2020 – Zoom, T4

Teachers

Ana Rodrigues, Mike Hoffmann, Monni Bohm

Fellows

	Theory	Practice	Tutor
Shawn	Yes	No	–
Marie-Morgane	Yes	Yes	Mike
Kathrin	Yes	Yes	Monni
Scott	Yes	No	–
Martin	Yes	Yes	Ana
João	Yes	Yes	Mike
Carmen	Yes	Yes	Mike
Pauline	Yes	Yes	Monni
Ivon	Yes	Yes	Ana
Sean	Yes	Yes	Monni
Gonzalo	Yes	No	–
Maria	Yes	No	–
Konstantina	Yes	Yes	Monni
Matt	Yes	Yes	Ana

Training goals

• Develop general skills for communicating about scientific results to a broad, non-specialised, audience
• Understand the pathway for communicating about scientific research via a press release, with the final aim of reaching the mainstream media
• Learn how to write an effective press release

Module structure and timeline

1. Course [3 hours, zoom] – 23 September 2020 – available HERE
2. Fellows’ independent work – from 23 September to 15 December. Steps:
   • Draft a press release , either based on a paper you are working on or a published paper of your interest.
   • Ask another fellow to review your first draft.
   • Send second draft + paper on which it is based to your tutor: by 13 November (Tutor sends back comments within a week).
   • Send third draft to your tutor: by 27 November (Tutor sends back comments within a week).
   • Send final piece to Pauline: by 11 December (Pauline will upload to the intranet).
   • Read other fellows’ press releases: by 15 December
3. Final discussion meeting [2 hours, zoom] – 16 Dec – 11h-13h French Time
   Meeting with fellows & teachers to exchange about results, difficulties, lessons learnt…

For examples of Press Releases, see:

• the examples given in the the course (see links in slides 8-10)
• plenty of other examples on EurekAlert 
• a recent example from ZSL

Fellows’ Press releases

You can find here the press releases of the fellows who participated in the practical part of module 1.

Feedback

You can find here the results of the questionnaire assessing the level of satisfaction of the fellows regarding module 1.

Teachers

Mike Hoffmann, Monni Bohm, Ana Rodrigues

Fellows

	Theory	Practice	Tutor
Shawn	Yes	Yes	Ana
Marie-Morgane	Yes	Yes	Monni
Kathrin	Yes	Yes	Mike
Scott	Yes	Yes	Ana
Martin	Yes	Yes	Monni
João	Yes	Yes	Mike
Prabhat	Yes	Yes	Ana
Carmen	Yes	Yes	Monni
Pauline	Yes	Yes	Mike
Ivon	Yes	Yes	Ana
Sean	Yes	Yes	Monni
Gonzalo	Yes	Yes	Mike
Maria	Yes	Yes	Ana
Konstantina	Yes	Yes	Monni
Matt	Yes	No	–
Clare	Yes	Yes	Mike

Training goals

• Develop general skills for communicating about scientific results to a wide diversity of audiences
• Learn how to structure your presentation according to the duration and the audience
• Practical tips and tricks for giving an engaging presentation

Module structure and timeline

1. Course [3 hours, zoom] – 8 Jan 14h-17h (Paris Time)
   Mike’s presentation, Part 1 (Presentation Basics: Contents, Story, Delivery)
   Mike’s presentation, Part 2 (Timing, Slides, Presenting in the time of covid; Getting your talk accepted)
   Exercise: give feedback on a previous presentation by Mike (see on youtube) by filling this questionnaire
2. Fellows’ independent work – from 8-20 January
   Each fellow prepares a 15 mins presentation for the General Assembly
3. General Assembly [2 days, zoom] – 21-22 Jan
   • Kathrin (password needed = Inspire4Nature@): No entry! The effect of Land Cover on the permeability of Protected Areas to Non-native species
   • João (from min 22; password needed = Inspire4Nature@): Tracking raptors to safer winters
   • Marie-Morgane: Journey to the sea: A year in the life of a trans-Atlantic migrant
   • Martin: Shared responsibility for the world’s ocean wanderers
   • Maria: Mapping the irreplaceable
   • Prabhat: Validation of Area of Habitat (AOH) maps of terrestrial birds and mammals
   • Carmen: How do mammals and birds respond to climate change?
   • Ivon: Is the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU good value for money?
   • Scott: Protected area dynamics: Challenging the perception of permanence
   • Clare: Re-envisioning the landscape: the implications of expanding conservation territories for community relationships with land
   • Konstantina: The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Europe
   • Pauline: Inspire4Nature from recruitment to publications: welcome aboard project management
   • Sean: Conservation on a budget
   • Shawn: Choose your own distance measure: the scientific tool you didn’t know you needed
4. Feedback to fellows regarding their presentation
   By the tutors, and by the other fellows.
5. Final discussion [2 hours, zoom] – 25January 14h-16h (Paris time)
   Meeting with fellows & teachers to exchange about results, difficulties, lessons learnt…

Feedback

You can find here the results of the questionnaire assessing the level of satisfaction of the fellows regarding module 2.

Teachers

Charlotte Coales (Public Engagement Manager at ZSL)

Fellows

	Theory	Practice: interviewing	Practice: being interviewed
Shawn	Yes	–	–
Marie-Morgane	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kathrin	Yes	–	–
Scott	Yes	–	–
Martin	Yes	–	Yes
João	Yes	–	–
Prabhat	–	–	–
Carmen	Yes	–	–
Pauline	Yes	–	–
Ivon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sean	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gonzalo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maria	Yes	–	–
Konstantina	Yes	Yes	Yes
Matt	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clare	–	–	–

Training goals

• Develop general skills for communicating about scientific results to a broad, non-specialised, audience
• Understand both perspectives in an interview: what the interviewer wants to obtain in the interview, and what the interviewee wants to transmit.
• Practice preparing for an interview as interviewee and then being interviewed
• Practice preparing for an interview as interviewer and then interview someone

Module structure and timeline

1. Theory: Course Facilitation and interview skills – By Charlotte Coales – Monday 15 March
   The video is available here (password: v+FeuG=8)

• This training is aimed at anyone who is interested in facilitating discussion events and interviewing speakers.  It is also useful training on how to be interviewed (and give a good interview) yourself!  We will explore best practice, the relationship between an audience and the experts speaking, and reflect on what makes a good facilitated event and a good interview.  We will cover:
  The role of the facilitator/interviewer/interviewee
  • First impressions and body language
  • Key skills involved in effective facilitation (between an audience and a speaker)
  • Interview techniques
  • Dealing with tricky situations
  • Reflection and best practice

2. Practice: Being interviewed – Interviews of fellows done by Charlotte Coales – Monday 22 March (15 mins interview; 15 mins feedback and discussion).

• Interview of Konstantina ⇒ Give feedback here
• Interview of Matt ⇒ Give feedback here
• Interview of Ivon ⇒ Give feedback here
• Interview of Sean ⇒ Give feedback here
• Interview of Martin ⇒ Give feedback here
• Interview of Marie-Morgane ⇒ Give feedback here
• Interview of Gonzalo ⇒ Give feedback here

3. Practice: Interviewing – Fellows to organise an interview with someone of their choice. Interviews up to 15 minutes. Fellows ensure interview is filmed and then send it to Pauline to upload to the intranet.

• Interviewer Marie-Morgane ⇒ Give feedback here

4. Fellows feedback on the interviews – By Thursday 26 March. Optional: Fellows watch each other’s interviews and give feedback using a google form (see links above). Feedback sent to fellows by Friday 27 March.

5. Final discussion meeting – Monday 29 March – 14-16:30h (Paris time)

https://umontpellier-fr.zoom.us/j/89915326207?pwd=elcyTFdjTFp4dUpuMFZJR3dGY2drQT09

Meeting with fellows & teachers to exchange about results, difficulties, lessons learnt. Charlotte will highlight some of the general points observed from all the interviews conducted on the 22^nd March, and will provide tailored feedback to individual fellows on the fellows interviewing techniques.

Feedback

You can find here the results of the questionnaire assessing the level of satisfaction of the fellows regarding module 3.

Additional resources for preparing for an interview

• Tips on giving a media interview, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Advice from the UK Science Media Centre
• Nature article on giving media interviews
• Tips for preparing for an online event (giving an interview, making a presentation…)

Teachers

A. Charlotte Coales (Public Engagement Manager at ZSL)

B. Jerry Harrison (Principal Technical Specialist of Ecosystem Assessment and Policy Support at UNEP-WCMC)

Fellows

	A_Public engagement-1	A_Public engagement-2	B_Reaching policy-makers
Shawn
Marie-Morgane
Kathrin
Scott
Martin
João
Prabhat
Carmen
Pauline
Ivon
Sean
Gonzalo
Maria
Konstantina
Matt
Clare

Training goals

• Develop skills for engaging with and communicating about scientific results to the general public
• Develop skills for reaching and communicating about scientific results to policy-makers

Module structure and timeline

A) Public engagement

It will run in two sessions (both optional, but in order to attend session 2, you should attend session 1 first)

Session 1. Public engagement – key concepts: Friday 30^th April (2 – 5pm Paris time; https://umontpellier-fr.zoom.us/j/84718090332?pwd=azJBQnZ3eXNEYis0eHA3c2JtNVBBQT09)

• Definitions
• Benefits
• Audiences
• What do you want to achieve?
• Key messages recap
• Recap on the role of narrative (I know this is something that has already been touched on several times!)
• Evaluation techniques
• Health & safety and safeguarding

Session 2. Public engagement – putting it into practice: Friday 7^th May (2 – 5pm Paris time; https://umontpellier-fr.zoom.us/j/88244980654?pwd=QWh0Ujd5Rlo0cXY4anF2Q04weVM5dz09).

• Audiences
• Communication or engagement
• Online vs in-person
• Platforms, formats and resources
• Starting and closing conversations
• Object facilitation and props
• Challenging situations

B) Reaching policy-makers

This will be a three-hour course, likely to take place on the 12^th of May  – details to follow.

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