Dear All,
There are two exciting volunteer opportunities within expert outreach and
Wikipedia that I wanted to flag up.
* Science Communications and Public Engagement workshop on *19 June*,
London, run by Society for Applied Microbiology, but open to a wider
audience from other science organisations. See a draft agenda below. This
is a really good opportunity to talk about using Wikipedia in Science
communication to the right audience. Some details remain to be pinned down,
so whoever is keen to deliver this can adapt the programme.
* A talk about Wikipedia and how a learned society can engage with it
at Physiology
2014 <http://www.physiology2014.org/>, London, which takes place over* 30
June - 2 July.* Probably a brief presentation (or a workshop, depending on
your preference) to function as a part of the conference, to lead to a full
training workshop in October in the office of the Physiology Society. The
details are up for discussion and so we would arrange a meeting with the
conference organiser to pin it all down.
Do get in touch if you are interested in getting involved!
Many thanks,
Daria
1330 - *Parallel sessions part I*
Session A - Public Engagement in Schools: Delivering the World of
Microbiology programme (Anthony Hilton et al)
*Session B - Wikipedia: Bringing accurate, evidence based information to
the public* (trainers from Wikimedia)
An interactive workshop introducing Wikipedia as an important source of
information and teaching participants how to edit entries and the dos and
don'ts of doing so.
1515 - Coffee
1530 - *Parallel sessions part II*
1630 - *Close*
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