I'm not of the mindset that things get better when they're swept under the rug. I've never seen that work. I worked to create a site that lays it out there. Here are GMOs. Here's the science. Now you go decide.
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Against the Odds: A Path Forward for Rural America
"Against the Odds" is a powerful firsthand account of life in rural America that offers a broad, probing look at the environmental tensions surrounding the collapse of many of our rural resource communities.
You listen to who you know
Take a moment and think of your own interactions today. How much of your information was received from, and given to, people with whom you had established prior relationships?
A few simple tips for daily communication
While not everyone has time for a complex strategy, there are approaches to help gain clarity and improve results. Taking the time upfront to run through a communication strategy can save you a lot of time later. Here are some ways you can do that.
The Case for Creativity
Last year, I went to the Creativity Workshop. And I know what you’re thinking. Seriously? That’s a thing? Yeah, it is. Amongst many other activities, we learned how to relax, practice free association and how to sketch out our thoughts using images and colors. We practiced perceiving things in our environment that we normally overlooked, [...]
Scientific Blogging 101 – A Sit Down with the Experts: Part 1
Breaking up with Facebook
I quit Facebook this week. It was quite an event.
A letter from your future grandchild about your car
October 4, 2086 Dear Grandma and Grandpa, Sorry I haven't written in ages. I tried to call you guys like six times on 3-D but you always have it turned off. In my history class we're studying the turn of the millennium. Our final assignment is an analysis of human-driven cars. I'd like to incorporate [...]
The Communication Scarcity in Agriculture
Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on Kindle Recent years have shown an extraordinary shift in our country. For most of history, people were content with their food as far as it was abundant, affordable and safe. Today? Not so. The general public craves information on food and agriculture with an unprecedented passion. But the agricultural sector, [...]
Science communication vs. communication
What is communication? It kind of schmoozes into marketing and public relations. It creeps around the fringe of management. It haunts sales. It can be private, public, inward, outward. It's a science, but wait it's an art. Communication is everywhere and often nowhere. It's well-defined and ill-defined. It's ignored when all is good yet mourned and [...]
Dr. Jessica Eise 