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Science Communication SIG

What is the name of the SIG?

Science Communication SIG.

What is the SIG's motto?

Unleash the storyteller in you (preliminary).

How was this SIG born?

Do you have 15 minutes? Then better take a look at this talk.

Slides available here.

Who acts as SIG Lead?

  • Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez.
  • Lieke de Boer will also be involved in chairing the sessions.

What is the SIG's mission?

We want to promote science communication and outreach inside our organization.

This aligns well with our institutional targets. It also aligns with the engineers' interests: we conducted a survey that showed that, out of 39 votes, the interest in such a SIG was (high: 7, conditional: 25, null: 8).

What is the Office group that the SIG uses?

Plans for the next period

We aim for one session per month, starting in February 2023. The SIG will have two types of basic sessions:

  • Writing together: an hour blocked for working in that blog piece you have in mind. The most experienced bloggers can brainstorm and coach with you.

  • Seminars: an expert, either internal or external, can prepare some materials about, say, public speaking, slides design or user experience. and present them to the group.

Additionally, every now and then we can invite an external speaker that will delight us with a fascinating story (we already have a list of candidates).

Ideally, both types of sessions will be alternating. But that will depend on speakers' availability.

What are the expected outputs of the SIG?

Increase the visibility of the eScience Center to the outside world. More specifically:

  • Increase the number and quality of eScience blogs.
  • Increase the quality of our presentations, both internal and external.
  • Increase awareness about what we do and what makes us unique.
  • Invite engineers to talk to other audiences than researchers (journalists, policymakers, students, ...).

Links to other activities

Our SIG has natural links with:

The blogging editorial team

The idea of this SIG was born among the members of the blogging editorial team. We'll be colaborating closely to publish (most of) the outcomes of this SIG. The table below summarizes which domains correspond to each:

Concept SIG Editorial
Seminars x
External speakers x
Topic brainstorming x
Early drafts x
Advanced drafts x
Blog proposals x
Edition, publishing and promotion x
Trainings x x

The four scientific sections

Every engineer is encouraged to do some communication about their projects (other topics are also welcome). We aim to create an enjoyable space for this to happen. Additionally, some projects involve the writing of manuals and storylines, for which we can also provide, at the very least, a brainstorming space.

The UX - Web SIG

Better texts and storylines are a fundamental part of the user experience. Layouts and formats are part of the readers experience as well.

Visualization SIG

Visualization and storytelling are deeply related to science communication.

The Soft skills SIG

Communication is one of the core soft skills, but it is broad and strategic enough to deserve its own specialized SIG.