Best advice from your profession

Frank Nuijens

Aug 27, 2023

On Reddit there's a thread asking for the best advice from your profession.

My advice as a communication professional, specialised in the field of science communication, would be:

Remember that it's not about you, it's about them. Don’t focus solely on what you want to say, instead focus on what your stakeholders need.

If you want to read more about what I mean with this, see my post Good communication starts with listening.

Reflections on the PCST 2023 conference

The Local Organising Committee of the Public Communication of Science and Technology conference, of which I was part, evaluated the conference yesterday. I reflect on my personal highlights of the conference.

Good communication starts with listening

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Bringing society inside the walls of scientific facilities

The Public Awareness of Research Infrastructures (PARI) three-day conference held in July 2022 at the SKA Observatory’s Global Headquarters (U.K.) discussed the science communication issues that practitioners face at research infrastructures, like community building, science diplomacy and equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM. We concluded that we need

"If you can talk, you can communicate"

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Reflections on the PCST 2023 conference

Good communication starts with listening

Bringing society inside the walls of scientific facilities

"If you can talk, you can communicate"