Research Impact: Broader Societal Impacts : Communicate Your Work
All research has impact. Consult this guide for information and resources about how you can anticipate, communicate, document and assess the impacts of your research upon a network of stakeholders.
Internal Channel, University Communications
- Inside UW-Madison NewletterAnnounce news, achievements, appointments and projects.
- The Weekly (for UW-Madison students)Reach student audience with news of jobs and learning opportunities.
External Channel, University Communications
- Experts GuideRegister your expertise. Respond to media requests for information as pertains to breaking news, ongoing developments and trends.
- Science & Technology NewsUniversity Communications topic portal to campus science and technology news and events.
Blue Sky Science
- Blue Sky ScienceQ&A videos in which researchers answer questions from the public. A collaboration of the Morgridge Institute for Research and the Wisconsin State Journal.
Preparation & Training Opportunities
- Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook UniversityOffiers workshops to empower professionals to communicate the complexity of their work to engaged audiences.
- AAAS Communication ToolkitExcellent public engagement with science builds on a foundation of clear, concise communication. Toolkit provides guidance and tips to improve communication skills.
- Share and Advocate for Earth and Space ScienceStrategies and workshops from the American Geophysical Union. While oriented to earth and space science, useful tracks of more broad appeal address science policy and media communications.
- Scientists as Storytellers GuideDownloadable guide published by 3M with tips for enhancing communication skills and for conveying science in accessible, engaging manner.
Field Day Learning Games
- Field Day LabSupport for building apps and games to communicate research (instruction, outreach). Team is based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. In addition to crafting learning games to convey research to the public, game data is used to understand the learning process.
- Play a Game: LakelandIn this strategic building game, you’ve decided to build a new town called Lakeland. In order to grow your town and keep your people alive, you need food and resources....
- Play a Game: Wake: Tales from the AqualabIn Wake, you will take on the role of a scientist studying ocean ecosystems, traveling to different ocean research sites to answer questions and solve problems.
- Play a Game: The Legend of the Lost EmeraldIn Legend of the Lost Emerald, you will take on the role of maritime archaeologists exploring shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.