Improving communication skills through writing groups
April 30, 2014 Filed under Blog, Featured, Potpourri, Presentations, Writing
Liveblog (Vienna, Austria): Later today and tomorrow, I’ll be talking to ClimateSnack‘s Mathew Reeve about improving communication skills for scientists. This got me thinking more about what ClimateSnack is trying to do. This graphic shows it well. It is about getting scientists to become better communicators with other scientists through short Climate Snack blog posts. […]
Speaker tips
April 28, 2014 Filed under Blog, Featured, Presentations
Liveblog (Vienna, Austria): We’re four talks into the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (#EGU2014). Already we have seen how some speakers could improve their presentations. 1. Too many graphs on one slide that are spoken about too quickly, if they are spoken about at all. 2. Font sizes too small to be seen, even when […]
I’ll be blogging the European Geosciences Union General Assembly
We’ll be blogging and tweeting (@EloquentScience) away at the 2014 European Geosciences Union General Assembly next week in Vienna, Austria. Get tips on how to improve your presentation. Find out who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. 😉 You can follow me and all the other bloggers and tweeters at http://geolog.egu.eu/general-assembly-blogroll/.