Posts in: Preparing Science Leaders
Leadership Programs
Beyond Communication Training—Building Scientist Networks for Change
At last week’s Sackler Colloquium at the National Academy of Sciences, while absorbing the latest research on the science of science communication, I pondered how rapidly the world is changing - and how much COMPASS trainings have also changed to address the urgent challenges of today.
COMPASS workshops teach communication tools: the simple but powerful Messag...
Leadership Programs
Forging the Vega Fellowship—Interview with Dr. Daniel Conley
The Vega Fellowship started in 2011, after Dr. Daniel Conley, Lund University professor of biogeochemistry in Sweden, decided to find a way to bring more science communication training to his part of the world. Daniel collaborated with Nancy Baron to build a network of researchers with the skills and knowledge to share their science to improve conditions in the Bal...
Leadership in Action
From the Ground Up—Building a Fellowship with Dr. Diana Wall
Dr. Diana H. Wall is a soil ecologist and environmental scientist, and is the Founding Director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University (CSU). Diana’s passion for soil ecology and nematodes has taken her all over the world, including over twenty-five trips to Antarctica. Diana’s work and career was profiled in N...
Preparing Science Leaders
Sharing Stories: A Behind-the-Scenes Q&A From IMCC4
Scientists from around the world gather to share their research and insight into ocean science and conservation at the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC). COMPASS teamed up with Dr. Stephanie Green (Center for Ocean Solutions) and Dr. Kirsten Grorud-Colvert (Oregon State University) to hold storytelling workshops at past IMCCs, which provided partici...
Coaching & Strategic Support
So You Want to Change the World
The COMPASS team is thinking hard about how we can best help scientists achieve their goals and be agents of change. Despite the uncertainty in navigating a new world, we are energized and ready for the challenges ahead. We’re excited about our continued work with scientists working on everything from the implications of climate change for the global ocean, to s...
Leadership Programs
Meet a Wilburforce Fellow: Erin Sexton
2015 Wilburforce Fellow Erin Sexton is a Research Scientist and Regulatory Affairs Manager with the Institute on Ecosystems, at the University of Montana. Erin’s research focus encompasses the international landscape known as the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, with an emphasis on aquatic ecology and conservation biology in the transboundary watersheds between ...