2025 Communicating Science Effectively Workshop

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET | Sunday, 9 November | Room E10-C

$75 Regular Price | $52 Student Price

The application of science is dependent upon effective communication. Even within the scientific community, sharing information is vital for collaboration and advanced understanding. Distilling complex concepts and datasets into engaging communications products requires skills in storytelling and graphic design. In this session, participants will learn the principles of science communication, tools for communication, and how best to use those tools. The session will include activities focused on generating a message, crafting a communication graphic, and spotting good science communication, as well as a discussion on science communication products that participants can apply to their own work.

Speaker(s)

Annie Carew

Annie Carew (she/her) is a Professional Science Communicator at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. She has taught science communication courses to students and professionals from several countries. Her work focuses on engaging communities to identify environmental challenges and co-develop solutions. The results of this work are distilled into reports that utilize the principles of science communication to deliver clean, comprehensible products that are based on complex scientific data.

Sidney Anderson

Sidney Anderson (she/her) is a science communicator at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Integration and Application Network. At IAN, she develops environmental health report cards, facilitates science communication workshops, and implements new stakeholder engagement techniques. She has presented on science communication at international conferences and facilitated workshops and engagement events in the Philippines, Japan, and India. She is passionate about making science accessible and interesting to the general public.