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Contribute your vision to the Communication & Engagement Section as an officer! Nominations for Chairperson-elect and Secretary are open, according to the following schedule. Jan 1-31: nomination period (Submit your self-nomination here!) Feb 1-10: voting period Feb 10: announcement of elected officers Feb. 21, 2019: deadline for ESA contributed abstracts Annual meeting: transition from current to newly elected officers Elected…

Contribute your vision to the Communication & Engagement Section as an officer! Nominations for Chairperson-elect and Secretary are open, according to the following schedule. Jan 1-31: nomination period (Submit your self-nomination here!) Feb 1-10: voting period Feb 10: announcement of elected officers Feb. 21, 2019: deadline for ESA contributed abstracts Annual meeting: transition from current to newly elected officers Elected…

If you missed it, we held our first virtual annual business meeting in December! We provided updates on past and upcoming section activities and outlined several opportunities to get involved (officer elections are coming up, section strategic planning, section publishing initiatives, and more). We oriented meeting participants to our online platforms on social media, our website, and our newsletter. And,…

Happy solstice to you all, and many thanks for your support in 2018. Today is the solstice, tonight there’s a grand meteor shower, and tomorrow, it will be the full moon. We figure that’s a marvelous combo of happenings to inspire us and usher us into another year of top-notch communication and engagement. We’ll be taking a break from social…

  Like we did last year, we’re sharing some tips for using and doing social media for #scicomm and #sciengage efforts at #ESA2018. The conference launches the first weekend of August, and the official hashtag is #ESA2018. Use #ESASciComm and/or #EngageESA if you’re joining/tracking along with the Communication & Engagement Section and discussions, sessions, and more on C&E topics. ESA 2018 annual meeting…

In anticipation of #ESA2018, we’re sharing a guest post from Dr. Elita Baldrige, co-founder of the ESA Inclusive Ecology Section, which she published with us back in July 2018.   Part of being an effective science communicator is making certain that all of your audience is able to interact with your message. ~Dr. E. Baldridge Here’s a link to the…

As we mentioned in our #ESA2017 recap post a couple of weeks ago, a wealth of opportunities sprung up and/or were identified at this year’s annual meeting. Here’s a complete list of all our current volunteer opportunities. We’ll keep that updated, so do check that page when you have time to commit. Meanwhile, we want to highlight some particularly exciting…