Maximizing Outreach for New Science Advocacy Report
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Created a one-page summary to engage opinion and decision makers. Widely shared with organizations, senators, representatives, and influential figures like Tom Friedman. Invited to testify at House hearings and briefed key stakeholders.
Maximizing Outreach for New Science Advocacy Report
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Outreach for “New Science..” • Created one-page summary • Made an effort to get the report read by as many opinion makers and decision makers as possible. Marc Kastner BESAC February 2009
Just a few… • Organizations: APS, ACS, NRC/NAS/NAE, others in Germany, Japan, Belgium… • Indirectly to Senators Bingaman, Finestein and Representatives • Opinion makers: Augustine, Tom Friedman, university presidents
Maria Zuber • Innovation Roundtable, organized by Congressman Rush Holt and Speaker Pelosi, December 15, 2008. • Invited by Speaker Pelosi to testify at House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Hearing, January 7, 2009. • Specifically mentioned our report and urged funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers. • http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/zuber-testimony-0107.html • Passed out copies of our report.
Crabtree, Hemminger and Kastner • Briefed House and Senate Staffers • February 3, 2009 • Briefed Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) • February 4, 2009 • http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,archive/curyear,2009/limit,10/limitstart,10/ • George to testify for Bingaman committee