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Championing Science : Communicating Your Ideas to Decision Makers.

By: Contributor(s): Copyright date: 2019Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2019Description: xvi, 249 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780520298071
  • 0520298071
  • 9780520298095
  • 0520298098
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Championing science.DDC classification:
  • 501/.4 23
LOC classification:
  • Q223 .A35 2019
Contents:
Becoming a champion -- Self-aware and self-correcting: the key to effective communication -- Extracting the essence -- Who's listening? Know your audience -- Why scientists communicate poorly outside their field -- The first two minutes: show your passion -- Crafting key messages and narratives -- The power of language -- Designing effective visuals -- Improving your speaking skills -- Influence and persuasion -- Managing your emotions -- translations, template and white papers -- Strategies for creating successful relationships with sponsors -- Exercises for applying the championing science skills -- High-impact examples of championing for a cause.
Summary: "Championing Science is a comprehensive guide that helps scientists persuasively communicate complex scientific ideas to decision makers in government, policy, and education. The book provides real-world tactics for scientists to help build vital communication, influence, and emotional intelligence skills that motivate decision makers, with little to no science background, to understand and support their science. Through instruction, interviews, and examples, scientists learn why inspiring decision makers to act requires extracting the essence of scientific findings, crafting understandable messages, simplifying visuals, bridging paradigm gaps, and storytelling. Principles for championing science come to life through stories of science champions such as Robert Millikan, Vannevar Bush, the work between Caltech and MIT, and others. With Championing Science, scientists will effectively learn how to use their communication skills to garner funding, secure future research, and, ultimately, impact policy"--Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: 2022 New Titles
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab Q223 .A35 2019 1 Available 50583020021154
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Becoming a champion -- Self-aware and self-correcting: the key to effective communication -- Extracting the essence -- Who's listening? Know your audience -- Why scientists communicate poorly outside their field -- The first two minutes: show your passion -- Crafting key messages and narratives -- The power of language -- Designing effective visuals -- Improving your speaking skills -- Influence and persuasion -- Managing your emotions -- translations, template and white papers -- Strategies for creating successful relationships with sponsors -- Exercises for applying the championing science skills -- High-impact examples of championing for a cause.

"Championing Science is a comprehensive guide that helps scientists persuasively communicate complex scientific ideas to decision makers in government, policy, and education. The book provides real-world tactics for scientists to help build vital communication, influence, and emotional intelligence skills that motivate decision makers, with little to no science background, to understand and support their science. Through instruction, interviews, and examples, scientists learn why inspiring decision makers to act requires extracting the essence of scientific findings, crafting understandable messages, simplifying visuals, bridging paradigm gaps, and storytelling. Principles for championing science come to life through stories of science champions such as Robert Millikan, Vannevar Bush, the work between Caltech and MIT, and others. With Championing Science, scientists will effectively learn how to use their communication skills to garner funding, secure future research, and, ultimately, impact policy"--Provided by publisher.

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