Welcome to Lesson #4 of the SciComm Society “Making An Impact” email course!
Last week, your homework was to break down a scientific term from your field into simple and understandable bits. How was that for you? Did you get any feedback about it?
In this lesson, we will talk more about feedback on your SciComm projects. And you’ll practice an essential skill so you can improve, reach more people, and make the biggest impact.
In this email course, we want you to learn how to share your exciting research with people from outside of your scientific field. And we’ve already looked at two very important skills to achieve this:
However, we know from our own experience that even though we might think something is well-explained, relatable, and easy to understand, it might not be the case for someone from outside of science.
So, there is no one better to help you reach your goal than someone from outside of science.
Feedback on your SciComm project is incredibly valuable to reach your SciComm goals. It will help you improve the quality of your SciComm project as well as your SciComm skills. And yes, we want you to excel in both.
Create your social media post
This week, create a social media post explaining a concept or process from your research field. You can use an item from your list of key post ideas.
When creating this post, don’t forget the two concepts we talked about in the last two weeks: relate the topic to your audience and adapt its content. Why does this topic matter to them in their daily lives (relate), and how can you make it simple (adapt)?
Get feedback
Then, before posting, seek out feedback.
Choose a friend or family member you trust who has not spent years of their lives studying science. Show them your social media post draft and ask them the following: