Dear ASC members,

The ASC has received a few requests to provide training in science communication related skills. While the ASC itself does not provide training programs, a number of our members do.

I invite you to nominate training providers in science communication related skills. You may nominate yourself.

Please provide information about:

. the name of the company or individual providing the training,

. contact details (email, phone, postal address),

. name of course,

. the length of the course,

. the skills addressed in the program,

. cost to attend course,

. location(s) where the course(s) is offered,

. name of each presenter with relevant qualifications and experience,

. maximum number of participants per session

The ASC has a goal to develop a national accreditation system for short courses. Until that is in place the ASC cannot recommend specific courses but we can let build a database to help answer enquiries.

Accreditation is a complex process even for short courses. The National Council has endorsed a preliminary framework for assessment but more needs to be done before we are confident of creating a sustainable program. Let me know if you want to hear more about the proposed accreditation process.

Cheers, Jesse

Jesse Shore

President, Australian Science Communicators, 2010

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Jesse Shore PhD Science Communicator Prismatic Sciences P: (02) 9810 2328 M: 0415 841 276 E: jesse@prismaticsciences.com W: http://www.prismaticsciences.com/ www.prismaticsciences.com

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Executive Assistant ­ ASC NSW Part time ­ project-based

ASC NSW is seeking a self-motivated and organised person to facilitate several projects with the goal of enlivening the branch.

Reporting to the branch¹s executive committee, the executive assistant will work on projects including the following: * Contacting lapsed members to discuss the branch¹s benefits or shortfalls * Organising and promoting a student-focussed event for prospective science communicators and new members * To build networks with related organisations for the purpose of promoting the ASC¹s offerings. * Facilitate the Branch¹s web and new media presence

The scope of the current position is for 70 hours over approximately 10 months, with a budget of around $2000. The incumbent will work as a contractor, and as such will need to supply their own computer, office space and cover utility charges, insurance etc.

Skills required: * Demonstrated ability to work without close supervision * Demonstrated ability to manage projects through to completion * Willingness to network through email, phone, in person both one-to-one and with large groups. * An understanding of the breadth of science communication careers. * Excellent communication skills * Experience in promoting events

Desirable skills * Experience in event management * Computer skills, experience with new media web page management

Please send brief applications (2 pages max) to ascnsw@gmail.com by 5 PM Friday 10th December.

== Dr Philip Dooley | Manager of Outreach Programs School of Physics | Faculty of Science

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Creating health messages for multicultural audiences

When writing about health-related issues for non-English speaking consumers, many people assume that the biggest challenge is translation. It’s not. Content, as always, is king.

What happens if your audience believes that their illness is caused by an imbalance of hot and cold elements in the body? Or if they don’t understand when to visit a doctor or when to go to an emergency ward? Or if they’re not literate in their preferred language?

Learn more in conversation with: Zayne D’Crus, communications officer at the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health

When: Tuesday 7 December 6.30 pm

Where: The Clare Cafe Bar Bistro (formerly known as The Clare Castle Hotel) 421 Rathdowne St, Carlton

Cost: Free for AMWA members, $10 for non-members Drinks and meals at pub prices

RSVP for numbers to L.E. Ohman <leohman1@bigpond.net.au or Jacinta Miller membership@medicalwriters.org

Zayne has worked on several social marketing campaigns on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, problem gambling and child health. He also provides training to government, health and community service employees on writing for cross-cultural communication and social marketing.

For more information visit www.ceh.org.au.

Hello ASCers, My name is Rodney McDonell, a keen advocate of science communication (and recently signed up ASC member).

If we are to change the perception of science in key demographics and remind the general public of its importance, then science must be more *visible* in the community. I believe the best way to achieve this goal is through public art projects that clearly depict science inspired themes. Furthermore, if we are to target key demographics then we should do so through art forms that these persons are most responsive too.

For these purposes I have recently engaged the services of a group of local artists to design/paint a *science inspired street art mural* and whilst I’m happy to fund it myself I am also assessing local arts grants and anyone else who is passionate about science communication to contribute financially to the project.

So if you’re like me and you believe science communication on Adelaide’s streets needs to be seriously improved and you would consider financially contributing to this project when further details of costs emerge, then please get in touch with me (podsly@gmail.com) so that I can keep you up to date with the projects movement as further details emerge.

Thank you.

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Manager, Science Communication

Responsible for the development, coordination and management of strategic programs and events that increase the community’s awareness of science, scientific principles and natural history to promote appreciation of science, especially to school students.

Clerk Grade 7/8, $95,450 package includes salary ($78,142-$86,498) employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.

Please visit Australian Museum website or JobsNSW-00000BFK for full job details including selection criteria, inquiries contact and the position description.

All enquiries to Julie Garradd on 612 9320 6233. Applications close 17 December 2010

Ruth Carr Coordinator, Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

Australian Museum 6 College Street Sydney NSW 2010 Australia t 61 2 9320 6230 f 61 2 9320 6074 www.australianmuseum.net.au www.australianmuseum.net.au/eureka

Inspiring the exploration of nature and cultures

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ASC NSW branch – November get-together

MAKING SCIENCE AS PERVASIVE AS SPORTS IN TODAY’S SOCIETY

Dennis Schatz, Pacific Science Centre, Seattle, Washington State, USA

Tuesday 30TH NOV, 6.30 – 8 PM Clarendon Hotel – Upstairs 156 Devonshire St, Surry Hills ( 5 minutes walk from Central Railway ) RSVP: ascnsw@gmail.com

Light catering provided Free drink for ASC members Bar menu and drinks available.

Description: If we want a STEM literate public, then we need to focus on more than what happens in primary and secondary education where people spend only 3% of their lives. This means making STEM a lifelong, life-wide and life-deep activity ­ just like sports. Come hear Dennis Schatz, Senior Vice President at Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington, describe his institution’s activities that seek to attain this dream.

Some of Dennis’s interests include:

* Co-directing Washington State LASER (Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform), Washington state¹s science education reform effort. More information is at www.WaStateLASER.org http://www.wastatelaser.org/

* Portal to the Public program that works with scientists from universities, government agencies and industries to help them effectively communicate with public audiences. More information is at www.pacsci.org/portal/ http://www.pacsci.org/portal/

* US National Research Council¹s development of Surrounded by Science (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12614). This book and its companion book (Learning Science in Informal Environments — http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12190) provide a theoretical framework for how people learn science in informal settings.

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Dear ASCers,

Posted on behalf of Sonya Pemberton

Our latest science documentary IMMORTAL is screening on SBS Australia on Sunday December 5. Hope can find time to watch – and that you find it interesting!

Best wishes,

Sonya

IMMORTAL

The key to endless life has been discovered. The bad news is, it can kill you. IMMORTAL reveals nature’s greatest double-edged sword, discovered deep within the DNA of humble pond scum. Awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine, this discovery is now transforming our approach to aging, stress and cancer.

Sunday Dec 5 830pm SBS TV

A December Films & Pemberton Films Production

Sonya Pemberton Executive Producer & Director Pemberton Films 35 Raglan St, Port Melbourne VICTORIA 3207

P + 61 3 9646 6678 M +61 417 271 696 E sonya@pembertonfilms.com.au http://www.pembertonfilms.com.au

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Niall Byrne

Science in Public has moved to:

82 Hudsons Road, Spotswood Vic 3015 Our postal address is PO Box 2076 Spotswood VIC 3015 Our landline stays the same – 03 9398 1416

Niall’s mobile: 0417 131 977 Sarah’s mobile: 0413 332 489

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Dear ASCers,

I’m writing to let you know that we have places in our next media training course in Melbourne on Tuesday 30 November, in our next Sydney course on 18 January 2011, and in Canberra on Tuesday 15 February.

Our media training course is designed for scientists and anyone who needs to communicate complex and technical ideas via the media.

It will help you improve your chances of being accurately reported, and you will learn what to expect when the media covers a story.

Three working journalists will come in over the course of the day and you will conduct practice interviews for TV, radio and newspaper. The workshop structure is licensed from our friends at Econnect Communication.

Please feel free to forward this onto any colleagues who you believe may be interested.

The courses run from at 9.30am to 5pm, and cost $650 + GST per person which includes coffee, morning tea and lunch.

The fee has remained the same for several years but will go up to $740 plus GST for bookings made after 1 January 2011. So book now for the New Year, and save.

As always, we offer a 10% discount for ASC members.

Our upcoming dates for the first half of 2011 are:

Melbourne (at The Clare Café, Carlton):

· Tuesday 30 November 2010

· Tuesday 1 February 2011

· Tuesday 1 March 2011

· Tuesday 29 March 2011

· Tuesday 3 May 2011

· Tuesday 24 May 2011

Sydney (at The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre, The Rocks):

· Tuesday 18 January 2011

· Monday 21 March 2011

· Tuesday 10 May 2011

Canberra (at the Australian Academy of Science):

· Tuesday 15 February 2011

· Tuesday 12 April 2011

· Tuesday 14 June 2011

There are more details below and at http://www.scienceinpublic.com/blog/training.

Kind regards,

Niall

Media and communication training for scientists

We run a one-day training course to help you present your work via the media to the public and your stakeholders. We focus on helping you present science-even complex and technical material-in a way that attracts attention and helps journalists cover your story accurately. The workshop structure is licensed from our friends at Econnect Communication.

Over the course of the day you will learn the communication skills needed to refine and present your story to maximise your chances of getting your message across.

We bring in three working journalists to talk about how news is put together in TV, radio and newspapers, and what they need to help them cover a story.

Getting your message out in a timely, interesting and appropriate fashion is half the battle in getting good media coverage-and we cover all of those aspects.

Our course differs from the adversarial approach taken by many other media training courses. Journalists who have helped out in the past include Gerard Scholten from Channel Ten, Bridie Smith from The Age, and Donna Demaio from 3AW news.

We will work with you to extract the essence of your story, and to shape your story to suit the intended media and your other audiences.

You will experience a typical interaction with the journalists-a TV interview, a radio interview and pitching your story to a print journalist. Many people find this the hardest, but most rewarding part of the day. You will get your TV and radio interviews to download and keep after the course.

Previous participants tell us that after the course they feel more prepared for media interviews, and less afraid of the whole process. They also see the benefit of the training for presenting to and writing for stakeholders, customers and the public.

We take no more than 12 people in each course, so all participants experience one-to-one interactions with each journalist.

You will learn:

· how to get your message out as accurately as possible

· how to write and organise a good media release

· what makes a good story on TV or radio or in print

· what to expect when the media covers a story

· how to control the media agenda

· what to do when a journalist knocks on your door or phones you

· good interview techniques

· how to handle the difficult questions.

To book yourself, or members of your organisation, into one of these courses, please email niall@scienceinpublic.com.au.

For more information please call me on (03) 9398 1416 or email me at niall@scienceinpublic.com.au. There is also a flyer about the course online at www.scienceinpublic.com/blog/training.

Kind regards,

Niall ________

Niall Byrne

Science in Public has moved to:

82 Hudsons Road (PO Box 2076), Spotswood VIC 3015 Our landline stays the same – 03 9398 1416

Niall’s mobile: 0417 131 977 Sarah’s mobile: 0413 332 489

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Dear ASC’ers,

I am writing on behalf of Megan Ryan, L’Oréal Australia, to update you on L’Oréal’s For Women in Science activities.

Here’s a short description of what’s included in the latest bulletin, the full version is online at http://www.scienceinpublic.com/loreal/loreal-bulletins/november22

In the latest L’Oréal bulletin:

Finding life in extreme physical environments: expatriate Australian Professor Jillian Banfield among the five Laureates announced for 2011

US-based Australian Professor Jillian Banfield is among the five winners of the 2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards announced on 11 November 2010 by Professor Ahmed Zewail, President of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Jury.

Banfield is Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, and of Materials Science and Engineering, at the University of California, Berkeley, United States. She won for her work on bacterial and material behaviour under extreme conditions relevant to the environment and the Earth.

L’Oréal Australian Fellows win 2010 Eureka Prizes

2008 Fellow Amanda Barnard and 2010 Fellow Rowena Martin have been awarded Eureka Prizes for their research achievements.

Amanda has won the 2010 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for her work on predicting properties of nanoparticles in sunscreens.

Recent US survey shows that gender is still a major barrier for women in science

Gender still matters, according to a recent US survey on the ability of women to succeed and move ahead in scientific careers.

98 per cent of women surveyed said they knew of someone who had left scientific research because of barriers including work/life balance, having and raising children and gender bias. In contrast, male scientists were more likely to leave for reasons including insufficient pay, access to grants/funding or job scarcity.

The survey of 1300 male and female scientists was commissioned by L’Oréal USA and performed by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science.

Applying for Australian Fellowships for 2011

L’Oréal Australia will offer three fellowships in 2011 valued at $20,000 each. Applications will open on 1 April 2010.

Full details at http://www.scienceinpublic.com/loreal/loreal-bulletins/november22

Kind regards,

Niall,

________

Niall Byrne

Science in Public has moved to:

82 Hudsons Road, Spotswood Vic 3015 Our postal address is PO Box 2076 Spotswood VIC 3015 Our landline stays the same – 03 9398 1416

Niall’s mobile: 0417 131 977 Sarah’s mobile: 0413 332 489

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COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER ALICE SPRINGS BASED

Ninti One Ltd is an organisation which incorporates the Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation and is devoted to the creation of benefit for remote Australian people, businesses and landscapes through research. Ninti and its 50+ partners collaborate to deliver excellent research, training, commercialisation, economic development and evidence for policy from its work.

Reporting to the General Manager Operations and leading a small team, this newly created role is responsible for the provision of strategic communications and media support across the organisation, including internal and external communications. Specific responsibilities of this Alice Springs based role include:-

* developing and managing media and PR activity planning and implementation; * identifying, developing and delivering PR messages beyond paid media;

* developing supporting collateral to implement the organisation’s strategy, e.g. multimedia presentations, briefing packs, messaging and web content;

* developing strong collaborative relationships with stakeholders to ensure that high-level outputs and outcomes are communicated widely.

With proven experience in developing and implementing communications and engagement strategies, the successful candidate will have the ability to foster and maintain strong networks and professional relationships. Experience with communication in the research environment and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is essential. Excellent project management skills with the ability to analyse problems, meet deadlines and formulate clear and effective solutions are pivotal to success. Applications are invited from senior communications professionals with applicable tertiary qualifications. An attractive remuneration package (including relocation assistance) will be negotiated with the successful candidate.

For a job and person specification, please visit www.hender.com.au

Applications in Word format only should be forwarded to Justin Hinora by e-mail to 13333@hender.com.au Telephone enquiries are welcome on (08) 8100 8829.

Barbara McKaige Projects Coordinator – Darwin, NT Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences

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