Insights from the Relevant Research Series (2020 – 2021)
November 2020: Plan to Communicate
How many times have you committed to sharing your research with the public while not quite knowing how? Mihaela Gruia from Research Retold joins us from the UK for a two-part workshop series on developing a communications plan. Learn to effectively share research findings with a broad range of audiences. Videos and related materials are below.
December 2020: Mental Models, Trust, & the Translation of Science
This workshop with Dr. Brian Southwell explores the latest understanding of how social and political opinions are formed and re-formed, and the implications for how researchers should think about designing the message that communicates their work.
January 2021: Telling data-driven stories: Lessons from Journalism
Data journalism is the marriage of data analysis, visualization, and public interest storytelling, where datasets and reproducible analysis methods inform (and are informed by) the development and communication of a compelling narrative. Canadian data journalism pioneer Roberto Rocha (CBC/Radio-Canada ) has built us a series of complete-at-your-own-pace pace modules to help you apply these skills to your research. This will be followed by a Live Q&A session on-January, 28, 2021 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET. Learn more!
March 2021: Design principles for data visualization
Juan Velasco, data journalist and founder of 5W Infographics, will lead two synchronous learning sessions. In the first session, he will explain why data visualization is important and discuss design principles for effective communication. Participants will then have access to additional videos and exercises to apply the design principles to their own visualization. In the second sessions, participant designs will be reviewed and discussed, and Juan will discuss several different tools that are available for researchers to make their own visualizations. Registration information will be available soon!
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