Dear MarMam and ECS Communities! Feel free to participate in our workshop: "5 th workshop on Communicating Marine Mammal Science to the general public"" which will be held on Sunday, April 30th 2017 form 9:00-17:00 in Middelfart, Denmark, a day before the begin of the 31st Conference of the European Cetacean Society. This workshop is organized by Volker Smit, NGO MEER, Berlin, Germany (smit@m-e-e-r.de <mailto:smit@m-e-e-r.de>) and Dr. Luigi Bundone, Institution: Archipelagos ambiente e sviluppo, Italia (luigibundone@tiscali.it <mailto:luigibundone@tiscali.it>).The participation fee is 25 € to be paid in cash on site. To register, please e-mail Volker Smit: smit@m-e-e-r.de We are excited to have *Silke Carsten* a marketing specialist talking about “MARKETING FOR SCIENTISTS – How to benefit from Marketing tools in the area of marine mammal science”. *The workshops aims to:* * exchange about marketing and fundraising, * exchange and develop applicable protocols to address education, * exchange experience in addressing the media, * exchange ideas and knowledge in new science teaching tools, * foster general networking with all stakeholders, * share information about sources related to education, * exchange about the outreach of education and * support ECS to address educational questions. The following sessions are scheduled: 1) 1. “MARKETING FOR SCIENTISTS – How to benefit from Marketing tools in the area of marine mammal science”. 2. The long term project “MEER La Gomera” – a marketing and fundraising perspective – past, present and future! 3. "Communicating Mediterranean monk seal conservation in Mauritania" CBD Habitat 4. Are protocols and guidelines necessary in order to communicate marine mammal science to a wide audience? To To To download the workshop agenda visit the ECS website: http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/workshops-1 We are looking forward to seeing you in Middelfart, Kind regards, Volker Smit -- Volker Smit 2.Vorsitzender - vice-president M.E.E.R. e.V. Office Bundesallee 123 D-12161 Berlin T +49-(0)2041-4629243 smit@m-e-e-r.de www.m-e-e-r.org