Explaining Research

Informationen zum Autor Dennis Meredith's career as a science communicator has included service at some of the country's leading research universities, including MIT, Caltech, Cornell, Duke and the University of Wisconsin. He has worked with science journalists at all the nation's major newspapers, magazines, and radio and TV networks and has written thousands of news releases and magazine articles on science and engineering over his career. Klappentext Explaining Research is a comprehensive communication guide for scientists, engineers, physicians, and students. Zusammenfassung Explaining Research is a comprehensive communication guide for scientists, engineers, physicians, and students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction: Explaining Your Research is a Professional Necessity Section I: Learning a New Communications Paradigm 1: Understand Your Audiences 2: Plan Your Research Communication Strategy Section II: Effectively Reaching Your Peers 3: Give Compelling Talks 4: Develop Informative Visuals 5: Create Effective Poster Presentations 6: Write Clear Research Explanations 7: Build a Quality Web Site Section III: Engaging Lay Audiences 8: Forge Your Research Communications Strategy 9: The Essential News Release 10: Craft Releases That Tell Your Research Story 11: Target Releases to Key Audiences 12: Produce Effective Research Photography 13: Produce Informative Research Videos 14: Organize Dynamic Multimedia Presentations 15: Create E-Newsletters, Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, Social Networks, and Webinars 16: Write Popular Articles, Op-Eds, and Essays 17: Author Popular Books 18: Become a Public Educator 19: Persuade Administrators, Donors, and Legislators Section IV: Explaining Your Research Through the Media 20: Parse Publicity's Pros and Cons 21: Understand Journalists 22: Meet Journalists' Needs 23: Prepare for Media Interviews 24: Make the Interview Work For You 25: Protect Yourself from Communication Traps 26: Manage Media Communications at Scientific Meetings 27: Should You Be a Public Scientist? ...

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Dennis Meredith's career as a science communicator has included service at some of the country's leading research universities, including MIT, Caltech, Cornell, Duke and the University of Wisconsin. He has worked with science journalists at all the nation's major newspapers, magazines, and radio and TV networks and has written thousands of news releases and magazine articles on science and engineering over his career.

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Explaining Research is a comprehensive communication guide for scientists, engineers, physicians, and students.

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• Foreword

• Introduction: Explaining Your Research is a Professional Necessity

• Section I: Learning a New Communications Paradigm

• 1: Understand Your Audiences

• 2: Plan Your Research Communication Strategy

• Section II: Effectively Reaching Your Peers

• 3: Give Compelling Talks

• 4: Develop Informative Visuals

• 5: Create Effective Poster Presentations

• 6: Write Clear Research Explanations

• 7: Build a Quality Web Site

• Section III: Engaging Lay Audiences

• 8: Forge Your Research Communications Strategy

• 9: The Essential News Release

• 10: Craft Releases That Tell Your Research Story

• 11: Target Releases to Key Audiences

• 12: Produce Effective Research Photography

• 13: Produce Informative Research Videos

• 14: Organize Dynamic Multimedia Presentations

• 15: Create E-Newsletters, Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, Social Networks, and Webinars

• 16: Write Popular Articles, Op-Eds, and Essays

• 17: Author Popular Books

• 18: Become a Public Educator

• 19: Persuade Administrators, Donors, and Legislators

• Section IV: Explaining Your Research Through the Media

• 20: Parse Publicity's Pros and Cons

• 21: Understand Journalists

• 22: Meet Journalists' Needs

• 23: Prepare for Media Interviews

• 24: Make the Interview Work For You

• 25: Protect Yourself from Communication Traps

• 26: Manage Media Communications at Scientific Meetings

• 27: Should You Be a Public Scientist?