Communicating your science in academia and industry

Communicating your science in academia and industry

Workshop topics:
1. Communicating your science- why is it important?
2. "(not so) Comfortably numb": stepping out of academia into industry
3. Knowing your audience, practicing appearance and impressing your interviewer
4. Communicating with new colleagues who aren't physicists
5. The next step: preparing for your first job interview

Agenda:
14:00 – gathering
14:05-16:30 – workshop
16:30-17:00 – Networking over beer and snacks
 

Workshop instructor-

Meital Shalmor- a science communication strategist and consultant. For the past 17 years, she's been working in and with academia in Israel and abroad, specifically in resource development and international programs. In recent years, she's brought science communication (Scicomm) methods, practiced in leading universities around the world, into Israeli academia. Among her diverse scicomm activities, she trains researchers for talks, ERC interviews, job-talks, job interviews etc.