Numbat Media: A case study in the challenges of starting an outreach project

Authors

Matt Wilkins, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

9-24-2016

Document Type

Presentation

Citation

Presented at SciComm 2016, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 24, 2016.

Comments

Copyright © 2016 Matt Wilkins

Abstract

Why do scientists do outreach?

Familiar Outreach Trajectory

Outreach Fatigue

Problem: We’re asking too much of scientists

How do we get our hard-won science resources out to more people?

Numbat Media: Connect scientists (including myself) to the general public

What do we do?

This project needs more hands. Let’s collaborate!