Strong opinion, deep reflection. Stuff to make you think.

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Getting your motor running: how to start a presentation

Giving momentum. That’s what you are doing when you are start talking to your fellows (or professors …). You are igniting their minds and curiosity just like you ignite your car when you start driving. Now, there are different…

A Very Impressing Word (just for fun!)

Here is a word first used by the Noble Prize winner (in Literature) T.S. Eliot which may be of immense use for young science communicators.
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Fighting the boredom, part 3: “Become a better scientific communicator by experiencing it.”

In this third part of his four part blog article, Leonidas Georgiou shows us some communicators who inspire him.
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Fighting the boredom, part 2: ”It’s up to you to make it interesting!”

In this second posting of his four part blog article, Leonidas Georgiou describes why presentations become tedious and what you can do to avoid it.
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Dance your PhD 2013 – a dancer’s view

Alicia González Martínez, undergraduate student in medicine and semi-professional dancer, shares her thoughts about the winners of this year’s Dance Your PhD competition.

Fighting the boredom, part 1: ”Let’s show the world how amazing science is!”

”Badly communicated science is boring and a big component of doing science is motivation. We can't expect to motivate people without good communication skills!” says Leonidas Georgiou, PhD student at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.
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The power of social media

Social media is transforming all professional activities today, and science is not an exception. Iva Filipović, from University of Belgrade, gives some advice on how to unleash the power of social media for the benefit of your lab work and your career.