As part of the GDNet series of Research Communication workshops, a special two-day training will be held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the GDN 13thAnnual Conference. The Presentation Skills training, held on June 14-15, is designed for Awards and Medals finalists. Delivered jointly with CommsConsult, the training aims to strengthen capacities to identify key messages and tailor research for different audiences; and to develop skills, confidence and a powerful presentation for each finalist to present to the Judging Committee and other scholars at the conference.

The training will showcase inspiration speakers and work with participants to develop principles of effective communication in the written and spoken word. It will use video-critique and peer review methods to improve the styles and build the confidence of participants to present their work in different forums, including at the Conference Ceremony later in the week. The training will also explore some of the social media tools to help researchers make their research travel to a broader audience.

Entitled "GDNet-AERC Policy Brief Training Workshop", the workshop will aim to: build the capacity and skills of researchers in communicating research to maximise its uptake and impact; increase their understanding of research to policy processes, and the role of Policy Briefs in the process; improve their understanding of the role of the media in communicating research for a future strategic approach about media tactics; help the researchers producing an outline Policy Brief for each research project to be finalised after the workshop with the support of the facilitation team (GDNet and CommsConsult). The workshop will gather 13 participants from the following countries: Cameroon; Congo; Ghana; Kenya; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Tanzania and Uganda.

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