Communication is still good

I've spent this week at a science communication course. I admit I signed up for it primarily for the CV points; some time in the next few weeks I have to stop running away from job-hunting. But it turned out to be surprisingly good! I learnt a lot, and enjoyed myself greatly.

( peeking out of the ivory tower )

I really do feel I've improved my skills through these exercises. And ok, it's not that likely that I'm going to be interviewed on national TV any time soon, but a lot of it is much more generally applicable than that. I feel much more confident about making stuff accessible without over-simplifying. Would anyone be interested to see my stuff? The Mother and baby article is a bit of a parody, but there's also a "real" article and it might be fun to do my five minute spiel as a voice post. I think I've been a bit spoiled by you guys when I've tried to do bits of popular writing before, cos you're collectively much more knowledgeable and engaged than the audiences we were trying to target in this course.