Enhance your communication skills as a researcher

GlobalDev participated in the first edition of GDN’s Foire aux Savoirs on May 15-16, 2024, in Dakar, Senegal.

We facilitated a workshop on Communication for Young Researchers in the Sahel. With 26 participants from various organizations and think tanks from the region, we explored:
– Writing for decision makers by crafting impactful policy briefs
– Enhancing research communication on social media

We also held a workshop on Collaborative Communication with the help of Etienne Charrière, an expert facilitator from the AFD.  25 communications experts and representatives from the same think tanks discussed their communication challenges and we worked on finding solutions together.

As part of the Université d’été de la francophonie, organized by the Académie de la Francophonie Scientifique (AUF), GlobalDev gave a workshop in partnership with the Agence Française de Développement. 25 participants coming from different francophone countries around the world will have the chance to learn about writing effectively, using social media and public speaking. 

The GlobalDev team will be conducting 5 workshops during the GDN Annual conference 2024 that will be taking place in Suva, Fiji. In accordance with the theme of the conference “Global Synergies : Climate Resilience Strategies for a Sustainable Tomorrow”, one session will pertain to climate change communication. Based on a video intervention by neuroscientist Albert Moukheiber, who will explain the cognitive biases that hamper the shift from knowledge about climate change to action, participants will discuss communication strategies that can lead to action. Other workshops will tackle storytelling techniques, public speaking, creating visuals and social media.

We organized our first communication training on October 30, 2023 as a side event of the GDN Global Development Conference 2023 in Quito, Ecuador. Six researchers from different LMICs learnt to communicate their research more effectively and more widely.  They had the chance to participate in four modules, mixing theory and practice, and led by international experts and the GlobalDev team: Storytelling, Creating visuals and infographics, using social media and public speaking. 

Researchers also had the chance to exchange with Shanta Davarajan, professor at Georgetown University and former chief economist of the Middle East and North Africa, Africa, and South Asia regions and the Human Development Network. Shanta, who has extensive experience in writing blogs, gave participants advice on writing and making their voice heard by policymakers.