COMPASS

✨ This Friday: Writing with Purpose Workshop ✨

Clear, compelling, and strategic communication is crucial for change, and writing is one important avenue for sharing scientific ideas and new information. But it can feel daunting to write something that’s scientifically accurate, easy to understand, impactful and interesting for readers who don’t have a science background. We can help.

In this virtual workshop, we’ll support you as you plan out how you’re going to strategically share your key messages in your writing, so that you can achieve your science communication goals.

🔗 Join us: https://buff.ly/9Hzp2hQ

✨ This Friday: Policy Pathways ✨

Policy shapes public life in many ways, and often is a necessary part of lasting change. Accurate information is vital to good public policy, but often people’s understanding of policy pathways starts and stops at elections. Yet there are many, many more ways to get involved in public policy, at all levels of governance!

This workshop takes a closer look at the variety of roles that people can play in the policy process, with an emphasis on accurately communicating science and knowledge.

💡 Learn about the many pathways for policy engagement
💡 Identify policy pathways that align with your goals and strengths
💡 Develop a plan for moving along a policy pathway you identify
💡 Receive feedback on your plan

Join us: https://buff.ly/9LEfZOA

✨ This Friday: Responding to Conflict ✨

Conflict is inevitable in life—but it doesn’t always have to be destructive. If we are prepared to stay curious about the real source of the conflict, and open to others’ perspectives, we may find new possibilities and pathways forward. While it can be challenging to keep communicating in a constructive way when people disagree with us, we can build our skills so that we’re better equipped to handle conflict when it comes up.

During this virtual workshop, you’ll learn about different types of conflict and ways to recognize and manage them, as well as practices for building your own resilience and skills. You’ll also have the opportunity to try some techniques for improving your understanding of the conflict, and processes for communicating through conflict more productively.

Register today: https://buff.ly/zhgAuSR

✨ This Friday: Communicating Risk Workshop ✨

Every day, we all make decisions that require us to consider risk, but it can be challenging to communicate risk to others in compassionate, meaningful ways. We know more than ever about how risk information is processed in the brain, and applying those insights to our risk communication will help our audiences better understand risk and make more informed decisions about their health, safety, and the environment.

In this workshop, you will:

💡 gain a deeper understanding of the science behind risk communication;
💡identify and begin to draft the different components of a plan for communicating risk around a topic that’s important for you;
💡practice revising a key risk message to be more meaningful, compassionate, and actionable for your particular audience; and
💡receive feedback on your message from peers and trainers.

Register here: https://buff.ly/THzBhSB

When science meets public concern, conflict and policymaking, science communication can get complex fast.

You may be asked to explain risk, navigate disagreement, discuss tradeoffs, or engage in policy with people who bring very different perspectives to the table.

Our new 4-workshop series, COMPASS Skill Sprint: Communicating Science in Complex Settings, is designed to help scientists and technical experts build confidence communicating when it matters most.

Over four weeks, we'll explore how to:
✨ Make your work resonate with people outside your field,
✨ Communicate risk clearly and effectively,
✨ Navigate conflict productively, and
✨ Connect science to U.S. policy.

🎓️ You also have the option to receive a Professional Certificate upon completion. If you're ready to grow your impact, join us!

Follow the link to register: https://buff.ly/QJATCsk

When science meets public concern, conflict and policymaking, science communication can get complex fast.

You may be asked to explain risk, navigate disagreement, discuss tradeoffs, or engage in policy with people who bring very different perspectives to the table.

Our new 4-workshop series, COMPASS Skill Sprint: Communicating Science in Complex Settings, is designed to help scientists and technical experts build confidence communicating when it matters most.

Over four weeks, we'll explore how to:
✨ Make your work resonate with people outside your field,
✨ Communicate risk clearly and effectively,
✨ Navigate conflict productively, and
✨ Connect science to U.S. policy.

🎓️ You also have the option to receive a Professional Certificate upon completion. If you're ready to grow your impact, join us!

Register today: https://buff.ly/QJATCsk

✨ This Friday: Outstanding One-Pagers✨

When your time is limited — and the person you’re meeting with may not be familiar with your work— a well-prepared one-pager can make all the difference.

In this interactive, three-hour workshop, you’ll receive feedback on your one-pager draft and learn how to:

👉️ distill complex information into a clear, concise format,
👉️ apply basic design principles to guide your reader’s attention, and
👉️ utilize aspects of a great one-pager to make your one-pager stand out in a sea of competing materials.

Register here: https://buff.ly/MXUTnr0

✨ Upcoming Workshop: Outstanding One-Pagers✨

When your time is limited — and the person you’re meeting with may not be familiar with your work— a well-prepared one-pager can make all the difference.

In this interactive, three-hour workshop, you’ll receive feedback on your one-pager draft and learn how to:

👉️ distill complex information into a clear, concise format,
👉️ apply basic design principles to guide your reader’s attention, and
👉️ utilize aspects of a great one-pager to make your one-pager stand out in a sea of competing materials.

Register here: https://buff.ly/MXUTnr0

Learn more about working with COMPASS!

- What does a virtual workshop look like versus in-person?
- What tools do we use for virtual workshops to keep participants engaged?
- What topics would your group benefit from?

Register to join us tomorrow: https://buff.ly/ps7sseu

Join COMPASS at the Southeast and Caribbean Disaster Resilience Partnership - SCDRP meeting this week!

We're leading a Lunch and Learn session Wednesday on "Communicating Risk for Disaster Resilience." We can't wait to see you there.