[LTER-commcom] Web site feedback

Fri Oct 13 12:50:47 PDT 2017

Thanks, Clarisse and Julie, for laying the tasks out so clearly (and for
all the drive that you've brought to this effort over the past several
years). We'll surely miss you, but the break is well-earned.

In addition to the current set of committee initiatives, the new lternet
web site is getting to a point where some committee feedback would be
useful. I'm attaching an outline of major headings and the current
design-drafts (not yet for broad circulation).

It's probably useful to look at these in conjunction with the survey
results - particularly when it comes to audiences.

I'm happy to chat by email or phone, but if there's interest in meeting to
go over these, I can set that up on Zoom. Just let me know.

Thanks,
Marty

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Hart, Clarisse <hart3 at fas.harvard.edu>
wrote:

> Thank you, Marty, for sharing this resource!
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> Getting down to LTER CommComm business:
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> We (Julie and Clarisse) are writing jointly to request a hiatus in
> official LTER Communication Committee leadership until March 2018, with
> suggestions for interim committee direction below.
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> We each have been managing health and maternity issues and are working
> part-time; CommComm business is beyond the scope of what is possible right
> now. So we suggest the following approach:
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> • If so desired, the committee may appoint interim co-chairs in the
> meantime by electronic vote, and hold a winter meeting. If you’d like to
> nominate someone (including yourself), please contact us!
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> • Whether or not new co-chairs are appointed, the committee should still
> be an email resource for the NCO on communications-related issues as they
> arise.
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> • We are soliciting volunteers for point people for the following
> activities between now and March:
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> ·                     Someone to serve on the LTER ASM 2018 planning
> committee, which is just gearing up
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> ·                     Someone to serve as point person for the LTER
> stories project, if needed before Spring 2018 by Peter Groffman. Jonathan
> Walsh was the point person identified, with Clarisse, in the May ’17
> meeting; the action item was to review the stories already submitted and
> establish a consistent set of content tags, and then, once the BioScience
> paper comes out (not sure about timeline there), to begin to organize
> stories into quarterly media pitches or LTER News stories based on topical
> news hooks (e.g. hurricane season). I (Clarisse) am happy to jump back into
> this in the spring.
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> ·                     Note regarding the mini-symposium: Marty and NSF
> Public Affairs work very closely on this and it doesn’t seem there is a
> lot of desire at NSF for public or congressional outreach. However, if
> there is a volunteer from this committee interested in working very closely
> with Marty and Cheryl to strengthen presentations, organize a related
> display (in NSF's new building), or build audience in other federal science
> agencies, Marty says she’d welcome that.
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> ·                     Note about the NCO’s Community of Practice monthly
> call idea: this has been tabled for the spring, unless someone would like
> to take it on in the meantime, in which case Marty would provide Zoom
> support and internal publicity!
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> We welcome your thoughts.
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> And, this is ages away, but let’s go ahead and schedule our call for
> March! All times are 2pm Eastern.
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> https://doodle.com/poll/ckrbaqg8r68t63sz
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> Thank you,
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> Clarisse & Julie
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> Clarisse Hart
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> *From:* commcom [mailto:commcom-bounces at lists.lternet.edu] *On Behalf Of *Marty
> Downs
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 12, 2017 12:39 PM
> *To:* commcom at lternet.edu; education at lternet.edu; comminterest at lternet.edu
> *Subject:* [LTER-commcom] Share Your Science: Blogging for Magazines,
> Newspapers and More
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> Scientific American and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science are
> offering a five-part webinar series, starting tomorrow and continuing
> through the next 5 Fridays.
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> They will have some of the best speakers in the field, including, Alan
> Alda, Mariette DiChristina, Editor in chief of Scientific American, Ben
> Lillie, Founder of the Story Colider, Claudia Dreifus and Matt Nisbet.
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> It's a great learning opportunity for a fairly modest investment of time.
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> https://www.aldacenter.org/aklc/build-skills/online-
> courses/aldablogging2017?sf120772320=1
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.aldacenter.org_aklc_build-2Dskills_online-2Dcourses_aldablogging2017-3Fsf120772320-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=JIxZ-AFpuKPv2mz1PYfwckARh16Laz2TrneksBiVXcE&m=_H7e8LeS9fuIHQokwrayvHZCHC-K87ik2xqISiTM7zY&s=5g_AJKOSs3sqQPPzoW7dE9X6dUehlGQVN8f-UH-8zzc&e=>
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