Past Events

Learn how to strengthen your clear language communication skills. Hear from speaker Kim Garwood, Production Manager, Stiletto to get tips on clear language writing.

Do you want to enhance your knowledge mobilization skills? Attend the Planning for Research Impact session with speaker Victoria Holla, Knowledge Mobilization Manager, Office of Research, Agri-food Partnership

We invite you to attend the 8th annual International Women’s Day Online Conference hosted by CESI at the University of Guelph on Friday, March 7th from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm! This year, we will have researchers, students, practitioners, artists, and community members from all backgrounds sharing ideas, presentations and creative offerings about the ways they facilitate and/or grapple with rooting and reckoning in their work.

When all is said and done, how do you know it worked? Go beyond the anecdote and learn to use evaluation techniques to assess the impact of your knowledge mobilization efforts. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

Actively engaging your audiences in your research process is one of the most effective ways to increase the uptake and impact of your research. But how does that work? By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Hone your clear communications skills! Get tips on how to structure and write clear language summaries of your research for dissemination to lay audiences. At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

How do you share your research with non-academic audiences? Learn about a number of potential mechanisms you can use for knowledge mobilization, discover how to choose a mechanism that’s appropriate for your audience, and take a deep dive into several popular mechanisms for dissemination, including social media, research summaries, infographics, and media.  By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Knowledge mobilization 101! Become familiar with knowledge mobilization plans and conceptualize strategies adapted to your goals and audiences. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

When all is said and done, how do you know it worked? Go beyond the anecdote and learn to use evaluation techniques to assess the impact of your knowledge mobilization efforts. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to: Summarize the steps involved in evaluating KTT Discuss common challenges and best practices in KTT evaluation Use strategies to identify KTT measures and indicators Explain trade-offs in deciding what and how to measure Select appropriate KTT evaluation goals Build a logic model or theory of change to explain KTT rationale Create a basic evaluation framework for their own KTT work

Participants can learn all about best practices for designing engaging and visually appealing infographics. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: Describe the principles of visual design Select appropriate resources to help make visual layouts Create a basic infographic using graphic design tools