#221) Biomedical Clarity: 18 Excellent Five Minute ABT-structured Talks from Emory Univ Med School (and R.I.P. climate)

Our 4th year of running the ABT course (our 43rd round overall) at Emory University in Atlanta produced the best group of talks to date.

Emory University Medical School: An ABT Incubator

 

WHY DO WE KEEP TAKING BACK HEART TRANSPLANTS?

If you want the context and answer to this fascinating question watch the first of the 18 five-minute presentations this year from the medical students and faculty of Emory University Medical School. We worked with them all semester long, shaping these short presentations using the ABT Narrative Template. The end results are excellent. You can view them all here.

PUBLIC HEALTH GETS IT, CLIMATE SCIENCE/ACTIVISM IS UTTERLY HOPELESS

Sorry to be so blunt about this but I’ve given nearly 20 years of my life trying to help the climate community with communication, pretty much all for naught. You want to see what their more-than-a-billion-dollars of effort has amounted to? Just look at the title of this article last week in POLITICO. Someone, somewhere should be ashamed of themselves for such a mess (but they aren’t).

This article last week sadly speaks for itself — a tale of staggering incompetence.