The SciComm Toolkit Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

No matter what our scicomm or engagement project might look like, we ideally need to know how successful or impactful it was. This is where evaluation comes in. In this episode, we talk to Dr Jamie Gallagher about how to get started with evaluation and how you can apply it to your own projects.

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There are lots of articles and tips out there for scientists taking their first foray into scicomm, but what about researchers or science communicators who are also creators. Here are three mistakes I made as a self-taught scientific creator and how you can avoid doing the same.

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In this episode we talk to journalist turned blog and podcast content coach Michelle Gately about two ways you can improve your digital scicomm content right now. They are scroll stopping headlines and a brief introduction to search engine optimisation so you can get discovered and get more people onto your site.

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Michelle's headline writing workshop

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In this episode we talk to Dr George Chan who is a science filmmaker and videographer. From his career in TV and now as an independent and working with Sir David Attenborough, to some top tips for interviewing for videos and the best classroom for growing as a filmmaker

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In this episode, we talk to Erin Winick about her current role as a SciComm Specialist for the International Space Station, but also the previous science writing roles she has had. We talk to her about scicomm internships, using fashion for scicomm and also a few insights into TikTok for science communication.

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It can be tricky to get started in science communication and find your confidence. That's why I've pulled together a list of 7 tools that are free but will help you to find your feet and grow in the world of science communication.

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We all want our science communication to be successful, so make sure yours has this one thing that will help with that. In this episode I reveal all and share how to create yours too

Even if you have the coolest, most epic science story ever - spoiler alert! - no one has to listen to you. So, how do we capture our audience's attention? In this episode, we explore how to create the hooks for our science stories.

Take a whistle stop tour to explore some of the ways you can do science communication, and I share 4 questions to ask yourself to work out which flavour of scicomm is for you. This is the final installment of the SciComm Foundation mini series.

No matter what kind of science communication you do, you need to have an audience in mind. This episode is going to help you tailor your project to your ideal audience so your scicomm is more impactful.