Posts By Chris Trent

How to Make Scientific Spokespeople

Last week, the American Geophysical Union hosted their Science Policy Conference in Washington, DC. They graciously invited me to participate in a panel, along with Susan Joy Hassol of Climate Communication and Erika Bickford from the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT). We opened up their workshop to help scientists hone their communications skills. OfRead… Read more »

5 Ways to Help Your Congressional Liaison

Originally post at Federal Communicators Network. Sign up for their newsletter! It’s free and it will make you more popular. I’d like to introduce you to someone: your agency’s Congressional Liaison. She might have any of a variety of phrases in her title, such as “Legislative Specialist” or “Intergovernmental Affairs,” but I’ll just call herRead… Read more »