That’s a wrap for #NABI18! Thanks to the organizers for putting on another fantastic summit! And thanks to everyone who attended our workshop, “An introduction to the ABT (And, But, Therefore) Framework!” @ABTagenda @NA4BI
...4) Dahlstrom, Michael F. “Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with no expert audiences” Proceedings of @theNASciences 111. Supplement 4 (2014): 13614-13620 #scicomm #NABI18
#NABI18 ...3) Made to Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die, by Chip & Dan Heath; and ...
...2) Sparkol, 8 Classic storytelling techniques for engaging presentations: www.sparkol.com/en/Blog/8-Classic-storyt... #NABI18
#NABI18 “Encouraging #storytelling in Science Outreach” session by @scifri, @ScienceDisco & Univ. CO Boulder: 4 recommended resources: 1) @ABTagenda’s Don’t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style; 2)...
Dr. Jim Gates: It’s not incumbent upon the public to understand what we do, it’s incumbent upon us to explain it in a way people can understand #NABI18 #broaderimpacts #scicomm
“Equations are like compositions of music...they’re telling stories”
- Amazing #NABI18 keynote by theoretical physicist Dr S James Gates Jr., @BrownUniversity
Cornelia Dean, @BrownUniversity is presenting our #NABI18 lunchtime keynote..going to link a bunch of tweets for this one, she’s totally speaking my language! @NA4BI @NSF
Eric Jankowski of Boise State University taught #storytelling to engineering students and discovered it was “an effective mechanism for us to learn about each other & care about each other...which is highly correlated to educational outcomes” #NABI18
Paula Croxson of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai described the impact of a #storytelling symposium at the annual Society for Neuroscience (@SfNtweets) meeting and the tweets that resulted (#SFN17) as evidence #NABI18
Totally agree w/ @joryweintraub that #scicomm & #broaderimpacts are “two sides of the same coin” - I don’t think it’s an oversimplification at all...sometimes when you’ve hit on something that “seems” simple it’s actually more of a revelatory discovery #NABI18
Tom Swanson of @foundry10Ed recommends using a “Graphically Enhanced Text” version of a scientific or white paper to make your content more engaging, readable & shareable. I agree, stuff needs to look nice - it’s totally worth bringing in a design professional! #NABI18
YES!! Suzi Iacono of @NSF acknowledged all the #NABI18 sessions focused on #narrative and #storytelling: “it’s absolutely essential...we have got to get our stories straight about what ‘human capital’ [in #broaderimpacts] is all about.”
Suzi Iacono, @NSF, notes that there’s a disconnect between what PIs are proposing and what proposal reviewers are focusing on and relates this to #broaderimpacts ...lots of super interesting data (with much nuance) via her slides posted on @NA4BI website #NABI18
Super nice of the session presenters to provide a link to a packet of evaluation resources! http://tinyurl.com/AAAS-NABI #NABI18 Thanks, @LizNeeley & team!
Don’t let your research become unattributed clickbait! Some takeaways from Andrew Creamer & Hope Lappen #NABI18
Possibly the best sentence spoken at #NABI18 today: “Not *everyone* is going to have compelling footage of post-coital cuttlefish brawling” -Hope Lappen of New York University
#NABI18 folks: we used this activity in our #ABTNABI workshop today... @ABTagenda’s ABT Template adds another (way more useful!) dimension to the “elevator pitch” exercise. What’s your ABT for NABI?
Some takeaways from @shjanalytics’ #NABI18 presentation, “Outreach through the media: The keys to communicating your story”
.@shjanalytics: Engaging & communicating within “hostile environments” is “part of our responsibility when we create knowledge & when we’re assigned to disseminate it across broad audiences” #NABI18
Monica Allen, @NOAAComms: work with your institution to get your story out, with images and web stories, through your own social media channels; it will get picked up & shared and will develop a life of its own (news releases are less effective these days...) #NABI18 #scicomm
Monica Allen, @NOAA & @NOAAComms: “look for the stories (& audiences) and help bring them out...look for surprises.” Also, people are interested in connections to their own personal health. #NABI18
Rick Borchelt, @doescience, just masterfully trashed the info-deficit model; sadly we still need to do this, as we keep trying to change minds through information. It’s really about values. “Look for a ‘value connection,’ not an ‘information connection’” #NABI18 #socmar #consmark
Rick Borchelt, @doescience: journalists are just another part of the public but most scientists are trained to speak in “sound bites;” the media is actually happy to hear scientists talking “naturally and authentically” as they would to the general public. #NABI18
#ABTNABI: @ABTagenda developed these ABT Framework cards as a single resource for the ABT. We gave out a bunch at our #NABI18 workshop today & I still have some (come find me!); if you'd like a stack we'll send them for cost, contact us: RandyOlsonProductions@gmail.com #scicomm
Jill Pipher, #NABI18 keynote: “it’s imperative that scientists & scholars understand and articulate the value of their research to society” #scicomm #broaderimpacts @NA4BI
All set up in the Renaissance Room for our #NABI18 workshop (Session 1, 9:30-10:30 am) #ABTNABI #scicomm #broaderimpacts @ABTagenda @NA4BI
#NABI18 crew attending Dr. Mike Strauss & my workshop on #narrative training (9:30 am in the Renaissance Room), use #ABTNABI for any tweets related to the workshop! @NA4BI @ABTagenda #scicomm
