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NPS Spotlight on Natural and Cultural Resources Workshop

...ural Resources and Cultural Resources in the NCR and covered a variety of interesting topics. Subjects ranged from the history of slavery in the Harper’s Ferry area, to variation in diets between coyotes and foxes at different NCR parks, the...

Science Cafe and science communication training in Boston

...ying and communicating effectively to your primary audience. On Day 2, we focused on the graphical elements, using paper storyboards or mockups before investing in actual graphics creation, aspects of color to keep in mind, how to declutter the...

Assessment of Small Watersheds in China

A Gestalt of 0s and 1s: The Tips and Tools of Web Design

...is much easier to fix something on paper than further down the line! Here is another student’s (Natalie Peyronnin) storyboard (left). You can see how it mirrors the finished website fairly closely (right). Image credit Natalie Peyronnin. Now...

Pigs in Water: living underwater with Susan Williams

...ams ... Aquanauts Bruce Nyden, Bill Dennison, Susan Williams and Chuck Gross (L-R) at Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum reception standing in front of Hydrolab display. The year was 1984. Ronald Reagan was running for President again...

My four decade friendship with Susan Williams

Hello and Goodbye: The brief in-person encounter with my online class

...el to explore nutrient load timing effects on water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Nichole used a powerpoint to tell her story. Tom Butler – Problem solving with computer models in Chesapeake Bay . He used video format to explain models, how...

It’s Your Time: Make It Count

...nning out of time, but with the right prompt you can avoid those situations. You are setting the stage to help tell your story. Your poster or PowerPoint should be doing your legwork, while you focus on any extra material. There are some tips and...

Cork conference on coastal sustainability

...ting a SNAP session. Image credit: Bill Dennison On Day 2, we focused on the outputs and outcomes of the meeting through storyboarding and beginning to populate our workshop newsletter. Armed with the priorities gained from the SNAP activity, we s...

It’s the Circle of Science: How to Move Your Audience

...lization , maps , photography and videography , it’s time to bring all those pieces together to present a complete story. There are many different platforms that can be used to tell the story of your research, including presentations, poster...

Atlantic Estuarine Research Society 70th anniversary conference

...eration (CERF) and now has seven affiliate societies 1 . Welcome sign. Photo credit: Danielle Kreeger Given this history, I was very glad that could join in the celebration of AERS’s 70 th year, since its founding was the genesis of su...

Who tells your story?

Who tells your story? ... Jamie Currie Color correction can make a substantial difference to the feel of the image. Image credit: Color Corre...

Training local teams in report card creation

...e indicator discussion. Image credit Heath Kelsey. Highlights of the training for me were SNAP , Get the Grade , and the storytelling component of the science communication section . SNAP is an interactive activity that solicits input from partici...

What’s Your Story?

What’s Your Story? ... Erin Reilly Science Photography and Videography is more than just a pretty picture. With this week's assignments to...

Believe it or not, maps are still useful!

Environmental literacy for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers

...eary. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Walden Pond is an example of a kettle pond near the Sudbury River that has a lot of history. Thoreau spent 2 years, 2 months and 2 days living in a small cabin on Walden Pond in the Sudbury River watershed, resul...

Maps and Legends, Are We Really Understood?

...;meat and potatoes” of my map it is important to get it right. As we have seen earlier in class the data tells the story. In my map you might be able to see an attractive blue color for Chesapeake Bay, this is a grid. And those sometimes wei...

Visiting the National Press Club to talk about Chesapeake Bay

...re effectively leveraged by the watershed states, local municipalities and community groups. Chesapeake Bay has a long history of high quality research and comprehensive monitoring. Thus, we have access to excellent time course data sets that allo...

She blinded me with science! But data visualization is here to help

...ay also help you better define your message. Defining the key message – Make sure you give this some thought. What story do you want to tell? Does your data visual do this on its own? There may be opportunities to better frame your data by p...

Scientific synthesis paper shows Chesapeake Bay nutrient diet is working

...acts of population growth and climate change on the planet. This PNAS paper, however, which is fundamentally a good news story about management inventions that are working to improve Chesapeake Bay, is receiving broad attention. My interpretation...

Data is the Centerfold: Illustrating statistical data to communicate your research

...isualization. Emily Nastase said it best; she described data visualization as a way to effectively reveal trends, tell a story, and represent things that are not easily observed from words and numbers alone. However, producing a visual representat...

Returning to My Ohio Roots: Scoping Out A Lake Erie Report Card

...ommunication. At the reception following the board meeting, I told a couple of stories and introduced a guest. The first story was the 1913 flood in Dayton, Ohio that my grandmother told me about. This flood was and still is the biggest natural di...

Reflections on teaching a global course on developing environmental report cards

...Taking the first steps toward developing a basin report card ' by Nancy Sheehan , posted on 15 Nov 2017. 2) ' What's the story in your report card? ' by Jodie Mehrtens , posted on 22 Nov 2017. 3) ' Defining report card indicator thresholds to achi...

Storytelling and Science: What's ABT got to do with it?

Storytelling and Science: What's ABT got to do with it? ... Rebecca Wenker If you had to group Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin...

Last but not least... Now that you know, it's time to work!

... improve future grades, carefully plan resource use (financial and human), and remember the importance of telling a good story . Irina shared her plans for improving her report card process for future publications, using lessons learned during the...

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