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Speak from your heart
Professor David Malin
Photographic scientist-astronomer, Adjunct Professor of Scientific Photography, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, Owner of David Malin Images
One of my favourite methods of communicating astronomy ideas is the public talk. There's a sense of community and expectation in a live audience, and often such an audience is self-selected to be people interested in ideas -- not necessarily astronomy ideas -- that's the job of the presenter. The success of these events depends strongly on advertising, a big crowd, a good venue and an innovative, interesting speaker, presenting a talk with a strong title and lots of visuals.
Download David's article on "The importance of the public talk", presented at a "Communicating Astronomy with the Public" conference in 2007.
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