When Opportunity Knocks, What Leads COMPASS to a Yes?
“COMPASS is an organization that punches above its weight class,” our new board chair, Mike Sutton, recently noted. I tend to agree. His perspective reflects an expectation of impact based on past...
View ArticleBuilding Infrastructures to Support Scientist Engagement
Last week, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Roundtable on the “Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences” (which I have the huge honor of serving on), convened a workshop to explore “The Sustainable...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from COMPASS!
Speaking of growth, we’re hiring to do even more next year! Descriptions for three new positions are on our careers page.
View ArticleHow do we know if science communication training is working?
“Don’t blame the ruler.” Now a few weeks out from the AAAS meeting in Chicago, the punch line of Rick Tankersley’s talk at our #GradSciComm session still niggles in the back of my mind. Rick, currently...
View ArticleBurning Down Communication Barriers Among Fire Scientists
Fire may be one of the clearest manifestations we have of climate change – it’s visible, palpable, and stirs our emotions. Headlines from last week’s release of the Third National Climate Assessment...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground on Fire Science
Conflicting viewpoints are commonplace among scientists. And those studying wildfire are no exception, where perspectives vary among regions, ecosystem types, and disciplines. It’s a hot topic (not to...
View ArticleAbout Us: Erin Moomey
Erin Moomey is our Operations Manager and the author of last year’s blog post on how COMPASS selects new projects. She describes her role at COMPASS as, “a combination of connecting programs with...
View ArticleCOMPASS at NACCB
This post was co-authored by Director of Science Outreach Nancy Baron This weekend, some 1000 scientists, managers, practitioners, agency and activist organization leaders will come together in...
View ArticleConnecting at NACCB
This post is co-authored by COMPASS Director of Science Policy Outreach Chad English. The COMPASS team is in Missoula, Montana this week for the 2014 North American Congress for Conservation Biology...
View ArticleAbout Us: Sarah Sunu
Sarah Sunu is COMPASS’ Research Assistant. She’s involved in several projects – from science and policy sleuthing to helping us learn more about how we can better serve the scientists we work with. If...
View ArticleDawn Wright: on science communication, social media, and joining our board.
This week, we welcome Dr. Dawn Wright to the COMPASS Board of Directors! Dawn’s day job (and she would probably tell you, her night and weekend job too) is the Chief Scientist at Esri. I love her story...
View ArticleGiving Thanks
It’s the time of year when many of us pause to take stock of all that we’re grateful for. Behind every effective communicator, there are inspiring teachers, careful editors, constructive critics,...
View ArticleAbout Us: Karmel James
Karmel James is COMPASS’ coordinator, a role she describes as part stagehand and part helmsman. She says, “I work behind the curtain to make sure that the COMPASS experience is great for everyone we...
View ArticleTales from the Sea: Scientists Take a Storytelling Journey
As we sat in an unadorned classroom at the University of Glasgow, Kyle Gillespie helped us hear the sea at night, the sounds of clacking crabs and whistling worms, amplified by the sudden darkness...
View ArticleSeeking Conservation Scientists for the Wilburforce Fellowship
Are you a conservation scientist working in Western North America who wants to hone your skills as a communicator? Do you have ambitious conservation goals? Do you want to expand your network to...
View ArticleAbout Us: Megan Dearden
Megan Dearden is COMPASS’ Administrative Assistant. Megan provides administrative support across the COMPASS team and for a variety of projects, including the upcoming Wilburforce Fellowship in...
View ArticleBack to School
The long hot days of summer are turning to the brief and – here in Oregon – soggy days of fall. For grad students and faculty alike it’s a return to the hectic rush of the academic year. We have...
View ArticleMaximizing Moritz et al: On Publication & Promotion
Max Moritz is the lead author on the invited review Learning to Coexist with Wildfire, published last Thursday in Nature. With its synthesis of wildfire science and management from three continents,...
View Article‘Tis the Season…to build in time for reflection.
December, especially this week, is crunch time. Instead of indulging in sparkling wine by the twinkling lights of my Christmas tree, I’m drinking coffee with my computer in my lap combing through...
View ArticleWant to Get Policymakers Engaged With Your Field of Research? Integrate Them...
This post is co-authored by COMPASS Director of Science Policy Outreach Chad English. Scientific conferences are hotspots for researchers to come together to share their latest discoveries, form new...
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