by Econnect | Apr 23, 2019 | Newsletter | Making stories visual
At Econnect, the communication projects we bring to life often rely on using several media platforms. They range from traditional forms like newspapers, radio and TV to the current popular online platforms such as Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Some people...
by Econnect | Mar 14, 2019 | Newsletter | Writing science simply
Econnect has been doing a lot of short, sharp writing of late for writing interpretive panels and signs for environmental visitor centres. Last year we helped redevelop the Rockhampton FLOW centre, which we first interpreted in 2012. We are now working on the...
by Econnect | Dec 13, 2018 | Newsletter | Planning science communication
Econnect made our presence felt at the 10th Australian Science Communicators’ conference in Sydney last month, and so this month’s newsletter reflects on the 2018 ASC conference. Two of our articles are about research informing practice, and the third article urges us...
by Econnect | Aug 28, 2018 | Newsletter | Telling stories
We live in a society where ‘fake news’ accusations escalate as the politics of knowledge is being played on a global stage.  Yet as we face very real problems demanding change it is interesting to reflect on the role of science communication. We often assume...
by Econnect | Jun 7, 2018 | Newsletter | Planning science communication
We’ve been to a lot of conferences and workshops lately.And it seems that there are still many presenters out there who have not thought about their audience. They plug in their life support system—their speech notes written on PowerPoint—and away they go talking...
by Econnect | Mar 29, 2018 | Newsletter | Planning science communication
In response to last month’s newsletter, Questions science communication practitioners want answered by people researching science communication, we’ve had generous contributions from 4 expert science communication scholars. Science communication scholars...