Bill Dennison gives keynote address on communicating science at the Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada
Bill Dennison was invited to give a keynote address at the 2010
Latornell conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His presentation, entitled "
Communicating science effectively to engage decision-makers", detailed many of the techniques and resources that IAN uses and provides to more effectively communicate science. The talk included discussions on the importance of incorporating visual elements, with reference to IAN's
symbol libraries,
image library, and
online conceptual diagram creator. Bill went through the history of effective science communication, including examples of how it has changed the world. Finally, he talked about the effectiveness of
report cards to synthesize large amounts of information into digestible chunks, making them a very powerful way to communicate. For more details on the seminar, read
Bill's Latornell conference series of blog posts.
