{"id":4520,"date":"2010-02-07T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T14:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/02\/07\/talking-to-my-dog-about-scienc-1\/"},"modified":"2010-02-07T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T14:26:38","slug":"talking-to-my-dog-about-scienc-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/02\/07\/talking-to-my-dog-about-scienc-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking to My Dog About Science: Why Public Communication of Science Matters, and How Weblogs Can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My talk at Maryland last Thursday went pretty well&#8211; the impending Snowpocalypse kept the audience down, as people tried to fit in enough work to compensate for the Friday shutdown, but the people who were there seemed to like it, and asked good questions. If you weren&#8217;t there, but want to know what I talked about, here are the slides on SlideShare:<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width:425px;text-align:left\" id=\"__ss_3097819\"><a style=\"font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/orzelc\/talking-to-my-dog-about-science-why-public-communication-of-science-matters-and-how-weblogs-can-help\" title=\"Talking to My Dog About Science: Why Public Communication of Science Matters and How Weblogs Can Help\">Talking to My Dog About Science: Why Public Communication of Science Matters and How Weblogs Can Help<\/a><object style=\"margin:0px\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=maryland-100207130054-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=talking-to-my-dog-about-science-why-public-communication-of-science-matters-and-how-weblogs-can-help\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=maryland-100207130054-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=talking-to-my-dog-about-science-why-public-communication-of-science-matters-and-how-weblogs-can-help\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;\">View more <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">presentations<\/a> from <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/orzelc\">Chad Orzel<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This flattens out some of the more animation-dependent jokes, but gets you the basic idea. It is, of course, much more entertaining live, in case you&#8217;re running an organization that might like a talk about this sort of thing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My talk at Maryland last Thursday went pretty well&#8211; the impending Snowpocalypse kept the audience down, as people tried to fit in enough work to compensate for the Friday shutdown, but the people who were there seemed to like it, and asked good questions. 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