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About our training
Research and policy communications is a craft. Anyone can learn it with the right guidance.
We’ve designed our training so you can master this craft, and get the skills you need to shape the conversation on public policy.
Whether you work in communications already, or are an established professional looking to sharpen your skills, our training is for you.
With us, you won’t just learn the skills you need to succeed in research communications today. Our training places you at the heart of a community of other learners – so you don’t have to go it alone.
There, you can chat with others on the journey. You can share breakthroughs and ask for help when you get stuck. You might even meet some future colleagues along the way.
Communicate to persuade
Communicate to persuade prepares you for a world where commentary and opinion are as valid as news, and human experience and emotion have become as valid as fact.
In this course, you will learn to:
- Master the three key ways to persuade
- Craft messages that resonate
- Connect with audiences through storytelling
- Describe policy problems in a compelling way and motivate action
This is a self-paced course and trainees should expect to spend about 2 hours a week working your way through materials and assignments. This also includes time spent connecting with your cohort to learn from one another and your instructor.
The next cohort of Communicate to persuade starts on the 15th January 2024 and costs $450 USD plus VAT per person.
To sign-up, complete the form below.
Key dates for this course
This is a self-paced course and you should expect to spend about 2 hours a week working your way through materials and assignments. This also includes time spent connecting with your cohort to learn from one another and your instructor.
Dates to be announced.
Aim for impact
If you’re working on policy and research then you’re in the business of change.
But all too often, good intentions get blocked by a lack of focus, competing goals, or an unclear articulation of your plans.
Aim for impact helps you transform good intentions into intentional action by equipping you to plan, improve and measure the impact of your projects, programmes and communications campaigns.
Designed for policy, communications and research professionals, in this course, you will learn to:
- Define your intended impact
- Articulate how your actions will create change
- Make a plan for achieving your desired impact
- Outline a framework for measuring and improving your approach
The next cohort of Aim for impact starts on the 15th March 2024 and costs $450 USD plus VAT per person.
Key dates for this course
This is a self-paced course and trainees should expect to spend about 2 hours a week working your way through materials and assignments. This also includes time spent connecting with your cohort to learn from one another and your instructor.
Dates to be announced.