... here is what you need to know!

If you have sign yourself to be a polar researcher to share your experiences on a webinar connectin educators, shools and students you are in the right place.

A few things to consider:

1.The first thing you want to do is connect with your audience. In your powerpoint include a head shot of yourself so that people can picture you as you are speaking.

2. Most the students you are speaking with do not have any direct connection with science or research, you need to make that connection.  Include some fun facts about yourself (where you grew up, where you live, what you liked doing as a kid etc). You need to make the connection between yourself, and the students.

3. You can really only communicate one main idea about your research to the audience, and it has to be a straight forward one.  You can share a neat result, or a cool techinque, just make sure that it is something that you can communicate in a few words in a simple format.  When you are preparing picture yourself explaining things to a thrid grader. This is the level that we are going for to make sure everyone is following.

4. Use lots of picutes, and few words. You want to capture the attention of the audience! You want to wow them!  Make sure that you have fun colouful pictures that are clear and in focus.  Like they say, pictures are worth a thousand words.

You can see a sample presentation here.

Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences and shape the future of polar research!

The newly engerized Educaiton and Outreach Committee is currently planning Polar Week in March 2012. The goal of collaborative event is to bring together people and groups interested in polar issues in a number of fun and interactive events.  To learn how you can take part or get invovled please visit the Polar Week MArch 2012 page.