Interactive Intro to Marketing & The biggest snapshot of science engagement in Australia – 30/4

[ 30 April 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Ever wondered why someone else is getting more web hits than you…. or funding…. or press?

Could it have something to do with the way you are marketing your product?

Have you really sat down to think about what your product, your audience, your goal really is?

Here’s your chance to ask an expert!

After graduating with a […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22

Features Fiona Armstrong: Climate & Health Alliance, Dr Marion Carey, VicHealth & Amanda McKenzie, Comms Director at the Climate Commission #
Communicating climate change & health impacts to policy makers & wider community. ASC Vic session audio now available: http://t.co/OaNNeS7w #
Help @mwikramanayake with her Masters. Fill in survey into working practices of sci journalists covering neuroscience […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22

Features Fiona Armstrong: Climate & Health Alliance, Dr Marion Carey, VicHealth & Amanda McKenzie, Comms Director at the Climate Commission #
Communicating climate change & health impacts to policy makers & wider community. ASC Vic session audio now available: http://t.co/OaNNeS7w #
Help @mwikramanayake with her Masters. Fill in survey into working practices of sci journalists covering neuroscience […]

Interactive Intro to Marketing & The biggest snapshot of science engagement in Australia

Ever wondered why someone else is getting more web hits than you…. or funding…. or press?
Could it have something to do with the way you are marketing your product?
Have you really sat down to think about what your product, your audience, your goal really is?
Here’s your chance to ask an expert!
After graduating with a Master […]

Bryson explains why he wrote A Short History of Nearly Everything – video

What possessed self-confessed “terrible science student” Bill Bryson to write a book about the science of everything?
All writing is “an instinct to share amazing information” he explains in this short film from the Wellcome Trust and “science is fundamentally amazing.”
 

Download the free ‘Ultimate Science Guide’

It’s here! The eagerly awaited 2012 edition of the Ultimate Science Guide, an undergraduate guide, is now available for download, to help navigate options for careers and courses in science, IT and engineering.
Find out what’s hot in science and how to nab the best salaries and get the most out of a course. Or discover […]

ASC National conference 2012 – three great days

What happens when you have 250 science communicators in the same place at the same time? Going on observations from the recent national conference in Sydney you get an intense buzz of social networking. Every face to face gathering was busy with people talking, laughing, exchanging ideas and contact details, moving around to meet new […]

Member Profile: Susan Kirk

Susan Kirk is a nationally published writer, with a degree in journalism and TAFE qualifications in horticulture.  She has written for many different publications but lately writes extensively for Rural Press publications including Good Fruit and Vegetables and Australian Horticulture.
She wrote a number of the Taste booklets (Global Food and Wine) which showcased Australian produce […]

Best Science Apps for iPhone/iPad:

Thanks to Joe Hanson for posting his best science apps for iphone / ipod – for the science and technology obsessed – enjoy!
Best Science Apps for iPhone/iPad:
Space/Astronomy:
–       NASA has a great free educational app where you can track spacecraft and learn about projects.
–       GoSkyWatch, which is inexplicably free for the iPad only version (and a very underpriced $3.99 for iPhone/iPad compatible […]

Book Review: Genome Generation

By Daniella Goldberg, Gene Genie Media.
This year marks the tenth anniversary since the epic task of sequencing all three billion letters of the human genome. The Genome Generation by Dr Elizabeth Finkel, molecular biologist turned science journalist, reveals the impact of the genome revolution and how it affects everyone in some way, whether it’s predicting your genetic […]