CTS: Dennis Mangan is Zooming across the world this year.
The Amer Soc for Microbiology is offering online sci comm courses this summer "Science Communication for Microbiologists" for ASM members. This 5-week interactive training will introduce the fundamentals of communicating science and walk participants through the steps of how to craft an engaging, entertaining message for a specific audience. The course consists of live weekly sessions that incorporate presentations and interactive discussions from 1 of the following tracks:
Advocacy- Participants will receive a crash course in United States federal policy and legislation, working with ASM Advocacy staff to develop messaging for meeting with their member of Congress.
Communicating with Lay Audiences - Learn how to distill and translate your science for a general, non-expert audience. Focused on public presentations.
Communicating with Professional Audiences - Improve your formal presentations and learn techniques for sharing your research with your scientific colleagues.
