About the Webinar

How do you turn complex environmental information into compelling messages that influence and resonate? Join us for our webinar ’Essential Communication Tools for Environmental Practitioners' to discover practical strategies that will improve how you deliver essential information in an engaging way with audiences.

Environmental practitioners across all sectors face the challenge of effectively communicating technical information with diverse stakeholders. No matter whether you’re presenting information to a community group, government agency, client, or the general public, this webinar will provide you with the essential tools you need to make an impact on your audience.

Designed to assist environmental professionals at any level of their career, this webinar will add practical communications skills to your toolbelt and make conveying complexity a process, not a project within itself. We encourage student and early career professionals to apply the essential lessons from this webinar to establish yourself as a strong communicator in your field.

The Zoom webinar will run for one hour, off Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). This webinar will be recorded and a link to the webinar recording will be made available to all registered attendees in the days after the webinar.

What to Expect

The presentation will cover communication fundamentals, including:

• Understanding your audience - identifying stakeholders and their needs
• Developing compelling messages that resonate and stick
• Choosing the right communication tools and channels
• Asking the right questions from the beginning of your projects
• Developing the power of storytelling in environmental communication

Meet the Speaker

Alan Gill is a science communicator from Western Australia. He has a Bachelor of Science (Science Communication) from the University of Western Australia and experience in a range of sectors including public engagement and informal education (Scitech; CSIRO Student Education Centre); medical research communication (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; Telethon Kids Institute/The Kids Research Institute); university research and outreach (RMIT University; In2Science Program at La Trobe University); and interpretation and advocacy (Perth Zoo). Alan currently works with researchers in the Biodiversity and Conservation Science directorate of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is for environmental practitioners across all sectors. Students and early careers professionals are highly encouraged to attend and learn critical communication skills that will set them apart from their peers. We encourage practitioners within ecology, contaminated lands, impact assessment, heritage and biodiversity offsets to attend. Whether you're working in consulting, government, industry, community organisations, or studying to enter the environmental field, you'll gain practical skills and improve your ability to communicate technical and complex information with stakeholders across all levels.

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