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40th anniversary and a Visual Science Storytelling, a Jan. 29, 2021 workshop from 1 pm – 3 pm (PST)

As part of their 40th anniversary celebration, the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) is offering a workshop series, which you can attend even if you don’t have a Zoom account or a camera on your computer system,

Here’s the next one in the series (from the Visual Science Storytelling event page),

Science Communication Workshop 3: Visual Science Storytelling
with Sara ElShafie

Learn how to create aesthetic and informative visuals, and take your slide decks, posters, and figures to a new level!

Take your slide decks, posters, and figures to a new level! Nothing makes a story more powerful than compelling images. Learn how to create aesthetic and informative visuals that support your science story using principles of graphic design and story art.

Key Skills:

  • Use color, tone, shape, and layout to both convey information and evoke emotion.
  • Balance precision with accessibility.
  • Develop a visual progression for any story requiring a series of images (e.g., for a slide deck).

Sara ElShafie is a global change biologist and science storytelling coach. She collaborates with artists in a wide range of industries to uncover the potential of storytelling to engage broad audiences with complex topics. ElShafie is the Founder and Principal of Science Through Story, LLC, dedicated to helping scientists and science educators connect with audiences through effective storytelling. She consults and runs workshops for groups ranging from graduate students to NASA scientists to theme park executives. She also organized a symposium, Science Through Narrative: Engaging Broad Audiences, with speakers from the scientific community as well as arts and entertainment industries, and curated a resulting published volume of open access papers. ElShafie holds a B.A. in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago and a M.S. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is completing her PhD in Integrative Biology with the Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Also from the event page, here’s the time and cost,

Date and Time

Fri, January 29, 2021

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST

$16.93 – $27.54

Online Event

No Refunds

Tickets

For anyone who’s curious about SCWIST and this series, there are details on the event page,

Since 1981, SCWIST has made great strides in promoting and empowering women in STEM. When you register, please consider adding a small donation to support our programs so all interested women and girls can see where a future in STEM can take them.

This Science Communication Workshop Series is being hosted by SCWIST using SCALE Project funds from a federal grant by Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE), and in partnership with the American Association for Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Anth Section’s Ad hoc committee on Outreach with generous funding by Dr. Marin Pilloud and the University of Nevada, Reno.

Our community partners for this series are: WISDOM-Manitoba, Island Women in Science & Technology (IWIST), Westcoast Women in Engineering (WWEST), Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Étudiants pour l’Exploration et le Développement Spatial (SEDS-ÉEDS Canada), Women in Tech World, and Immigrant & International Women in Science (IWS-Network).

Finally, for anyone who’d like to know more about the organization, here’s the SCWIST website.