Chemistry: FS14 Science Communication - Engaging Communication

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Communicating your research in an engaging and easily understood manner is important for any audience and all the more so for non-academic audiences. This workshop will take you through the art and science of engaging communication, and outline the opportunities and support within the University for public engagement.

Number of sessions: 1

The session will run roughly as follows:

• Welcome and Introductions
• Public Engagement
  • Why, Who & What
  • Online engagement – opportunities and risks
  • Evaluation
• Introduction to Engaging communications
  • From an audience’s perspective
  • Fundamental research: Central and Peripheral routes
  • Content to Motivate and Make Easy
  • Crafting a narrative
  • Performance and paralanguage
• Opportunities and support within the University

This will be a Zoom session. Details will be sent on booking.

This workshop will be run by Sarah Cruise (Communication Skills Consultant at Eloquential) and Dr Lucinda Spokes (Head of Public Engagement, University of Cambridge). Together they have been running public engagement training within the university for many years.

• Foundation Skills
• GLS Compulsory Elements