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Policy Tips
Roles for Scientists in Building Back Better
After a long and tumultuous election year, we look ahead to starting 2021 with a new President, whose administration will be worlds different from the one that came before. The incoming Biden-Harris Administration has a lot of work to do to repair, rebuild, and re-envision the role science can play in society. From restoring dismantled and understaffed scientific a...

Convening for Solutions
COMPASS Policy Prep Primer: Posts for Engagement With Policy Makers
If you’re in Washington, D.C. this week for either Capitol Hill Ocean Week or the International Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans Conference, you may be planning to make the most of your time in town by also meeting with some policy makers (and if you aren’t, we hope you’ll consider it!). We’ve pulled together some of our top policy posts to...

Policy Tips
How to Craft a Great One-Pager
Prepping for meetings is important in helping you to have a constructive conversation - especially when the person you’re meeting with may have very little time or knowledge of your field of study. Another way to help your information stick, even after the meeting is over, is to leave behind a one-pager. A great one-pager catches their attention, starts a convers...

Policy Tips
Making Your Science Relevant To Policymakers: Pondering Advice From Newt Gingrich
I recently heard Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and an academic historian by training, address an audience of environmental and health scientists at the annual conference of the National Council on Science and the Environment.
Gingrich, a staunch right-wing conservative whose relationship with science has been described as ...

Policy Tips
Getting Out There: Making the Most of Your Networks and Travels
Most of us have found ourselves in a capital city at some point for work or a conference, but how often have you taken advantage of the location to meet new people and expand your network? Each trip can be a great opportunity to network and start to build relationships in the policy world.
Regardless of where you are in your research, it’s useful to be plugged...

Leadership in Action
Briefing Debrief with 'Shoring Up' Scientists
Briefing Debrief: ‘Shoring Up’ Scientists Share Their Perspectives On Visiting The Hill
By Heather Mannix. Published October 28, 2015
Categories: Interviews, Policy
Tags: briefing, connecting, convening, governance, know your audience, meetings, navigating, networks, oceans, opportunity, outreach, policy makers, practice, presentations, So What?
As many of ...