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Effective Communications
A detailed toolkit addressing the questions of how researchers and CSOs can best communicate evidence in order to inform or influence policy, to achieve their own stated development objectives, or simply to make their own knowledge accessible and understandable to a wider audience.
A handbook presenting work in progress on tools for policy impact, specifically geared towards the needs of researchers.
Dissemination - putting Evidence in to Action: (university of North Carolina).
A guide to successful communications - Research - Science and Society (European Commission) website - discusses communication strategies, media relations, using a website for communication, presentations, publications and other communication tools (2004).
Writing to a global audience by Gary J Erwin advises that a writer should become familiar with the societal, cultural and belief systems of the target groups before the distribution of communication materials. This information may be useful for communicating research to the public.
Communications Toolkit by Economic and Social Research Council, UK; the information although UK specific, can be generally applied in other settings. The toolkit includes a Public Affairs module to help with the process of influencing policy makers, and a Publicity Material module to help disseminate key findings to target audiences. The Media Relations module may also be useful.
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