Alan Alda en #AAASmtg

Alan Alda at #AASmtg

  1. “You really get close to somebody when you take a selfie.” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  2. #AAASMtg Alan Alda asks: What is the one thing about your work that you would like people to understand clearly?
  3. “You really get close to someone when you do a selfie” – Alan Alda at the #AAASmtg
  4. Alan Alda asks what do you wish people understand clearly about your work? #AAASmtg
  5. “You really get close to someone when you take a selfie.” Alan Alda at #aaasmtg pic.twitter.com/IYf5npCjeg
  6. “What is there about your work that you wish people could understand clearly?”- Alan Alda on better science communication at #aaasmtg 2014.
  7. Standing room only for Alan Alda talking about communicating science at #AAASmtg pic.twitter.com/HlwUbm9Nxf
  8. Alan Alda asks, What is it about your work that you would want the public to clearly understand? #AAASMtg pic.twitter.com/7HEU4VUn2v
  9. What research do you want to communicate? Alan Alda @FlameChallenge Center for Communicating Science on communicating science at #AAASmtg
  10. Science communication, like bowel resection, means you “cut out the bad parts & sew the good parts back together.” – Alan Alda #AAASMtg
  11. Alan Alda on communicating science #aaasmeeting ‘use plain words that are entirely accurate.’ pic.twitter.com/M9M4xmZC8W
  12. “I was on my deathbed and trying to get a laugh out of the doctor. That was my real sickness.” -Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  13. Alan Alda is just killing it tonight already. Audience loves him! Because he’s fantastic! #AAASmtg #SciComm
  14. Front row center to listen to Alan Alda present “Getting Beyond a Blind Date with Science.” #AAASmtg pic.twitter.com/b2iOHkOAkU
  15. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing, as long as it has curiosity attached to it” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  16. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as it has curiosity attached to it” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  17. #AAASMtg Alan Alda – Ignorance is a wonderful thing if it has curiosity attached to it.
  18. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as there’s curiosity attached to it.” –Alan Alda #scicomm #AAASmtg
  19. Alan Alda: I didn’t aspire to an ignorance I didn’t have; it was genuine.
    #AAASmtg
  20. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as it has curiosity attached to it.” – Alan Alda at #aaasmtg
  21. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as curiosity is attached to it.” ~ Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  22. Great from Alan Alda: ignorance is great as long as curiosity is attached to it. #scicomm #AAASmtg
  23. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing, as long as it has curiosity attached to it.” Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  24. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing, as long as you have curiosity with it.” Alan Alda at #AAASmtg talking about science communications.
  25. Wish more people were like Alan Alda: “I keep on them until I understand what they’re saying” #scicomm #AAASmtg
  26. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing, as long as it has curiosity attached to it.” Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  27. Alan Alda giving a brilliant plenary lecture at #AAASmtg – highlight of the day. pic.twitter.com/3d4DFmAoJ2
  28. Alan Alda just cracked a selfie joke! Can’t wait to hear what he has to say about communicating science #AAASmtg pic.twitter.com/xlZEnVZAsk
  29. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as it has curiosity attached to it.” -Alan Alda on interviewing scientists #AAASmtg
  30. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as it has curiosity attached to it” Alan Alda plenary #AAASmtg
  31. Alan Alda: “Ignorance is a wonderful thing, as long as it has curiousity attached to it.” #aaasmtg Chicago 2014.
  32. #AAASmtg Alan Alda ‘ignorance is wonderful as long as curiosity is attached!’
  33. Alan Alda: ignorance is a great thing as long as it has curiosity attached to it #AAAS2014
  34. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as there’s curiosity attached to it.” -Alan Alda #AAASmtg pic.twitter.com/UrvtqvQCqP
  35. Alda: deadline for this year’s Flame Challenge is March 1. Topic: “What is color?”
  36. #AAASMeetings Alan Alda at AAAS meeting,in hallway it is full and fire Marshall said no more inside.. Great talk! pic.twitter.com/JrOZLczYwc
  37. Alda explains Curse of Knowledge. Asks person to tap out song w/out saying what song. Others don’t know the melody, so don’t guess. #AAASMtg
  38. “You don’t have to say everything you know, just get them interested in knowing more.” Alan Alda at #AAASmtg on #scicomm
  39. #AAASmtg Alan Alda presents an extrovert-centric model of what impassioned good sci communication looks like.
  40. Alda makes a volunteer tap out a song to try & connect w the audience. Funny. #aaasmtg pic.twitter.com/ssGuHzipwl
  41. It’s really hard to believe that others can’t hear the melody in your head (Alda) #AAASmtg
  42. Alda: the attempt to achieve something of great importance that has a great payoff makes a story. #AAASmtg
  43. Alda says a story isn’t beg, mid, end. It has a hero, an obstacle, and an achievement (or failure). #aaasmtg
  44. Alda, quoting 60 Minutes inventor: “He would say 4 words: Tell me a story.” #AAASmtg
  45. Alda on dramatic stories: has volunteer carry overflowing glass of water across stage-“don’t spill or your whole village will die” #AAASmtg
  46. #AAASMtg Alan Alda – 4 words: Tell me a story. Alda wowed us w/warmth, wisdom, and of course, stories. Thanks Alan. pic.twitter.com/rNKZJZgUt3
  47. “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as it has curiosity attached.” -Alan Alda. #aaasmtg #quoteoftheconference pic.twitter.com/3sac2aZcPE
  48. Alan Alda @AJAS2014 ….. hope our young scientists are listening tonight. pic.twitter.com/FcNCStF5yY
  49. @drdarsci: Just because someone’s paying attention doesn’t mean understanding is being shared – Alda #AAASmtg pic.twitter.com/CkBNsSeJTF” YES.
  50. Le he propuesto a Alan Alda que venga conmigo a Madrid a ver #Famelab pero le pilla lejos. #AAASmtg @TheBigVanTheory pic.twitter.com/UmVgas2CeG
  51. Alan Alda: ignorance is a beautiful thing when there’s curiosity attached to it #AAASmtg
  52. Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi. – Alan Alda
  53. Late schedule addition: Plenary overflow at hotel bar.
    @AAASMeetings: You guys love Alan Alda too much! Plenary at capacity. #AAASmtg
  54. Re: communicating your science, if you’re having a problem you may not have started early enough in your explanation -Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  55. ‘Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as there is curiosity attached’ -Alan Alda at #AAASmtg
  56. “I’ve been told by several members of Congress, how hard it is to understand what it is scientists are telling us.” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  57. Alan Alda: Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as it has curiosity attached to it. #AAASmtg
  58. After whats a quark video: “This is not just the general public. This is congress.” -Alan Alda *Cue audience laughter.* #AAASmtg
  59. In order to get the benefits of collaboration, we have to speak in plain language –Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  60. Alan Alda plenary on scientific communication. Very witty. #AAASmtg
  61. Alan Alda having to check his notes during his keynote makes me feel way better about myself. #AAASmtg
  62. why is science like a blind date, to the public? there’s a certain deficit of trust. – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  63. Alan Alda: We have to get the public beyond a blind date with science. #AAASmtg
  64. Alan Alda’s message: We need to talk to the public about science in plain language if we want them to understand and CARE! #AAASmtg
  65. The three stages of love: attraction, infatuation, commitment. You have’nt heard them before because I made them up. – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  66. @NSF my professor has been working so hard on this project with Alan Alda…beautiful recognition
  67. Attraction, Infatuation and Commitment. The three stages of love (in the head of Alan Alda)! #AAASmtg
  68. #AAASMtg Alan Alda – don’t hide behind the podium, look them in the eye, figure out how you are doing pic.twitter.com/2RSemKikxQ
  69. If your body language is crummy, you may have lost 55% of your audience before you’ve even said a word – Alan Alda on #scicomm #AAASmtg
  70. Alan Alda: Scientists need to talk to the public about their work in plain language if we want them to understand or CARE! #AAASmtg
  71. div class=”s-quote-text”>Alan Alda is so effective in communicating because he keeps telling stories. =>think about how you communicate #AAASmtg

  • Bummed there was no Alan Alda overflow room or a larger auditorium. Turned away at the door right at 5 #AAASmtg
  • “Memories are formed in emotion” quotes Alan Alda. Just heard one justification for my story editing. #AAASmtg
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – Find a way to let your audience have emotion and they will tune in.
  • “If you want commitment, you’re gonna have to listen to one another.” – Alan Alda on #scicomm #AAASmtg
  • Alan Alda #AAASmtg beyond science’s blind date with the public – scientists need to listen to communicate well
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – The most critical part of communication is not just listening but tracking each other’s minds.
  • Alan Alda says ‘ scientists meeting politicians like a blind date” at #AAASmtg in Chicago
  • Alan Alda at #AAASmtg : emotion solidifies memories in people – make your research story memorable, connecting, & use nonverbal connections
  • Alan Alda talk at #AAASmtg looks pretty interesting. Communication & presentation important in making change, no matter what.
  • Not seeing Alan Alda speak. Room booked clearly not large enough. @AAASMeetings
  • “You can’t have technology without socialization” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  • “With Neanderthals, what happens in cave 12 stays in cave 12” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg #scicomm
  • #AAASmtg Alan Alda recommendations for #scicomm: eye contact, body language. Is he saying autistic scientists can’t communicate it well?
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – Center for Communicating Science is helping people learn to truly make connections with the audience.
  • @AAASMeetings Alan Alda talking science at AAAS plenary .. Room so full we are in hallway watching! Wonderful!! pic.twitter.com/KQl8ZHH7iO
  • It isn’t just ‘know your audience’ but Alan Alda says ‘make communion with your audience’ #scicomm #AAASmtg
  • “Communication is central to science. To the funding, and even to the doing.” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  • Communication is central to science – Alan Alda AMEN #AAASmtg #scicomm
  • #AAASmtg now Alan Alda apparently saying Neanderthals didn’t share tech ideas. “What happens in cave 12 stays in…” Really? How do we know?
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – Teaching through improvisation to learn to listen well and communicate clearly.
  • A page from @COMPASSonline‘s playbook from Alan Alda ‘communications is central to being a goodscientist.’ #scicomm #AAASmtg
  • “Communication is crucial to the funding of science, it’s crucial to doing science. We need to teach it along with science.” Alan Alda
  • Alan Alda shows videos of students explaining research before & after an improv workshop! Science and theater meet! @KevinDowse #AAASmtg
  • “Science should be done without emotion. But it should be explained with emotion, and personal affect.” – Alan Alda on #scicomm #AAASmtg
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – Science is done without emotion but should be explained with emotion!
  • Alan Alda at #AAASmtg – when telling your research story, step back into the story, add the personal angle – why does it matter to people?
  • Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi. – Alan Alda
  • “Science should be done without emotion, but must be explained with emotion.” Alan Alda. #aaasmtg
  • IMO: sorry Alan Alda but if we only learn with a v specific presentation style how much do we really wanna learn in the 1st place? #AAASmtg
  • Alan Alda: Put yourself in the story. When you explain science to people who don’t know it, do it with emotion #AAASMtg
  • @NSF: Alan Alda: What is it about ur work that u would want the public to clearly understand? #AAASMtg ‘teaching isn’t as easy as it seems’
  • Zut! Salle comble pour Alan Alda. On se reprend demain avec son atelier sur l’improvisation  http://ow.ly/3hl30Z  #storytelling #AAASmtg
  • March 1 is deadline for Alan Alda’s Flame Challenge: this year explain to 11-year olds what color is. 11-year olds are the judges.
  • #AAASMeetings Alan Alda at AAAS meeting,in hallway it is full and fire Marshall said no more inside.. Great talk! pic.twitter.com/JrOZLczYwc
  • “You don’t have to say everything you know. You often only have to get them to want to know more.” – Alan Alda on #scicomm #AAASmtg
  • teens playing phone games on floor at Alan Alda event stopped & jumped up to watch music vid about science. Take note #scicomm #AAASmtg
  • @NSF: Alan Alda: Put yourself in the story. When you explain science to people who don’t know it, do it with emotion #AAASMtg
  • @NSF: Alan Alda: Put yourself in the story. When you explain science to people who don’t know it, do it with emotion #AAASMtg
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – You don’t have to tell everything you know. You just want your audience to WANT to know more.
  • #AAASmtg Alan Alda presents an extrovert-centric model of what impassioned good sci communication looks like.
  • “You don’t have to say everything you know, just get them interested in knowing more.” Alan Alda at #AAASmtg on #scicomm
  • Just because you hear the melody doesn’t mean your audience knows what you’re thinking. (But Alan Alda said it better) #scicomm #AAASmtg
  • “To forget what it’s like not to know something in-depth, that’s a curse.” – Alan Alda #AAASmtg
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – The melody of your talk may be in your head, but that does not mean your audience will hear it.
  • Ugh. In such #scicomm nerd heaven right now. Big thanks to Alan Alda. Let’s continue convos tonight! #aaasmtg #scicomm
  • #AAASMtg Alan Alda – 4 words: Tell me a story. Alda wowed us w/warmth, wisdom, and of course, stories. Thanks Alan. pic.twitter.com/rNKZJZgUt3
  • “Ignorance is a wonderful thing as long as it has curiosity attached.” -Alan Alda. #aaasmtg #quoteoftheconference pic.twitter.com/3sac2aZcPE
  • .@TillerSchool let’s do it! @FlameChallenge MT @Revkin: Alan Alda Challenges Scientists to Explain Color to Kids  http://nyti.ms/1fh5VoN 
  • Shame no time for questions or conversation with Alan Alda. Asking too much. #AAASmtg
  • Tell the #story @NSF: Alan Alda: Put yourself in the story. When you explain #science to people who don’t know it, do it with emotion.
  • Alan Alda @AJAS2014 ….. hope our young scientists are listening tonight. pic.twitter.com/FcNCStF5yY
  • Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi. – Alan Alda
  • Awesome talk by Alan Alda at AAAS about effectively communicating science. Really makes me think about how I teach my own students.
  • Got to the Alan Alda plenary too late to get in, but at least I got this picture of him on the big screen #AAASmtg pic.twitter.com/3Ti4N9fUoN
  • Hey @ncte– Can we try to get Alan Alda at next year’s convention? The power of story is his passion, and combining science w/ storytelling!
  • Thank you, Alan Alda, for reaffirming my passion for science communication. So glad to be working on that! @AAASFellowships #AAASmtg
  • Alan Alda, the perfect example of how using story-telling in science should be done! #AAASmtg