An informal discussion with Rhett Butler, "Communicating conservation science" - 12 May 2009: 5.30pm, NUS

[November Tan]

Dear Friends,

For those of you who have attended our blogging workshops or
interested in blogging for nature, here's a good introduction and
opportunity for sharing with an established environmental blogger.

Cheers,
November
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How to communicate conservation science effectively online?
An informal Q&A session with Rhett A. Butler, founder of Mongabay.com
http://is.gd/wM7M

Tuesday, 12th May 2009: 5.30pm
DBS Conference Room, Block S3, Level 5,
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore
Map: http://tinyurl.com/map-nusdbs

Hosts: Janice Lee & N. Sivasothi

All are welcome.

Mongabay.com was founded nearly 10 years ago by Rhett A. Butler, who
today is the chief editor and primary writer for the site. With more
than one million unique visitors per month, Mongabay.com is one of the
world's most popular environmental science and conservation news
sites. The news and rainforests sections of the site are widely cited
for information on tropical forests, conservation, and wildlife.

In this informal Q&A session, Rhett will share his experiences of
managing and updating Mongabay.com as well as answer any questions
from the floor on how to communicate conservation science effectively
using online tools such as blogs.

For more information on Mongabay.com :http://www.mongabay.com/
about.htm

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Please note that you have to go through temperature screening at one
of four screening stations at the Faculty of Science - so please
allocate an additional five minutes to your time budget.

The four temp monitoring and contact tracing stations in Faculty of
Science for visitors are at:

* LT27 (if you are coming from car park 10),
* S13-S14, S16 lobby and
* S1 lobby (entrance to Department of Biological Sciences),

If you arrive after 6pm, the station will be closed and you will have
to wait for the organizers to come out and screen you before you are
allowed entry into the conference room, so please be patient.