{"id":119,"date":"2017-04-17T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2017-04-17T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:17:25","slug":"advocating-for-science-beyond-the-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/advocating-for-science-beyond-the-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocating for Science Beyond the March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be a Force for Science: Advocating for Science Beyond the March<br \/>\nWednesday, April 19, 2017 2:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.workcast.com\/register?cpak=1843186185801525&amp;et_rid=35075781&amp;et_cid=1274230\"> Register Here<\/a>\u00a0 for the\u00a0free AAAS webinar to learn about practical, concrete steps you can take to be a science advocate locally, nationally and internationally. The\u00a0panel of communications and advocacy experts will share best practices on outreach topics, including:<br \/>\n\u2022 How to communicate the importance of evidence-based decision making \u00a0 \u00a0to policymakers.<br \/>\n\u2022 How to work with the media.<br \/>\n\u2022 How to share the value of science and its impact with the public.<\/p>\n<p>AAAS\u00a0will also unveil an\u00a0online advocacy toolkit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><br \/>\nErika Shugart<br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nAmerican Society for Cell Biology<\/p>\n<p>Francis Slakey<br \/>\nInterim Director of Public Affairs<br \/>\nAmerican Physical Society<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Ffolkes<br \/>\nVice President of Communications<br \/>\nResearch!America<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Erin Heath<br \/>\nAssociate Director, Office of Government Relations<br \/>\nAAAS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be a Force for Science: Advocating for Science Beyond the March Wednesday, April 19, 2017 2:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:00 p.m. ET Register Here\u00a0 for the\u00a0free AAAS webinar to learn about practical, concrete steps you can take to be a science advocate locally, nationally and internationally. The\u00a0panel of communications and advocacy experts will share best practices &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/advocating-for-science-beyond-the-march\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Advocating for Science Beyond the March&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}