Products and workshops to empower individuals and institutions.
Recent and Upcoming Events: www.cr8xt.com/about/appearances
Past Clients and Partners Include: UC Santa Cruz Coastal Science & Policy • UC Davis University Writing Program • UC Davis First-Year Seminar Program • UC Davis FUTURE • Sonoma State University • Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference • Science Talk ’19 • Science Talk ’18 • SCONC Think-n-Drink • SETAC North America Annual Meeting • NorCal SETAC Annual Meetings • Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment • John Beath Environmental • Delta Science Fellows Program • California Department of Water Resources Quality Assurance Program • CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship • California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) • postdoctoral researchers and professors • early and mid-career professionals
Offerings
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
- AdSciComm: An Exercise in Getting People to Care About Science — A team-based workshop helping outreach and marketing professionals further flex their creative freedom. Created and taught by Ben Young Landis
- #SciPolComm 100: Connecting with Your Audience — A lively, interactive primer on conversational engagement for technical professionals. Created by Ben Young Landis and Kelly Conroy
- #SciPolComm 101: Navigating Policymaker Mindsets — An introduction to policymaking designed for researchers and science trainees. Created by Ben Young Landis and Gabby Nepomuceno PhD
- #SciPolComm 102: Understanding the California State Legislature — An overview of the sequence, timing and checkpoints within California’s legislative process, and how to track it. Created by Ben Young Landis and Sarah E. Brady PhD
- #SciPolComm 103: Communicating with the California State Legislature — An overview of the staffers and consultants who work the hearings and backrooms of California’s legislative process, and three go-to tools for communicating your science advice or advocacy position. Created by Ben Young Landis and Debra A. Cooper PhD
PERSONAL COACHING
- On-Demand Office Hours — Prepaid packages offering one-on-one consulting and advice for professional development in audience engagement and personal branding. Led by Ben Young Landis
Praise for Trainings
This course has helped me to distill my research ‘story’ to communicate the importance of my work to any audience. Every scientist needs more training like this!
Krista Hoffman PhD, President, NorCal SETAC (For “Connecting with Your Audience”)
Great workshop! Highly recommend this to both new and experienced scientists.
Richard E. Connon PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, UC Davis (For “Connecting with Your Audience”)
This was an insightful workshop and a great way to practice some light science improv in a relaxed setting. Great for anyone looking to gain confidence or get practice explaining something complex!
Victoria Strait, PhD Candidate in Astrophysics, UC Davis (For “Connecting with Your Audience”)
Engaging, energetic and relevant.
Andrea Paz-Lacavex, Masters Student in Coastal Science & Policy, UC Santa Cruz (For “SciPolComm 101: Navigating Policymaker Mindsets”)
A must have for everyone who is going to influence policy or understand how to intervene policies.
Siti Indriasari Galuh Sekar Arum, Masters Student in Coastal Science & Policy, UC Santa Cruz (For “SciPolComm 101: Navigating Policymaker Mindsets”)
I appreciated the relationship of ‘this is how science does things’ and ‘this is how policy does it the same or differently.’
Keighley Reisenauer, PhD Candidate in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Baylor University (For “SciPolComm 101: Navigating Policymaker Mindsets”)
It was engaging and well organized! I enjoyed diving into the bill-making process to see the big picture and imagining how I might contribute to the long-term goals of policymaking.
Amy Becker, PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis (For “SciPolComm 102: Understanding the California State Legislature”)
Ben is a wealth of information! This workshop is a great crash course in the California legislature and how to be effective as a scientist entering into the policy world!
Samantha Werth, PhD Candidate in Animal Biology, UC Davis (For “SciPolComm 102: Understanding the California State Legislature”)
Snapshots of Past Trainings
