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Course Description

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Bundle Registration: 4 Workshop Bundle (COMM 001, COMM 002, COMM 003, and COMM 004)

Format: This course meets on 3-successive weeks from 10:00 AM-3:00 PM ET

Scientific and technical communication in government settings requires more than a clear explanation of your work. Early-career scientists and technical professionals must understand what policy audiences need to decide, what constraints they face, what evidence they trust, and what formats help them act.

This workshop helps participants translate their scientific and technical expertise into written, visual, and oral communication for policymakers and policy-adjacent audiences. It is designed for trainees, postdocs, early-career researchers, and aspiring policy-engaged scientists, engineers, and health professionals who may interact with federal, state, local, organizational, nonprofit, philanthropic, or private-sector decision-makers or the public.

Learner Outcomes

After participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:
  • Explain how scientific and technical communication for policy and public audiences differs from communication for academic or technical audiences.
  • Identify the likely decision context, audience needs, constraints, and questions for a range of policymaker and policy-adjacent audiences.
  • Apply bottom-line-up-front, low-jargon, audience-centered framing to written products such as policy briefs, one-pagers, and meeting leave-behinds.
  • Use the 3 S’s framework - Skill, Stories, and Spaces - to connect evidence, lived experience, and constituency relevance.
  • Design visual products, including slides, posters, figures, and short videos, that convey policy relevance quickly and clearly.
  • Deliver a concise policy pitch or briefing and respond constructively to questions, disagreement, uncertainty, and competing priorities.
  • Use of AI tools for all the above activities, while maintaining accuracy, privacy, and ethical guardrails.

Microcredential

You will receive a digital badge for completing this workshop series successfully.  This digital badge can be placed on your LinkedIn profile, personal webpage, and resume/CV.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites required for this workshop. 

About the Instructor

The workshop will be taught by Dr. Deborah D. Stine, who has conducted public policy analysis for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; the Congressional Research Service; the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Carnegie Mellon University. She is the founder and chief instructor for the Science & Technology Policy Academy.

Credit

Although no grades are given for courses, each participant will receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) based on the number of contact hours.   One CEU is equal to ten contact hours. Upon completion of the course each participant will receive a certificate, showing completion of the workshop and 1.2 CEUs. Attendees will also earn a digital badge after completing the workshop series that can be displayed on a digital resume or CV, LinkedIn and other social media.

Refund Policy

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Notification

All cancellations must be received in writing via email to registrar@faes.org.

  • Cancellations received after 4:00 pm (ET) on business days or received on non-business days are time marked for the following business day.
  • All refund payments will be processed by the start of the initial workshop.
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Section Title
Scientific and Technical Policymaker and Public Communication for Early-Career Government Professionals
Type
Online Synchronous
Days
M
Time
10:00AM to 3:00PM ET
Dates
May 03, 2027 to May 17, 2027
Schedule and Location
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Contact Hours
15.0
Total Cost (Includes $100 non-refundable technology fee per course when applicable)
Eligible Discounts Can Be Applied at Checkout $790.00
Potential Discount(s)
CEUs
1.2 CEUs
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