54 Why Aren't Our Ideas Getting Attention? Finding a More Convincing Voice on Controversial Issues

Sunday, 31 October 2010
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room 502

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Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND CHALLENGES TO GEOSCIENTISTS AQUIRING MORE CONVINCING ADVISORY VOICES WITH POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC
  James F. Davis, Former California State Geol (retired) & Pres. COSMOS, Carmichael, CA
  178865 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:40 PM
  POLICY-RELEVANT RESEARCH AT THE USGS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE GULF OIL SPILL
  Marcia McNutt, N/A, Reston, VA
  181350 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  INFLUENCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ACTIONS OF OTHERS: INSIGHTS FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP MAKE ADVISORY VOICES BE MORE CONVINCING
  Dennis S. Mileti, University of Colorado at Boulder, Rancho Mirage, CA
  179340 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  GETTING ORGANIZED FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
  Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  180319 (Technical Sessions)