communication

Effective Communication with Best-Selling Author Michael Port

This week’s guest is Michael Port, best-selling author, actor, and co-founder of Heroic Public Speaking. We discuss a range of communidation and career topics, such as: – How to effectively manage transitions in your professional life – As an author, actor, and professional speaker, the weaknesses Michael has noticed in public health communications about COVID…

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How to Excel in Leadership Roles Using Skilled Communication Strategies and Techniques with Gwen Acton, Ph.D.

On this week’s episode, Gwen Acton, Ph.D. shares insights and stories from her long career in science, communication, and leadership, including: – How even short, encouraging recognition of excellent job performance can energize and motivate your team  – Lessons about leadership she employed when she was an undergrad in college and serving as Editor-in-Chief of…

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Storytelling Across the World Using Visuals with Peter Barker

In this week’s episode, Peter Barker, director of Orinoco Communications, a digital communications and content creation agency that combines storytelling and strategy to give research the reach it deserves, discusses key topics of storytelling, including: How developing communications in the visual, aural, and text media are similar similar and different How his perspective and experience…

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Bringing World-Changing Initiatives to Life with Kumar Garg

In this week’s episode, Kumar Garg, Vice President, Partnerships at Schmidt Futures, discusses how to bring your science to life through crisp descriptions, engaging visuals, and related communication techniques. We discuss: – How Kumar’s first job out of college (deputy communication manager on presidential candidate Howard Dean’s campaign in New Hampshire) taught him about the…

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How to Succeed in a Difficult Conversation with Jaime Cohen

  On this week’s When Science Speaks podcast, I talk with Jaime Cohen, founder of The Right Words and an internationally-recognized speaker, communication coach, LinkedIn Learning author, and top LinkedIn creator, whose communication-focused content has amassed millions of views.  We discuss how to strengthen communication skills to achieve your goals and related topics such as:…

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Impact Investing with Jaishree Singh, MSPH

In this episode, Mark and his guest, Jaishree Singh, discuss a range of issues related to impact investing, including: How Jaishree got involved in this dynamic, meaningful field, and what sort of knowledge, skills, and abilities enable her to be effective in her work The evolution of impact investing, including how it got started and…

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Communicating Life Sciences Using Visuals with Frank and Emilia Metzel

  Frank and Emilia Metzel lead a company called Life Science Animation in Krakow, Poland that explains science with animated videos, helping get the message across, spark interest of potential investors or educate the general public. As many life science companies struggle to explain their science to non-scientists, Life Science Animation aims to help by…

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Keys to Launching a Successful Startup with Lorraine Marchand

  Mark Bayer: [00:00:39] Hey, everyone. This is Mark Bayer. And thanks so much for tuning in to this week’s episode of When Science Speaks. Today’s episode is brought to you by Bayer Strategic Consulting in Washington, D.C., which helps scientists and engineers get funding, gain influence and build relationships with the stakeholders who matter…

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Communication Climate Change Effectively, with Leonard Sonnenshein – Ep #51

Leonard Sonnenshein is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer for Salvation Farming Solutions, LLC and GrowFish LLC. He is also Co-Founder of the World Ocean Network. Leonard is a regular collaborator and consultant with international agencies such as UNESCO, UNDP, WHO, and the International Ocean Institute.  Climate change can be a charged, controversial subject in…

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