Top tips

Here are some top tips, short articles, and snippets from our workshop booklets.

Facilitating a meeting

Try these tips for facilitating a meeting that offers a comfortable and accessible ‘speaking space’ for everyone.

Brainstorming

Aim for a large number of ideas – focus on quantity, not quality.

Facilitating a meeting

Try these tips for facilitating a meeting that offers a comfortable and accessible ‘speaking space’ for everyone.

Brainstorming

Aim for a large number of ideas – focus on quantity, not quality.

Writing a media release

Often it’s not the quality of the science, but the way you ‘package’ your story that gains media coverage.

Posters about science

A poster is not simply a vertical version of your research paper or promotional brochure. People need to be attracted to it from across the room. It should stand out from what’s next to it. It must also get its message across quickly. Before you design your poster, be clear about your audience and what you want to communicate.

Talking to politicians about your work

Seek a meeting with politicians only if there is something specific you want them to do. You might want their advice, their support or funding. Check that they are the right person and are on the appropriate side of the political fence.

Taking photos of people for publication

Good quality photos of researchers ‘doing science’ may be the difference between your media release turning into a satisfying page-5 picture story or being reduced to a 2-sentence brief on page 18. These tips are for digital cameras.

Writing feature stories

A feature story differs from a straight news story in one respect—its intent. A news story has information about an event, an idea or a situation. A feature story has that and more

Talking to politicians about your work

Seek a meeting with politicians only if there is something specific you want them to do. You might want their advice, their support or funding. Check that they are the right person and are on the appropriate side of the political fence.

Taking photos of people for publication

Good quality photos of researchers ‘doing science’ may be the difference between your media release turning into a satisfying page-5 picture story or being reduced to a 2-sentence brief on page 18. These tips are for digital cameras.

Writing feature stories

A feature story differs from a straight news story in one respect—its intent. A news story has information about an event, an idea or a situation. A feature story has that and more