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  • Tressie on Crypto

    Tressie on Crypto

    Why public experts need other modalities besides argument.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Mar 16
    COVID-Explained, Finally

    COVID-Explained, Finally

    The future of knowledge communication is here.
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    Bob Lalasz
    May 8, 2020
    Twitter, Science, Power & Cal Newport

    Twitter, Science, Power & Cal Newport

    Does Science Twitter need blogging in a pandemic? Why Cal Newport is both right and wrong.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Apr 29, 2020
    What to Do and Not to Do Now

    What to Do and Not to Do Now

    Communicating your research-based expertise in the teeth of COVID-19.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Mar 27, 2020
    Science is Failing Its Communications Test

    Science is Failing Its Communications Test

    ‘Follow the science’ & #notdying4WallStreet can’t obscure how science is losing the argument about COVID-19
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    Bob Lalasz
    Mar 24, 2020
    Don’t Just #flattenthecurve, #breakthechain to #killthemonster

    Don’t Just #flattenthecurve, #breakthechain to #killthemonster

    We’re going to need a more human (and sci-fi) metaphor to win this thing.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Mar 20, 2020
    Don’t be a Riskhole

    Don’t be a Riskhole

    For COVID-19, your rationalist riskholery might actually be riskier
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    Bob Lalasz
    Mar 10, 2020
    James Clear & the Abrupt POV Shift

    James Clear & the Abrupt POV Shift

    It’s kind of like changing your face or name.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Dec 17, 2019
    Assessing Your Writing Skills

    Assessing Your Writing Skills

    Sadly, knowing=doing
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    Bob Lalasz
    Nov 15, 2019
    The Coming Agitation in Search & Social

    The Coming Agitation in Search & Social

    The new (old) solution: content & conversion
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    Bob Lalasz
    Nov 14, 2019
    Blood Bags, Parking Tickets, WEIRDos & Big New Stories

    Blood Bags, Parking Tickets, WEIRDos & Big New Stories

    I see Nick Cage starring in the movie version of this study
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    Bob Lalasz
    Nov 14, 2019
    Scientists: Don’t Play Numbers Games

    Scientists: Don’t Play Numbers Games

    For one thing, there’s always somebody bigger
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    Bob Lalasz
    Nov 13, 2019
    Nick Cage’s Laws for Q&As

    Nick Cage’s Laws for Q&As

    Three rules every Q&A you do should obey
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    Bob Lalasz
    Nov 12, 2019
    How to Nail a Microtargeted Research Campaign

    How to Nail a Microtargeted Research Campaign

    You can do this: It takes blood, sweat, email and a CRM
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    Bob Lalasz
    Nov 7, 2019
    Research Organizations: You Need a Content Flywheel

    Research Organizations: You Need a Content Flywheel

    Or you could spritz around this nice cypress scent.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Oct 25, 2019
    Esther Duflo’s Home Run TED Talk

    Esther Duflo’s Home Run TED Talk

    How to present an idea, from a Nobel Prize winner
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    Bob Lalasz
    Oct 17, 2019
    The Fake News of Discovery Narratives

    The Fake News of Discovery Narratives

    Is your research communication promoting just another fake discovery narrative, or adding to real knowledge?
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    Bob Lalasz
    Oct 14, 2019
    For the Birds

    For the Birds

    Stop Absolving Researchers for ‘Deceptive’ Research Comms
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    Bob Lalasz
    Sep 30, 2019
    The Greta, Trump & AOC Effects

    The Greta, Trump & AOC Effects

    Our Age of Liberating Secret Identities
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    Bob Lalasz
    Sep 27, 2019
    Greta’s New (Old) Rules

    Greta’s New (Old) Rules

    Is Greta Thunberg’s success an argument for restoring the deficit model of climate science communication?
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    Bob Lalasz
    Sep 26, 2019
    Who’s Exaggerating the Death of Birds?

    Who’s Exaggerating the Death of Birds?

    Journalists? Science communicators? Scientists? Or all of us?
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    Bob Lalasz
    Sep 23, 2019
    Making Research Easy

    Making Research Easy

    Hard is, increasingly, non-competitive.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Sep 10, 2019
    Is Your Thinking Hydroponic?

    Is Your Thinking Hydroponic?

    Or floating free, untethered to impact?
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    Bob Lalasz
    Sep 10, 2019
    Presenting Science vs. Creating a Campaign

    Presenting Science vs. Creating a Campaign

    Science can convince. But science + a campaign is far more likely to compel action.
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    Bob Lalasz
    Sep 3, 2019
    Disasterology: What Public Scholarship Looks Like

    Disasterology: What Public Scholarship Looks Like

    It’s about engagement, timeliness, personal branding & building a resource
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    Bob Lalasz
    Aug 27, 2019
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