Dear Ecolog, With ESA2016 right around the corner, I have been thinking about how to increase our outreach as a discipline. Last week, I discovered video abstracts for papers. They are relatively common in other fields, and we could consider doing them both for our papers and conference presentations such as the upcoming meeting.
If you are unfamiliar with this short video format, I did a blog post summarizing the resources associated with their production. INFO: http://www.christopherlortie.info/a-scicomm-resource-guide-to-video-abstracts/ For better or worse, I also tried my first one, and it was an illuminating experience to say the least. SAMPLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HCnLPqYvE0 I was wondering how interested we might be in doing so, and to get a sense of that, I set up a quick poll using google forms. If you can spare 15 seconds, please click below and complete. I will share all findings. QUICK POLL: http://goo.gl/forms/y9drmGBj3b If there is significant interest, I will also compile additional resources and connect with a few professional scientific communicators to provide additional information. cheers, chris.
