Dear All, 

There are two exciting volunteer opportunities within expert outreach and Wikipedia that I wanted to flag up. 

* Science Communications and Public Engagement workshop on 19 June, London, run by Society for Applied Microbiology, but open to a wider audience from other science organisations. See a draft agenda below. This is  a really good opportunity to talk about using Wikipedia in Science communication to the right audience. Some details remain to be pinned down, so whoever is keen to deliver this can adapt the programme. 

* A talk about Wikipedia and how a learned society can engage with it at Physiology 2014, London, which takes place over 30 June - 2 July. Probably a brief presentation (or a workshop, depending on your preference) to function as a part of the conference, to lead to a full training workshop in October in the office of the Physiology Society. The details are up for discussion and so we would arrange a meeting with the conference organiser to pin it all down. 

Do get in touch if you are interested in getting involved!

Many thanks,

 Daria

1330 – Parallel sessions part I

Session A – Public Engagement in Schools: Delivering the World of Microbiology programme (Anthony Hilton et al)

Session B – Wikipedia: Bringing accurate, evidence based information to the public (trainers from Wikimedia)

 An interactive workshop introducing Wikipedia as an important source of information and teaching participants how to edit entries and the dos and don’ts of doing so.

1515 – Coffee

1530 – Parallel sessions part II

1630 – Close

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