Environment & Sustainability

This Communication Toolkit provides guidance for scientists to build skills to more effectively communicate and engage with public audiences, including ways to apply the fundamentals of communication to scientific topics. Following this overview, sections focus on various channels or modes of communication, including online and face-to-face communication. A section about engaging with journalists provides tips and strategies for communicating with that audience.

The Portal to the Public (PoP) approach helps organizations connect public audiences with current science in their own communities through conversations with local scientists.

RELATE is a communications training and community engagement program designed to improve the dialogue between researchers and different public audiences. Our program is built on the belief that science communication should be a conversation, and not scientists lecturing audiences about their work. Our goal is to support researchers in engaging in this conversation.

Helps volunteer scientists and community leaders work together to use science, especially Earth and space science, to tackle community issues and advance local priorities related to natural hazards, natural resources, and climate change. Through the TEX, local leaders and Earth and space scientists will create resilient communities that enrich the Earth. Working together, we will create solutions for the planet, one community at a time.

If you're searching for a way to shine a spotlight on your research, look no further than the U-M Museum of Natural History. Whether you need to fulfill NSF Broader Impacts requirements or just want to share what you do with the public, we can provide you with the expertise, support and audience to achieve your science outreach goals.