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        • Using multi media
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Community Engagement: Choosing the right tools

The community is a key stakeholder in most research, especially action research, because government policies aim to benefit communities. So how is...

Grants acquisition and fundraising strategies: Some basic rules

Resource mobilisation is key to being awarded grants and carrying out successful fundraising activities conducted. Grant-seeking and fundraising in a development organisation...

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How to rebuild trust in science and expertise

Our society has become increasingly less reliant on expertise. The success and large diffusion of free or cheap internet access in many...

Five Broad Stages of Research

Research is a systematic inquiry of knowledge that usually involves the collection, compilation, and publication of coherent data. It aims to build...
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Explosive adventures in podcasting

15/10/2009

Blog Posts

‘It’s more complicated that that’ must be the official war cry of scientists and researchers. I have a great deal of sympathy for you, having…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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Policymaker, policy maker, or policy-maker?

12/10/2009

Word processors have changed dramatically the way we all work. There is still a lot for editors to do, but today it is easier for…

Kimberly ClarkeKimberly Clarke

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Rational decision-making? It just doesn’t work that way…

24/09/2009

Blog Posts

The more I learn about the way people make decisions, the more I wish I’d studied psychology. We’ve evolved, but not as much as we…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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My policymaker doesn’t understand me…

18/09/2009

Audio & Video

Isn’t it always the way? Just when you think that you’re getting along like a house on fire, speaking the same language, enjoying a meeting…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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Katine: An ambitious mega-media development partnership

11/09/2009

Blog Posts

While many researchers and development projects struggle to get even a single relevant mention in their local newspaper, one project in Uganda has been receiving…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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Reaching out for research communicators

20/08/2009

Blog Posts

DFID funds a number of different organisations who are trying to help researchers communicate their work more effectively. This week we feature resources from two…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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Make your scientific posters sing

13/08/2009

Blog Posts

Conferences are an important way to share new research findings and connect with other researchers. The ‘poster session’ is now a mainstay of the conference…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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Customise your tiny URLs and track click statistics

06/08/2009

Blog Posts

As websites have become more complex, the length of web addresses (URLs) has grown, and they have become increasingly unwieldy. Hot links and hyperlinks are…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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Brevity – the soul of communication?

03/04/2009

Blog Posts

One of the key challenges that all researchers face is how to get policymakers to take note of their findings. No two policymakers are quite…

Abdourahmane IdrissaAbdourahmane Idrissa

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