by Econnect | Apr 9, 2015 | Training to communicate
By Toss Gascoigne The Volkswagen Foundation aims to strengthen and extend research in sub-Saharan Africa. And that’s why we were called in: to train researchers from the humanities and social sciences to communicate their work. The people they wanted to communicate... by Econnect | Jun 5, 2013 | Training to communicate
By Sarah Cole A graduate of our Presenting science course Caroline Le, from the Cancer Therapeutics Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), was recognised as the top talent among young career researchers at the annual CRC’s conference held in Melbourne in mid-May 2013. The... by Jenni Metcalfe | Jun 4, 2013 | Training to communicate
By Toss Gascoigne The Crawford Fund commissioned us to run a 5-day Master Class last month in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This follows a previous Master Class in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in November 2011. 20 African scientists and science communicators from 9 African nations... by Econnect | Oct 26, 2012 | Training to communicate
By Toss Gascoigne I’ve been running media skills workshops with Econnect for 20 years now, but our recent workshop in Beijing was a new challenge. Our workshop began as an internal CSIRO course, but grew and spread as other science groups in Australia heard about it... by Jenni Metcalfe | Apr 3, 2012 | Training to communicate
People see science ‘engagement’ as many different things. For me it is about empowering people to fully participate in the science. At its most exciting it is about ordinary people doing the science working alongside researchers to investigate and solve... by Econnect | Apr 3, 2012 | Training to communicate
“The program is one of the most useful things I have ever been associated with; I love it!” We are lucky to receive feedback like this from one of our Climate Champion farmers. But what prompted it? The farmers recently returned home from a busy week at...