions on Arctic climate.

    Further contributions to this list are most welcome, please send to pzuidema@rsmas.miami.edu