Insights
Practical tips to help you improve your science communication impact.
Curious Machines: my new Substack on AI and the human experience
With Curious Machines, Brendon Bosworth explores how AI is changing the way we relate, communicate, and experience the world.
AI workslop wastes time and money and erodes trust
Ever been served AI-generated drivel at work and spent hours trying to fix it? You’ve been “workslopped.”
Comms consultant or freelancer? You need to put yourself out there
When you're doing your own thing as a communications consultant or freelancer, you have to get used to putting yourself out there.
In an age of depersonalisation, we need to feel seen
In our increasingly automated age, how often do we properly 'see' each other? And what happens when we don't?
Do you ever stop to listen?
What if the missing piece in your communication strategy is silence?
How to make science communication training stick: Amplifying Research podcast interview
Brendon Bosworth shares practical insights for research institutions looking to implement communication training that creates lasting change.
Why your organisation needs a generative AI policy
AI has put a wealth of information at our fingertips and provided never-before-seen levels of assistance in writing and creative processes, but it’s also opened a Pandora's Box of ethical dilemmas and confusion.
Going back to university in your 40s: Why it’s never too late to learn (again)
Brendon Bosworth explores the benefits of studying again after 40— where the real learning takes place beyond the textbooks.
Deepfakes and elections: time for a zero-trust mindset
With advances in artificial intelligence tools creating new avenues for deception -- from deepfake videos to voice clones of politicians speaking words they didn’t say -- voters must remain vigilant about what they see and hear online.
Facilitated writing sessions help you get your writing done
If you want to get your writing done, you’ve got to block off time and write. There is no way around it!
Five tips for dealing with writer’s block
Stalling on something you need to write? Follow these five tips to get your writing done.
Need help using AI in the university classroom? Start here
The AI Pedagogy Project from metaLAB (at) Harvard & FU Berlin and Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is a great resource for university educators wanting to incorporate AI in the classroom.
Benefits of science communication training
4 key benefits of science communication training.
Triangle breathing to calm the nerves
Triangle breathing is a simple and quick way to ground yourself. Learn how to use it to calm the nerves before public speaking or any other anxiety-including event.
University of Saskatchewan launches science communication microcredential
Brendon Bosworth and Dr. Tali Hoffman partner with University of Saskatchewan to offer first microcredential in science communication.
What Brené Brown can teach you about effective communication
Four tips for powerful communication as demonstrated by Dr. Brené Brown.
Why knowing yourself is key for effective communication
When it comes to developing an authentic communication style, there are elements about who you are and how you engage with the world that are important to reflect on.
We need communication grounded in empathy and facts to counter Covid vaccine resistance
In this op-ed for Daily Maverick, I explain why an empathetic, fact-based approach to communicating about vaccination is crucial as South Africa rolls out its Covid-19 vaccine strategy.
Listening without doing: toward a deeper understanding of empathy
What I learned about empathy from studying Nonviolent Communication.