Putting the message across sofia demo

1. 21 OCTOBER 2015
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Putting the
Message Across
Engaging the public with your research

2. 21 OCTOBER 2015
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Do researchers have a moral obligation
to communicate their research?

3. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Aims
• Be better able to communicate their own research
to non-specialists
• Gain an insight into issues surrounding public
awareness of research
• Be aware of some of the opportunities for public
communication
• Have fun!

4. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Your Task
• Participants initially work in pairs to make a short
presentation of their partner’s research topic to the
rest of the group.
• The group then selects one research topic to develop
for presentation to the whole course.
• The group must produce two different presentation
styles to report the research work to the whole course
• There will be prizes for the best group.

5. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Presentations
• Presentation styles - news conference, radio news
report, drama documentary, ….
• Half the group work on each style of presentation
• All participants must take part in one of these final
presentations.
• Groups set their own timetable for preparation.
• 2 x 3 mins + 1 min to answer questions
• Researcher whose work is presented cannot answer
questions.

6. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Timetable
14.20 Explain your research project to your
partner
14.50 Give a 90 second presentation to your group
on your partner’s project
15.10 Group decides which topic to take forward
15.15 Prepare two presentations
16.30 Group presentations
17.00 Wrap up and prizes