Featured topic:  Science communication.  Crafting your elevator pitch, communication between scientists, explaining research to those with non-scientific background.

Every fortnight Briony Forbes and guest editors curate a short list of resources to inform and inspire your research and teaching practices. 

How do you explain science and scientific research to people with a non-scientific background?

• Anders Sahlman, science communicator and presentation coach gives you his best advice in this 7.5 minute video.
  

Ten simple rules for improving communication among scientists…

• Presents advice and recommendations that can help promote and improve science communication.

Crafting a successful elevator pitch…

• This article explains how to create an “elevator pitch” – the idea that you can summarise your research to anyone, scientists and non-scientists alike, in the time it takes to ride an elevator between floors, and provides examples.

 

If you have resources you would like to share, please email charlotte.scobie@flinders.edu.au.