Outcomes and Impacts

ENGAGE: Events and activities that meet audience needs and project goals

Public engagement and stakeholder engagement are essential components of a communications plan to escalate uptake and understanding, change behaviour and influence outcomes, and also promote the value of your research. Activities in this category include:

  • Events/virtual events (including seminars and lecture series)
  • Workshops
  • Co-design/co-creation exercises
  • Outreach (including stakeholder meetings, inter-institutional visits and participation at fairs)
  • Surveys and polls
  • Calls-to-Action (such as links to surveys or invitations to events on newsletters and social posts)

Consider the needs of your audiences to choose the most easily discoverable and accessible communications types and channels, as well as your project’s resources.

 

Guidelines and Regulations 

Please be aware of the university's guidelines for the use of websites, social media, advertising and survey tools for recruiting and polling participants in research studies, including essential data protection rules:

All digital platforms must be GDPR compliant and adhere to UCD's rules and guidelines, including Acceptable Use, Cookie Policy and Privacy. For more information visit UCD GDPR.  

 

Activities, Tools and Supports

Activity Supports
See resources, seminars, events and case studies from UCD's Community of Practice for public engagement UCD Public Engagement
See more tools and resources for Engaged Research from Campus Engage  Campus Engage Publications
More resources on Public Engagement and Engaged Research from UCD Research, including Citizen Science and Public and Patient Involvement (PPI).   Public Engagement and Engaged Research
ActivitySupports
See UCD's 'Practical Guide to Developing a Public Affairs Strategy,' including tactics and mechanisms to engage stakeholders A Practical Guide to Developing a Public Affairs Strategy 
Activity Supports
Zoom Pro meetings are available for UCD faculty and staff. See UCD IT Services' supports and tutorials for using Zoom.  See Zoom supports
Use professional web-based services for your online events which can manage everything from hosting and streaming to attendee registration

UCD has used: 

webinarnow.ie
UCD University Club offers hybrid and virtual event services including audio-visual equipment and external contractors if needed. 

See UCD University Club
Use a video editor to produce a professionally-finished, pre-rerecorded video event  

Contact UCD's contractor Laura Molloy

 

Activity Supports
Ask your UCD school or college about accessing GDPR compliant survey tools for research  See UCD IT Services' guidance
Be sure to read UCD's guidelines for recruiting research participants, including the use of social media, websites and advertising UCD Guidelines for Recruiting Research Participants

 

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See UCD Library's 'Interview Process - Guide to Best Practice for Research Projects' on conducting and recording interviews See LibGuide

 

Go to Communications Planning for Research Questionnaire

 

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