Being Strategic: Getting Others Interested in Your Research

Why this course might make a difference: This is an interactive and engaging workshop providing you with advice on how to get your ideas into the public domain and how to build strategic alliances. You will explore strategies and techniques to craft and communicate your research message in order to engage with different audiences

By the end of this course, you will:

• Be able to articulate your research message to a range of audiences
• Be able to understand the benefits of speaking about your research to others
• Have a greater understanding of who might be interested in your research
• Develop a plan of how to enlarge your network

Topics covered:

• Your motivation for doing research
• The current research environment
• Identifying your audiences and how to engage with them
• Identifying your current and future network

All PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers/Research Staff
Further details regarding eligibility criteria are here

Number of sessions: 1

Please see the Course Description and Topics Covered for the course aims.

Participative workshop for 40. Format: providing information, discussion and group exercises.

This workshop has been designed around the fact that the career trajectories of Cambridge researchers are numerous and diverse and those who achieve success have allocated time and energy to building their own ‘self-leadership’ capabilities. Self-leadership is defined as a pro-active and strategic approach to getting the most out of yourself and those with whom you interact in your everyday working lives.

For more details, please email Researcher Development

2 hour session

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