About the Science Communication Series
The Meyer Cancer Center (MCC) and the Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC), have partnered to bring you a series of monthly skills acquisition workshops to develop and hone your communication skills across a broad range of formats, topics, and media. From PowerPoint presentations, to social media, to manuscripts, this series will cover the basics for many of the different ways in which you may have to communicate your science. See below for the monthly schedule as well as more information about each individual session.
Participants will gain communication skills to craft compelling narratives for presentations, tailor scientific content to connect to a range of audiences, write effective manuscripts, and enhance the impact of their research.
These workshops are typically held on the second Wednesday of each month from 3:00 - 4:15 pm ET. Most sessions will be either hybrid or fully virtual. For specifics, please refer to the individual workshop announcement. You are welcome to attend as many workshops as you would like. Feel free to share this with your colleagues.
Contact information:
- Stephanie Rogers, PhD, Education Program Manager, MCC: str4017@med.cornell.edu
- My Linh Nguyen-Novotny, Director of Clinical Research Education, CTSC: myn2001@med.cornell.edu
- Muquadas Ilyas, Education Program Coordinator, CTSC: mui4002@med.cornell.edu
Monthly Schedule
- January 15, 2025: Scientific Storytelling: Using the Principles of Narrative Design to Craft an Engaging Presentation
- February 12, 2025: Understanding Your Audience: Communicating Science to the Public and Government Officials
- March 12, 2025: Communicating Science in Online Spaces
- April 9, 2025: Crafting a Pitch
- May 14, 2025: Writing Basics Workshop
- June 11, 2025: Writing and Publishing High-Impact Research Manuscripts
Session Details
Session 1: Scientific Storytelling: Using the Principles of Narrative Design to Craft an Engaging Presentation
In this presentation, attendees will learn how to utilize knowledge about storytelling and narrative structure to enhance their scientific presentations. Audience members will be taken step by step through narrative design, discussing how each story element can highlight and enhance scientific data in a compelling, cohesive manner that captures the attention of audience members. The method learned during this session can be applied to presentations across all audience types.
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm ET
Session 2: Understanding Your Audience: Communicating Science to the Public and Government Officials
During this workshop, participants will receive insights on the following for the general public and government officials:
- Who are the members within the audience
- How and where will they receive science communication
- What (in general) they know about science
- Why are they motivated to receive science communication
- What are some examples of good communications for these audiences
This session will include a 35-minute presentation followed by a working group activity where you can practice implementing the insights learned.
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm ET