Quigley was working 20-hour days after #eqnz, being interviewed while he was doing field work; UC gave some teaching support. #STRATUSciCom
Comms people are chums of the journos so can help you get a look at the story before it goes out: use them! #STRATUSciCom
Interesting new branding for Auckland Museum with their marine life field guide app. #STRATUSciCom
Working with an animator who charges $650 per 30 secs concentrates the message wonderfully. #STRATUSciCom
In 47 seconds Siouxsie covers all her FAQs including why her hair’s that colour. #STRATUSciCom
The backchannel will now dry up because @SiouxsieW has to stand up and talk. #STRATUSciCom
“Hi! I’m using the Government’s investment to do some really cool research into…” #talkingtopoliticians #STRATUSciCom
Scientists: what can you tell a politician that will make them look good in front of the PM? #STRATUSciCom
Being appointed Minister of Research, Science, & Tech seems a terrible fate, but they grow to quite like it. #STRATUSciCom
Politicians are like scientists; they only have 3 years of funding. #STRATUSciCom
Richard Meylan defiantly refuses to use PowerPoint, because he’s a politician. #yougo #STRATUSciCom
This is turning into a tour of everyone I follow on Twitter. #STRATUSciCom
Yay @statschat and Thomas’s remedial stats classes for the @nzherald #STRATUSciCom
Shout out to @TheAtavism, star of SciBlogs. #STRATUSciCom
Lots of opportunity for scientists to get articles in DomPost and Herald. Especially if they do it for free. #papersbroke #STRATUSciCom
“Like Breakfast—in the evening!” #worstpitchever #STRATUSciCom
The newspaper industry described bt @petergnz sounds like Rome watching the Vandals approaching. #STRATUSciCom
Quigley sends out press releases without going through Uni comms people! #heresy #STRATUSciCom
Staying relevant depends on being able to process Google Scholar articles more quickly than the public can. #STRATUSciCom
A good case for every scientist having their own website. Quigley realised his was getting traffic when it was hacked. #STRATUSciCom
Quigleys website went from 42 daily unique visitors just before the quake to 10,000. #STRATUSciCom
Media types are called “creatives” but ask the same five questions. #STRATUSciCom
Quigley: all scientists need a “well-stocked and rapidly deployable knowledge base.” #STRATUSciCom
Quigley was on TV just after Sept #eqnz, was asked if it was a “geologist’s dream”. #STRATUSciCom
Mark Quigley on the communication of scientists at the most critical time, just after disasters. #eqnz #STRATUSciCom
Shout out to Lifelab at the University of Southampton. #STRATUSciCom
This PowerPoint is so overdesigned my brain is melting. #STRATUScicom
Oops, hashtag forking already! #STRATUSciCom #STRATUSSciCom #theformet