From GM Debbie Myers: Live Streaming the Eclipse and Your Questions On Air!

Hear from SCIENCE General Manager Debbie Myers about our plans for the solar eclipse this weekend and how you can get your questions on TV!

 

 

From GM Debbie Myers: Welcome to the SCIENCE Online Think Tank

Greetings, InSCIders.

We just wrapped up our annual Science Offsite/Onsite Its one of my favorite things we do all year. For two days we gather the teams from programming, development, marketing, press, business, social and digital to think about the next big goals and ideas for the network. There were forty of us and we include everyone. All ideas for genres, shows, partnerships, topics and people we would like to see on the network go up on the wall (see photo) and we narrow it down from there and start digging in to create the shows and specials you'll be seeing in the future. Some genre bending ideas came out of this workshop that we hope you will like.

I'd love to try an experiment and take this one step further. Welcome to our Onsite/Offsite/ Online think tank. Join us and let me know what the questions are you'd like us to tackle? Who do you want to see on air? What topics or genres should we add. What's the interactive experience you want?

Thanks everyone. Keep the feedback coming!
Debbie

PS. We call it the Offsite/Onsite because instead of a fancy retreat, we locked ourselves away in a room on the tenth floor of the Discovery Building and made it feel like we were out of the office. Good times but without the swimming pool.

Inside the SCIENCE Team Onsite/Offsite...with Elvis?!?

Ahhh, company team building. It's likely that most of you have endured this corporate tradition at least once. But you probably haven't seen one quite like this. I certainly hadn't...until yesterday.

People say that a team's culture begins at the top. Nowhere is that more true than SCIENCE. Debbie Myers, our GM and "Chief Thought Provacateur" is consumed with the idea of creativity that's off the beaten path. And that dedication to pushing the boundaries of normal has wiggled its way into the brains of her entire team. That makes for some incredible brainstorms - not to mention fantastic apparel (see photo for our awesome team hoodies!).

The goal of the day - the entire day just about - was to share ideas about big questions SCIENCE should be asking and imagining how we could ask them. I can't divulge any specifics quite yet. But rest assured, dear reader, that you fans out there are in for a rollercoaster once these ideas are ready see the light of day. Anything and everything - the future, the past, the light, the dark, the everyday useful, the once in a lifetime, and even the downright nuts - is on the table. Nothing is off limits.

So, after an amazing eight hours of great ideas, Debbie announced that we had a special guest coming in to wrap up the day. Who could it be? People were whispering back and forth. Is it Morgan Freeman? Maybe John Noble? Or David Zazlav possibly? Oh no, no, no. It was something nobody saw coming. It was Executive Assistant, Tiernan Madorno...dressed like Elvis?!? 

Check our girl out - she gave the performance of a lifetime! Only with this team of odd ducks would this ever happen in the office...I love it.  

 

Why Yes, That is the Real Science Team in the How It's Made Promo

Several members of the Science posse were willing to play along and are currently appearing in the new promo for How It's Made.

Sharp-eyed inSCIder readers may have already picked out the channel's GM, Debbie Myers, after seeing her answer your questions online a little while back. Well, now she and members of the marketing team, the programming group and even a couple of the network's editors are trying out their acting chops in the promo about the making of the promo for new episodes of the show.

Confused yet? Watch the video below to clear things up (and watch new episodes of How It's Made starting Thursday, April 19th at 9 cough cough). Enjoy. 

Science's General Manager Answers YOUR Questions (on Aliens)

A few weeks ago we put out the call to our Facebook and Twitter followers to ask ANY question of Science's General Manager, Debbie Myers. There were sooooo many responses, it's going to take some time to make our way through them -- and we didn't want to play favorites. So, we had Debbie pick the questions out of a hat (or in this case, a jar).

We'll be posting more of her answers shortly, but here's one that's particularly relevant to our celebration of "Are We Alone?" month:

 

Please keep your questions coming. Debbie has pledged to get through as many as she can! Oh, and don't forget to join our search for alien life here!

Debbie Myers
General Manager
SCIENCE