Communications for Policy Influence Workshop
Date: 1 – 3 September 2010
Venue: The Oasis Centre, 75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HS, UK

A Two and a half day interactive workshop comprising:

Two days training to introduce principles and tools to effectively communicate research to inform pro-poor policy.

A half-day surgery to review participants’ work and seek one-to-one support from facilitators and peers
The workshop is designed for researchers who are working with or on a research programme, project or organisation.

Participants will be asked to develop and send a summary of their research (or area of work) and identify challenges and opportunities to address during the sessions.

Aims: By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
1. Identify and prioritise their main audiences
2. Develop three key messages for their main audiences
3. Understand, design and use a range of communications tools including
• Policy briefs: participants will be able to outline a policy brief
• The media: participants will be able to write a press release and/or an Op-ed
• A range of web-based tools: participants will be able to edit/create a Wikipedia entry

For more information about Research Communications, please visit the RAPID website and the RAPID Research communications community

Facilitators: Angela Hawke, Jeff Knezovich and Nick Scott

• Angela Hawke
Angela is ODI’s Senior Editor and edits all major ODI publications, from Briefing Papers to blogs to the Annual Report. She has been an editor and writer for more than 25 years.

• Jeff Knezovich
Jeff is Communications Officer at ODI and currently coordinates RAPID's overall communication activities as well as those of several key projects. As a communications practitioner, he has also put his skills to use participating in RAPID’s research and advisory work on research communication.

• Nick Scott
Nick is ODI’s Online Communications Manager and specialises in strategies for effective use of online tools for, among other things, dissemination; more efficient and collaborative working; sharing information; and learning.

Fees and registration
Course fee: £600 (inclusive of VAT) - The fee includes workshop registration, materials, lunches and refreshments for the four workshop days.

To maximize participation and instructional quality, we have limited the number of participants to 24 per workshop. Participants will be enrolled on a first come, first served basis. To avoid disappointment, please register early.

To register, please send a completed electronic booking form (downloadable here) by email to Eva Cardoso, e.cardoso@odi.org.uk before 2nd August 2010.