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Tag: scientific communication

Learn Markdown – Episode 6. Convert Word to Markdown with pandoc

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Summary Pandoc is a document converter for multiple type of files. Converting example Format conversion is a chore that often takes a lot of time. I recently wanted to convert a long MSWord document into a version of Markdown that I could use to update a software documentation. Pandoc can convert many documents types into …

Course for Scientists for Effective and Engaging Scientific Communication Practices

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Scientists need to communicate The art of communication is often overlooked in a Scientist career, but it is becoming increasingly important that Scientists learn to communicate at different levels. Telling a story is a powerful way to explain and interest people and there are proven techniques that can help. H. Adam Steinberg is a former …