[SOS-PCA] PCA Meeting Wednesday March 13

[Prescott, Leah]

***The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, March 13th
from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.***



The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) holds regular meetings that are open
to everyone and usually accessible online. This month, the PCA is excited
to welcome Chris Martine, David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics at
Bucknell University and Research & Director of the Manning Herbarium, to
present “Plants are Cool, Too: #SciComm, media relations, and a botanist on
Mars” from 2:00-3:00 pm ET, on March 13th:



Using case studies based on recent attempts to promote new scientific
findings through multiple types/tiers of media, this talk will present
strategies that any biodiversity professional might employ when hoping to
spread the word about (and engage the public in) their research outcomes.
While taking on the job of promoting your own work might seem like a
daunting (or even painful) task, the payoffs ideally include: a) Increased
reads and/or citations; b) Expanding the reach and impact of your work; and
d) Building public enthusiasm for biodiversity
science/protection/conservation.



****This meeting will be held at the National Museum of Natural History in
Washington, DC. Please RSVP to Gary Krupnick (krupnick at si.edu) by
March 10. *Guests
will need to arrive by 1:45pm in the Constitution Ave lobby of NMNH to be
escorted to the meeting room*****



This presentation at 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET will also be broadcast on YouTube
Live, please use the following link to watch:

** https://youtu.be/UKLXIusvxZc **



To call into the PCA meeting at 3:00 pm ET, please use the following
conference line:



Call-in Number: 1-877-414-1336

Call-in Passcode: 6177335#



**More about Chris Martine**



Chris spent his childhood tromping through the woodlots and culverted
streams of suburban New Jersey. By the time he was a teenager he had
memorized a handful of Golden Guides, but it wasn’t until a few years
later, as a first-gen college student, that he realized a person could “do
nature” as a career. A significant focus of his life since then has
centered on a desire to a) Discover cool stuff and b) Tell people about it.
Chris actively engages non-science audiences across multiple outlets,
including as host/producer of the YouTube series “Plants are Cool, Too!” He
has published on the systematics, ecology, and taxonomy of a number of
plant groups, with much of his last 15 years focused on Australian "bush
tomatoes" in the genus Solanum as well as the flora of the Northeast.



Thank you!

-- 
Leah Prescott
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator (Contractor)
202-912-7232

Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
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