Posts in: Preparing Science Leaders

Like increasing numbers of your colleagues, you want your science to contribute to a better world. You want to make a difference. But you’re not quite sure how to get started, and navigating the black box of the policy world can be a daunting prospect. The public discourse about the environment is teeming with opportunities for scientists to weigh in. Trains of o...

The Michigan Meeting for Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse brought scholars, practitioners, and communicators to the University of Michigan from May 13 – 15 to discuss why and how scientific scholarship should contribute to issues of public importance. Instigated by Andrew Hoffman, a 2008 Leopold Leadership Fellow, the meeting inspired and sti...

Something magical happened at the first training for the Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science two weeks ago. Once again, storytelling revealed its power to inform, to inspire and bring together a group of people focused on a common cause. The fellowship originated with Dr. Amanda Stanley, Wilburforce Foundation’s Conservation Science Program Officer. ...

By Heather Mannix Published March 3, 2015 Title: Learning By Doing: Insights From Meetings With Decision-Makers Categories: Policy, Communication Tags: culture, fellowship, government, informing, Message Box, navigator, relevance, So What? Heather Mannix The conference room this past Sunday was full of nervous excitement, tinged with the tiredness that comes from ...

By Erica Goldman. Published August 18, 2014. Categories: Communication, About COMPASS Tags: collaboration, community, conference, connection, IMCC, Message Box, more resources, passion, practice, story, workshop 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 whis...

By Chad English Published April 22, 2014 Title: Lessons From Leopold (Part I) Categories: About COMPASS, Policy Tags: fellowships, relevance, training, Chad English As a scientist with an ever-growing list of responsibilities, you want to invest your time wisely in any activity you take on. Even as time becomes an increasingly valuable commodity, many of you ma...