02 November 2021

Impact Training and
focussed follow-up workshops

BUA-Exploration Projects: Grand Challenge Social Cohesion
Objective 2: Fostering Knowledge Exchange / Research Forums

Do you feel under pressure to produce impact both within, but d efinitely beyond academia? But time is a scarce resource! And you are not yet sure how to build a successful im pact strategy in the first place? The training provided by the BUA-Research Forums will give you a first introduction and solid foundation to build an impact strategy in transdisciplinary projects. You will learn strategic communication skills that increase your visibility, sharpen your profile and enables you to strengthen your career milestones. The training is based on the latest research evidence and takes a unique relational approach to enable you to deliver significant and lasting impact with your research. 2 Follow-up workshops will take place on 30 November 2021 (topic to be discussed based on your needs, e.g. (co-) production of knowledge products, such as policy briefs) and 20 January 2022 (focus on impact evaluation).

You will receive a confirmation whether you will be able to participate in this workshop (or be placed on the waiting list) as well as the access information to the Zoom meeting room. Be prepared for interactive trainings and turn your camera on, so we can see you.

Training date: 2. November 2021, 9am-4pm via Zoom Note: Room opens at 8.45am, Training starts at 9am.

Please register by 13 October 2021 by filling the registration form.

This event is open to all PostDocs and experts on transdisciplinarity or science communication within the BUA-Exploration Projects Social Cohesion. Additional optional individual coachings 1-2 weeks after the workshop are available for each participant (individual appointments are made following the training day). To guarantee a high quality of support, the workshop is limited to 20 participants.

Training content:

  • Stakeholder Analysis: We use social network analysis tools, so you know who your target groups are and who engage.
  • Working with Stakeholders: We look into the questions: What is the message each of you wants to get across? How can you do this strategically?
  • Social Media: We will address how to use social media platforms, collect stories of success and failure and discuss potential risks, so you are equipped to build your personal online strategy for success.
  • What empowers impactful communication? As a trained mediator I will take you on a journey to see conflicting interests from different angles and show you how to build trust and credibility on- but definitely offline.
  • Tracking and evaluation of your impact: We cover the basics of impact evaluation and elaborate reasons and tools to track and quantify your impact, to enable you to build and evaluation routine and adapt your impact/outreach/stakeholder/communication strategies (the intense workshop on impact evaluation follows on 20 January 2022).

About the instructor: Dr. Rosmarie Katrin Neumann
Rosmarie loves impact, communication and to connect and empower people. As a trained mediator, science communication trainer and communication network researcher, she has countless pieces of evidence, stories, methods and tools to help you develop your impact strategies for your career success. Find out more about Rosmarie and connect via Twitter @RosmarieKatrin, LinkedIn or her Website www.impactdialog.com.