Creative Communication: Why do we need to get creative?

As part of the ‘Creative Communication: seminar and workshop series’ Sarah Chapman will be talking about her work which focuses on creative dissemination of Cochrane reviews and other health evidence through social media, including writing and editing the Evidently Cochrane blog. She has a keen interest in exploring ways to share health evidence widely and encourage engagement with it. Her seminar will focus on the need for communicating our research more creatively and use examples of her work from in Cochrane to illustrate the possibilities.

Sarah’s seminar will be complemented by Jenna Richards the University of Exeter Web and Digital Communications manager who will talk about how to start developing a communications plan, how to identify your key audience and key messages and how to work with the University branding.

About the Creative Communications workshops and seminars

Want to learn how to make your research more accessible to a wider audience? This seminar and workshop series can help you create digital communications that really appeal to your audience.

During the seminars and workshops our experts will lead you through the process of developing creative communications that appeal to your chosen audience.

Seminars will focus on how to identify your audience, how to reach them, and how to create innovative digital communications to appeal to the audience.

Workshop attendees will work in teams to develop key messages and communications about their research. By the end of the series teams will have a finished product that can be used to communicate their research, and the skills to do it again.

Workshops

Workshops are open to researchers Grade E-F who must attend in small teams of 2-3 people working on the same project.

7 June, 28 June, 5 July, 19 July on St Luke's Campus. Workshops are 14.30 - 16.30 except for 19 July (12.30 - 16.30).

Visit the website for further details and to book.

For further information and for details on the accompanying workshops please contact r.s.whear@exeter.ac.uk

Seminars

Open to all researchers, but recommended for Grades E to G. There is no need to register for the seminars.

All seminars take place at 12:00 - 14:00 on St Luke's Campus in G18 EMS, on the following dates:

• 7 June: 'Creative Communication: Why do we need to get creative?' - Sarah Chapman, Knowledge Broker at Cochrane UK:
• 28 June: 'Infographics and motion graphics' - Dr Will Stahl-Timmins, Data Graphics Designer at the BMJ
• 5 July: 'Podcasts' - Jane Reck, freelance BBC radio producer, podcaster and media trainer

Parking at St Lukes is extremely limited and restricted to University of Exeter permit holders. Parking attendants patrol regularly. Where possible, please consider alternative options when planning your visit.

This is a researcher-led initiative funded by the University of Exeter Researcher Development Team and PenCLAHRC