Everything that didn't work:Lessons from my journey as science communicator Speaker Michelle Fullner

"Everything that didn't work: Lessons from my journey as a science communicator"
Speaker: Michelle Fullner
Monday, June 10, 2024
Michelle Fullner is the host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast
www.goldenstat...
Instagram / goldenstatenaturalist
Join us to learn how to be an effective speaker about science topics!
One essential aspect of learning a new skill is learning how not to do the new skill.
In her presentation, Michelle will share her early failures and misconceptions around being a science communicator. Don't worry, she'll also share what's working and lessons learned along the way.
"Everything that didn't work: Lessons from my journey as a science communicator"
Speaker: Michelle Fullner
Monday, June 10, 2024
Michelle Fullner is the host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast
www.goldenstat...
Instagram / goldenstatenaturalist
Join us to learn how to be an effective speaker about science topics!
One essential aspect of learning a new skill is learning how not to do the new skill.
In her presentation, Michelle will share her early failures and misconceptions around being a science communicator. Don't worry, she'll also share what's working and lessons learned along the way.
Some of those lessons include:
Getting comfortable with failure
Deep listening
Understanding your audience (and your relationship with your audience)
Finding a niche
Speaking from your own unique identity and experience in a way no one else can
Michelle hopes you'll leave the talk feeling more empowered than ever to share your passion for native plants with others.
Here are some of the titles and links to Michelle’s podcasts that are particularly relevant to native plants.
California Native Plants www.goldenstat...
Growing Native Plants from Seed www.goldenstat...
Mistletoe www.goldenstat...
Oak Trees www.goldenstat...
Giant Sequoias www.goldenstat...
Redwood Trees www.goldenstat...
There are also lots of plant talk in other episodes (Native Bees, Fire Ecology, Vernal Pools...the list goes on! They're so connected to everything).
Speaker
Michelle Fullner: host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast
www.goldenstat...
Instagram / goldenstatenaturalist
Michelle Fullner is an educator, California Naturalist, amateur poet, parent of two woodland sprite daughters, and host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast, which is now ranked in the top 1% of podcasts globally. Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Comparative Literature from San Jose State University, and a Master’s also in English, specifically in Composition and Rhetoric, from California State University, Sacramento. As an educator, she taught middle and high school English in California public schools for ten years before transitioning to her life as a full-time admirer of acorns, California newts, redwood sorrel, and tide pools.