Over the last two years I have had the privilege of being the custodian of Research to Action’s lively social media accounts. Last month’s blog…
Running R2A’s social media: What I’ve learned
20 September 2018
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R2A – Social Media Consultant
18 September 2018
Are you a social media specialist with a passion for improving research communications? A self-starter, able to work remotely with a small multi-country team? Do…
People matter, not papers: Watching policymakers acquire knowledge in Indonesia
17 September 2018
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Funders support (non-governmental) think tanks, assuming they will influence government policy by (amongst other things) producing and sharing short, punchy written outputs like policy briefs…
‘Life Is Too Short to RTFM’ wins Ig Nobel for Literature
14 September 2018
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A little light humour for a Friday… The latest round of Ig Nobel Prizes was given out last night, and for those of us in…
Theory of Change Essentials – online course
13 September 2018
News & Opportunities
BOND is offering their Theory of Change Essential online course again next month. Rates are based on membership and the size of your organisation, and…
Pitch your podcast to BBC radio
11 September 2018
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Have you got an original idea for a podcast? Why not pitch it to the BBC? There is a standard commissioning process for podcasts destined…
Virtual reality helps preserve a millennia-old tradition
7 September 2018
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It’s always a challenge to decide how and when to use new technology to change and improve the way we communicate. You have to experiment,…
Going ‘mobile first’ to reach African audiences
3 September 2018
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Mobile means more than being on the move, it means connecting to the next generation of African audiences. Recent data shows that 52% of the world’s website traffic…
Research impact: ‘top tips’ on communicating & pitching research to non-academic audiences
30 August 2018
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Some great ideas about getting your research out of the lab and in front of the public, from top researchers at the University of Manchester:…
Referencing sources – making it work for non-academic audiences
14 August 2018
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Referencing our sources of evidence when writing for academic audiences is common practice. Yet, for the average reader of research outside academia, references are often…
Running your organisation’s social media: What I’ve learned so far
13 August 2018
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Social media has become indispensable in our daily lives and its significance has increased dramatically over the years. This has influenced the way research dissemination…
Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy
10 August 2018
News & Opportunities
Some of the top science policymakers in the UK have teamed up to urge that we ‘Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are…
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