Posts in: Convening for Solutions

By Heather Mannix and Chad English Published January 13, 2015 Title: Want To Get Policy Makers Engaged With Your Field Of Research? Integrate Them Into Your Scientific Conference Categories: About COMPASS, Policy, How To Tags: context, culture, conferences, facilitating, navigating, relevance, So What? Heather Mannix, Chad English Scientific conferences are hotspo...

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 mention incredibly pun-conducive), and the debates among scientists have been heated. As I mentioned last week, differences among the various factions of scient...

By Karen McLeod Published May 13, 2014 Categories: About COMPASS, Science Tags: climate change, collaboration, connecting, convening, fire, frames, jargon, landscape, opportunity, perspective, risk, transforming, uncertainty, workshop Fire may be one of the clearest manifestations we have of climate change – it’s visible, palpable, and stirs our emotions. Hea...