Lost in Translation - How to communicate most effectively with non-academics
Update: presentations and audio recordings from this event now available below
The event will be streamed live if you cannot get to Belfast - if you would like access to the live stream please forward your name to info@cardi.ie who will register you for the event; forwarding the link and instructions prior to the 23rd June 2011
Carrying out ageing research, implementing policies for an ageing population and working with older people requires effective communication. And this can involve a diverse range of audiences including funders, older people, community and voluntary organisations, policy makers and the media. This event involves a mixture of talks and workshops on how to avoid key messages getting lost in translation.
This exciting event is hosted and organised by KT-EQUAL and CARDI, the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland
Click the links for the programme and directions to the venue.
Issues to be covered include
- Writing grant bids to maximise chances of securing funding
- Communicating to influence policy
- Publicising research through new and old media
- Engaging with older people
- Choosing the right methods for two-way engagement
- Using the right language
- Successful and unsuccessful approaches
Presentations and Audio:
Welcome and overviewRoger O'Sullivan: audio [.mp3, 6 MB, 6min 27sec]
Use of twitter and microblogging to communicate research & using new and old media to engage and communicate research
Trevor Cox: introduction audio [.mp3, 2 MB, 2min 08sec]
presentation [.pdf, 1.2 MB] audio [.mp3, 20.8 MB, 22min 41sec]
Nothing about us without us
Robin Webster: audio [.mp3, 23 MB, 25min 06sec]
"Making the cut" - secrets of successful bid writing
Gail Mountain: presentation [.pdf, 768 KB] audio [.mp3, 29.2 MB, 31min 52sec]
Communicating research results to policy makers
James McEldowney: presentation [.pdf, 510 KB] audio [.mp3, 34.2 MB, 37min 18sec]
Engaging older people in research
Alan Newell: presentation [.pdf, 474 KB] audio [.mp3, 38.1 MB, 41min 35sec]
Alan Newell's video demonstration of engaging older people in research can be seen here