In collaboration with the UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS); and the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Day One Project, the CITRIS Policy Lab is hosting a four-part virtual science communication and tech policy workshop series that will equip researchers with the essential skills to effectively communicate their work to the general public, policymakers and funders.
Participants will receive hands-on training on how to create impactful policy deliverables that provide effective guidance to policymakers and federal and state agencies. Participants will also be invited to submit a policy memo proposal to the FAS Day One Project. Those selected to publish a policy memo via the FAS Day One Project will receive additional training and writing assistance.
In this first workshop, Tiffany Lohwater, assistant dean of communications at CDSS, will share techniques on how to make research accessible and engaging to a general audience. This includes mastering storytelling, using visual aids and leveraging social media to broaden their reach. Lohwater founded the Communicating Science program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which provided communication and media training for more than 18,000 scientists and engineers and reached thousands more scientists via online resources.