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Brainstorming

Brainstorming is an often overlooked part of the innovation process. A facilitated group brainstorm session can be a good way to uncover new ideas within a team, get to know team members and secure buy-in and social capital for the resultant ideas. Brainstorming can also be conducted alone. The critical aspect of the process is the […]

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Storyboarding

A storyboard is a series of sketches, drawings or pictures that visualise a sequence of events. They can be useful in planning activity for identifying key messages and points. Storyboards can be used by an individual as a solo activity, or by a group collaborating around impact activity. Commonly pictorial storyboards are drawn as comic […]

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Meet the Researcher

As researchers, with expertise in specialist areas, we can sometimes underestimate our own value and worth to the world at large! Traditional academic impact work has focused on sharing learning with academic peers, this method aims to reduce the barriers of connectivity to experts, for the general public or wider stakeholders. A meeting could take […]

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Online Discussion

There are many elements of the research and impact process that can benefit from an online discussion e.g. collecting ideas or input, sharing progress, planning dissemination activity, sharing findings. Pretty much any point that could be helped by a discussion, could benefit from an online discussion. The added advantage of holding that discussion or conversation […]

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Twitter

Twitter is a micro blogging social network that limits updates to no more than 140 characters. Like any social network the benefits only become clear after investment of time and effort in building your network and contacts (see Network Building), however it can be a great way to reach new audiences, or specialists in your […]

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Workshop

While they can be stand alone events in their own right, workshops are often used alongside Conferences or Unconferences. The key to a good workshop is that they utilise a group of interested people in the room, to do the work. Identify a theme or topic that you wish to focus on e.g. it could […]

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Conference

A traditional method ideally suited to transmitting information, expertise and insight to a large audience. Prepare early: identify and approach speakers, book a venue, share and advertise widely Identify a Chairperson to ensure that you keep to time on the day, to introduce speakers and to facilitate discussion Allow plenty of time in the programme […]

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APESCTLE

APESCTLE builds on the more conventional PESTLE tool, adding Academic and Cultural Impact to those of Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Ecological. This tool supports the broad consideration of the aims of research activity and the impact it intends to achieve. It also provides a way of considering some of the components of that […]

RATWOE

RATWOE

RATWOE stands for: Recipient(s): the beneficiaries of the research and impact activities Actor(s): that perform the impact or research activity Transformation: the process that creates change or transmits something from researcher to recipient, or recipient to researcher World view: the underlying set of values, beliefs and priorities that explain the existence of the transformation Owner: the individual or group with […]

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VMOST

VMOST stands for: – Vision – Mission – Objectives – Strategy – Tactics Analysing activity in this way helps clarify what you are trying to achieve (the mission and objectives) and how you will achieve this (the strategy and tactics). Vision: an aspirational statement of the purpose of the research department or programme. How does it make the […]