All interested employees are invited to learn best practices and strategies for how to communicate your science to youth and family audiences. This four-part series will cover how to break down your projects into accessible language, how to frame your work as a story, how to adjust to various audiences (urban vs. suburban, middle vs. high school, families vs. students, etc.) and how to personalize for relatability.
Argonne Educational Programs and Outreach receives hundreds of requests each year for employees to speak at school career days, attend local and regional STEMFests, and judge science fairs. Having an impactful experience relies on matching your communication technique to the intended audience.
Attendees must participate in session one before attending the other sessions.
All sessions will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in Building 401, Room A1100. Feel free to bring a lunch. Treats will be provided.
Outreach Lead Jessica Dietzel (HRS) and Media Manager Chris Kramer (CPA) will facilitate the workshops.
Session 1: Breaking it Down
This first session will go over how to break down your science projects into accessible language and how to avoid the jargon trap. Attendance at session one is a prerequisite for subsequent sessions.
Two dates are offered:
- Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018
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or - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018
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Session 2: Knowing Your Audience
This session will focus on gauging audiences’ background knowledge, checking for understanding and adapting to different audience types. Content from the first session will be reviewed.
- Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
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Session 3: Telling a Story
This session will focus on ways to turn information into a story and how to make it interesting for youth and family audiences. Content from the second session will be reviewed.
Two dates are offered:
- Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018
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or - Monday, Dec. 10, 2018
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Session 4: Making it Personal
This session will focus on you and how to really dig deep to bring your authentic self into your engagements to make them powerful and memorable. Content from the third session will be reviewed.
- Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018