Workshops
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Building an identity for a research group – Workshop
Read more: Building an identity for a research group – WorkshopHere is how we organised a bespoke workshop for the GreenPole research group in Stockholm.
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How to communicate research to policymakers: Workshop insights
Read more: How to communicate research to policymakers: Workshop insightsDo you want to communicate your research to policymakers but are unsure about how? Are you curious about our training sessions? In this blog, we share our experience at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel – PhD day where we delivered a one-hour workshop on “Communicating your research beyond academia to policymakers”. Our founder Mihaela Gruia provided attendees with practical tools, examples and ideas for how to effectively communicate research findings to policymakers. Keep reading to learn more! Training for the VUB PhD Day We were very excited to take part in the 2021 PhD Day organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel which took place on the 27th of…
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Speaking at the research seminar series at Swansea University
Read more: Speaking at the research seminar series at Swansea UniversityIn this blog post, I share my experience of speaking at the research seminar series at Swansea University, School of Management. The topic of my seminar was communicating research beyond academia. This was a collaboration with Dr Cigdem Gedikli, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, and leader of the research seminar series. 1. Creating the connection Early this year, I was invited to speak at the Women’s Budget Group (WBG) launch event for early career researchers. At the event, there was a panel on communicating research and I was one of the five speakers. Read three insights from practice about…
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Workshop at the Leeds Social Sciences Institute
Read more: Workshop at the Leeds Social Sciences InstituteThis month I delivered an interactive workshop at the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI). To make this workshop happen, we collaborated with Katie Barclay, LSSI Communications and Events Coordinator. This was our flagship workshop on ‘Communicating research beyond academia’. The workshop offered researchers a step-by-step framework for creating a 2-page visual summary to showcase expertise to non-academics. In this post, I share insights from the workshop at the Leeds Social Sciences Institute and a few lessons I took away. This workshop followed a similar structure to the interactive workshop on communicating research delivered at the University of Sheffield. Collaborating with the…
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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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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…
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mHabitat Lunch and Learn – Making Research Digestible
Read more: mHabitat Lunch and Learn – Making Research DigestibleIn this blog, we share our experience of attending and presenting at the mHabitat Lunch and Learn event in Leeds. The event took place on Tuesday, the 11th of June at Co>Space North, Leeds. Making an impact through speaking engagements and workshops One of our main intentions for 2019 was to speak at more events and deliver workshops. Just halfway through 2019, I think that we have done well on that intention by being involved in numerous speaking engagements. One of the things that I love about public speaking is the ability to connect to an audience, sharing what…
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Tableau User Group Yorkshire – Presenting Data Effectively
Read more: Tableau User Group Yorkshire – Presenting Data EffectivelyIn this blog, we share our experience of attending and presenting at the Tableau User Group Yorkshire event in Leeds. The event took place on Tuesday, the 4th of June at Horizon Leeds. Now on its third instalment, this Tableau User Group Yorkshire event (#TUGY on Twitter) brought together Tableau enthusiasts and newbies from across Yorkshire. Organised by Jet2, the events are typically casual and friendly, with informative talks from various speakers and networking opportunities over pizza and beer. Founder and director of Research Retold, Mihaela Gruia, was among the lineup of speakers for the Tableau User Group Yorkshire event. Her talk,…
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Interactive workshop on communicating research
Read more: Interactive workshop on communicating researchThis week I delivered an interactive workshop on communicating research impact at the University of Sheffield. We collaborated with Eunice Lawton, Researcher Development Manager (Engineering) at Think Ahead, a development programme for early-career academics. The aim of the workshop was to offer an easy framework for creating a 2-page visual summary to showcase their expertise to non-academics. In this post, I share how we structured the interactive workshop on communicating research and a few lessons I took away from the day as a facilitator. 1. The structure of our interactive workshop on communicating research The workshop was split into four…