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Collaboration with Leeds Beckett University MA Graphic Design
Read more: Collaboration with Leeds Beckett University MA Graphic Design[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] In this blog post, we’re thrilled to announce our collaboration with Leeds Beckett University (LBU). Specifically, we will collaborate with the MA Graphic Design students and its course director Dr Ian Truelove. As part of the course, the students will have to creatively communicate a piece of research conducted at LBU and ‘digested’ by our team. Last week we met the diverse group of MA students and we’d like to share more insights into…
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5 tips for increasing your engagement rate on Twitter
Read more: 5 tips for increasing your engagement rate on TwitterIn this blog post, we share 5 tips for increasing your engagement rate on Twitter. The inspiration for this blog has been reaching 700+ followers within our Twitter community. Although numbers are not always the best metric of success, this feels like a big milestone. Reviewing our engagement via Twitter Analytics It seems rarer or harder nowadays to wake up in the morning, read the newspaper and have face to face conversations with our loved ones over breakfast. In today’s social media era, we often wake up to Instagram notifications, ‘Good morning’ texts on Whatsapp and use a delivery app…
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Creative methods of research dissemination
Read more: Creative methods of research disseminationIn this blog post, we share four creative methods of research dissemination. These are inspired by the knowledge café organised by the Social Research Association North. The event was a collaboration with engage@liverpool at the University of Liverpool on 12 Sept 2019. – – – Whether you choose to engage audiences online or offline, researchers have several methods of disseminating findings at their disposal. However, choosing the most appropriate one for your project can be difficult. We can often be set in our ways, choosing to stick with what we know to do best. This month the Social Research…
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5 tips on promoting your work as a researcher
Read more: 5 tips on promoting your work as a researcherIn this blog post, we will share 5 tips on promoting your work as a researcher. These tips are inspired by the Northern Power Women event (11 Sep 2019) at the Natwest Business Accelerator in Leeds. Northern Power Women Role Model Event Northern Power Women is a campaign that accelerates gender diversity in the North of England. It does so by transforming the culture of organisations and increasing opportunities for women. The theme of the event was ‘the art of selling yourself’. Whether we have to write award applications, submit evidence of our achievements or simply shout about our success…
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3 reasons why interns boost your business
Read more: 3 reasons why interns boost your businessIn this post, I talk about 3 reasons why interns boost your business. I will also introduce you to our two new marketing interns who will be with us for the next 3 months. — Running a business as a solo founder can be really tough. I manage a network of 13 associates across the UK, as well as our day-to-day operations and business activity. As any business founder will know, marketing activities and promoting what one does to the outer world can often fall at the bottom of the list. One year ago today, I was sitting in my…
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Communicating research to policymakers for action – Workshop
Read more: Communicating research to policymakers for action – WorkshopIn this post, I share three key success factors for researchers to engage with policymakers. I also offer three lessons from delivering a workshop to high-level members of the National Institute of Policy Studies in Nigeria. This workshop on communicating research to policymakers for action took place at the University of Sheffield. Communicating research to policymakers for action: three success factors I’ve been working in the research communication space in the UK for nearly five years. I knew I wanted to pursue a career in this field when I conducted my final year dissertation. My topic was disseminating evidence…
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Workshop on creating a business one-pager
Read more: Workshop on creating a business one-pagerIn this post we share our experience of delivering a workshop on creating a business one-pager. This event was part of the HutZero (Cylon) business programme in London on the 20th of August. Starting something new is never easy. Whether it’s a new product, service or business, we all need a sounding board to check that our ideas make sense to someone else besides ourselves. As an entrepreneur, I fondly remember the early days of setting up my company: the trepidation of whether this was going to work, the questions about my market, business model, and customers; how my ideas…
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The juggling act of a PhD student
Read more: The juggling act of a PhD studentHello and we hope you’re all having a nice summer! We took a vacation break and are now back in the office with renewed energy and fresh ideas. To get us out of the summer blues and to kick off the blog posts again, we sat down with Gemma Bridge, PhD student in Public Health Communication at Leeds Beckett University, to discuss the juggling act of PhD life. Our conversation at Fika North in Leeds came off the back of a presentation Gemma did which we found insightful and worth sharing with our community. We’ve previously written about maintaining a…
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Designing a research communication plan – Interactive workshop
Read more: Designing a research communication plan – Interactive workshopIn this blog, we share our experience of delivering a workshop on designing a research communication plan. The event took place at the University of Sheffield on the 18th of June. Collaborating with The University of Sheffield As an alumna of The University of Sheffield (TUoS), it is a pleasure and an honour to collaborate with my alma mater. Moreover, TUoS was one of our first clients and has been a tremendous source of support during my entrepreneurial journey. We have collaborated with numerous researchers from TUoS. Yet, it was only at the beginning of this year that we…