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Communicating research:
lessons from advertising and journalism
Webinar for UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, Galway
Vivien Moffat and Ian Watson
from
information telling
to
debate and discussion
as central elements in
knowledge creation and exchange
Iriss Strategy 2015-18
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Evidence into practice
The art of explanation
Writing in plain English
Story telling
Open access
Social media
What is evidence?
We Learn . .
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see and hear
70% of what we discuss
80% of what we experience
95% of what we teach others
http://www.nickmilton.com/2014/10/why-knowledge-transfer-through.html#ixzz3rlP0Hpr8
This is x 14 more
effective than
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
We know how to create great web-based multimedia
and we have a pretty good grasp of social media.
But we are looking for someone with original and inventive ideas to d
Were aiming to design media and messages as a single integrated pr
Could you be our Creative in Residence?
Creative in Residence
Who
What
What
is your audience?
do you want them to hear?
do you want them to do?
Knowledge Skills
Culture / EnvironmentMotivation
Action Mapping
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Knowledge Skills
Culture / EnvironmentMotivation
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
I thought this person centred stuff was bonkers
but now I can see how we could do it
- GP on project team
One minute of speech = 150 words
Three minute film = 450 words
Plain English
Clarity of writing follows clarity of thought.
So think what you want to say, then say it as simp
Economist style guide
Do not imagine you can disguise the absence of t
long words
stale metaphors
empty jargon of academics
Economist style guide
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
due to the fact that because
in conjunction with and
with the minimum delay quickly
with regard to about
Plain language
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Open Access
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
traditional route to publication
remains important 
many years before a researcher gets
feedback, in the form of citations
blogging can deliver immediate
feedback and can help measure impact
Fergus McNeil, Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow
Research is a tangled, messy and
complicated process 
sharing the experience of this journey
not only aids reflection and learning
for the blogger, but also helps readers
learn from the experience too
to make a difference I need to produce
high quality research that is relevant,
useful and accessible to my audience.
I certainly dont want my research
gathering dust in some far corner of a
university library
Social Media
collaborative practice and knowledge exchange r
web-based digital media offers so much potentia
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism
Experiential
Not learned or taught
Social Media

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Communicating research. Lessons from advertising and journalism

  • 1. Communicating research: lessons from advertising and journalism Webinar for UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, Galway Vivien Moffat and Ian Watson
  • 2. from information telling to debate and discussion as central elements in knowledge creation and exchange Iriss Strategy 2015-18
  • 4. Evidence into practice The art of explanation Writing in plain English Story telling Open access Social media
  • 6. We Learn . . 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we discuss 80% of what we experience 95% of what we teach others http://www.nickmilton.com/2014/10/why-knowledge-transfer-through.html#ixzz3rlP0Hpr8
  • 7. This is x 14 more effective than
  • 10. We know how to create great web-based multimedia and we have a pretty good grasp of social media. But we are looking for someone with original and inventive ideas to d Were aiming to design media and messages as a single integrated pr Could you be our Creative in Residence? Creative in Residence
  • 11. Who What What is your audience? do you want them to hear? do you want them to do?
  • 12. Knowledge Skills Culture / EnvironmentMotivation Action Mapping
  • 15. Knowledge Skills Culture / EnvironmentMotivation
  • 17. I thought this person centred stuff was bonkers but now I can see how we could do it - GP on project team
  • 18. One minute of speech = 150 words Three minute film = 450 words
  • 19. Plain English Clarity of writing follows clarity of thought. So think what you want to say, then say it as simp Economist style guide
  • 20. Do not imagine you can disguise the absence of t long words stale metaphors empty jargon of academics Economist style guide
  • 22. due to the fact that because in conjunction with and with the minimum delay quickly with regard to about Plain language
  • 31. traditional route to publication remains important many years before a researcher gets feedback, in the form of citations blogging can deliver immediate feedback and can help measure impact Fergus McNeil, Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow
  • 32. Research is a tangled, messy and complicated process sharing the experience of this journey not only aids reflection and learning for the blogger, but also helps readers learn from the experience too
  • 33. to make a difference I need to produce high quality research that is relevant, useful and accessible to my audience. I certainly dont want my research gathering dust in some far corner of a university library
  • 34. Social Media collaborative practice and knowledge exchange r web-based digital media offers so much potentia
  • 38. Experiential Not learned or taught Social Media

Editor's Notes

  • #29: Which brings us to Research Unbound - our contribution to to this process. Inspired partly by Gary Hall, its both a website and campaign. Built on Wordpress were encouraging researchers to be open and share. And to understand that its really quite easy to set up a blog. And if you start on Research Unbound you can move your blog whenever you like. 13 Publications
  • #32: Nina Vaswani http://raisingyouthjustice.org/2014/02/26/research-unbound/
  • #33: Here are what some researchers said at the launch of RU Nina Vaswani - Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice, Strathclyde Uni http://raisingyouthjustice.org/2014/02/26/research-unbound/
  • #34: Nina Vaswani http://raisingyouthjustice.org/2014/02/26/research-unbound/