Alan Alda on the art of science communication: 'I want to tell you a story'. 10/27 or 10/28

Workshop Opportunity

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science

October 27 and 28, 2016

8 am to 10 am

Stamp Student Union, Atrium (Room 1107)

Capacity: 100 seated

Open to all

The Division of Research has invited the Alda Center back to UMD to conduct 2 one-day workshops (identical workshops over 2 days) at UMD.  

These workshops will provide a broad overview of the concepts developed by Mr. Alda himself: Alan Alda on the art of science communication: 'I want to tell you a story'. 

The morning plenary session of the workshop – presented by Alda Center Instructor James Rea (bio attached) - is open to all faculty, researchers, staff and students who are interested in learning more about improving communication regarding their work. 

Please RSVP to attend!  https://go.umd.edu/Alda_Plenary_October16

Schedule

8:00 - 8:30am: Breakfast and Check-in 

8:30 -10:00am: Opening Plenary

Interactive Opening Plenary 1.5 hours

This interactive session introduces participants to general principles in how to craft short, clear, conversational statements, intelligible to non-scientists, about what you do and why it matters. The session consists of an interactive presentation and discussion on interpreting technical material using examples and analogies to illuminate unfamiliar concepts to your audience. The plenary will address problems and solutions in public interactions as well as peer-to-peer communication.  Participants will practice clarity in speaking to non-scientists about their work and may be actively engaged in improvisation exercises or explaining scientific material to lay people.

RSVP: https://go.umd.edu/Alda_Plenary_October16

Alda Center resource materials: http://research.umd.edu/workshops/alda