Presentation at Challenge Programme for Water and Food Research/Policy Nexus Training Workshop Pretoria, South Africa 2011-09-14 to 2011-09-16.

1. 1 Documenting and Communicating Impact 16 September2011 Simon Hughes Director, Hatfield Consultants Africa

3. Environmental Consulting

4. Natural Resources Sector(s)

5. Development sector

6. Open attitude to collaboration , partnership and development2

8. MSc U. Stellenbosch

9. Former Researcher - CSIR 2000 – 2005

11. Develop information products using outputs of research

12. Knowledge management3

14. Technical understanding

15. Can speak to decision makers and non-technical people

16. Get things done

17. Facilitating role between technocrats and stakeholders4

19. Use of results and outputs to influence policy and planning

20. Different per audience/perspective

21. Impact pathway

22. Is the question right in the first place?5

24. Publishing papers – International Journal of xyz, Nature/Science #1 goal

25. Research in a development context must have impact in/on society

26. Need to be flexible

27. Find ways to document and communicate impact of research to society6

28. Networks, Partnerships Impact Pathways and the value chain Leverage networks and partnerships Maximise opportunities within these networks to establish relationships 7 Modeller GIS Stake-holder

30. Training, measurement, data, information, knowledge, wisdom ….

31. Networks = collective knowledge

32. Management

33. Not just storage

34. Making knowledge and information available

35. Appropriate channels, mechanisms and forms

36. Legacy/continuity8

37. 9 Dr. Peter Ashton, CSIR

38. Information hegemony Information = power Transboundary water management depends on cooperation Cooperation built on trust Trust comes from understanding Understanding = access to information and interpretation Need transparency and access to information to support cooperation ,and transboundary management and planning 10

39. Example of Limpopo RAK Repackage information collected over decades by donors, technical agencies, national depts/ministries Centralise the information for access to RBO and those engaging with TWM at institutional level Base for access to information about the basin 1 September 2010 to 1 September 2011 38,168 Visits (97,910 Page Views) Q. Where is the biggest user-base? 11

40. Example of Limpopo RAK 12

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43. Documentation of outputs Must adapt to communicate in appropriate ways, at the right time, to the right people Communication ->> presentation Identify boundary partners or next users who will need your results What do they need? What can they cope with? How should it be presented? 15

44. Presentation of information Concise presentation Correct language Hit the high points – what do they need to know for their interests and yours? Develop a standardised platform for such communication - policy briefs, exec. summaries, official flyers/1-pagers Graphical communication for impact 16

45. Context What is the context? More water, product, money? Indices – Big Mac Index Information graphics – infographics Maps Report cards Movies Social media – Facebook, LinkedIn Media – broadcast, print, etc 17

47. Graphical Techniques Cliché ->> picture = 1000 words BUT, avoid horrendograms Convey the information Focus on the audience Thematic information – maps, diagrams Diagrams and maps persist Windhoek aquifer example Map to communicate aquifer protection zone Still on walls in government offices today 19

48. Color Brewer www.colorbrewer.org 20

49. Infographics Examples

50. What does a trillion dollars look like? In $100 bills

53. Distance to the nearest McDonald's

54. Distance to the nearest McDonald's

59. Resources www.flowingdata.org www.informationisbeautiful.net Flickr - cool data visualization techniques group http://www.flickr.com/groups/datavisualization/ New York Times Visualisation Lab www.nytimes.com http://www.smallmeans.com/new-york-times-infographics/ TED - Technology Entertainment Design www.ted.com 31

60. SADC Economic Accounting for Water Use EU funded project = 13 reports 1000s of pages Numerous tables, equations and formulae GIZ supported development of website and CD-ROM to resent information in digestible form – a springboard into deeper content www.sadcwateraccounting.org 32

61. Limpopo River Awareness Kit 275+ pages x 2 languages (EN & PT) Text, maps, interactive media, documents 4 themes: River Basin People and the River Governance Resource Management Website & CD (DVD) 33

63. 3° Stakeholders e.g. communities/grassrootswww.limpoporak.org 34

64. CONTACT INFORMATION 35 Simon Hughes Director HATFIELD CONSULTANTS AFRICA PO Box 3415, Main Mall, Gaborone, Botswana T: +267 397 2661 C: +267 726 596 91 shughes@hatfieldgroup.com www.hatfieldgroup.com