{"id":331,"date":"2020-04-24T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/?p=331"},"modified":"2020-04-29T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:00:03","slug":"top-tips-for-successful-public-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/2020\/04\/24\/top-tips-for-successful-public-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tips for Successful Public Engagement!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In collaboration with The PhD Survival Project, we recently held an online discussion on &#8220;How to Survive Public Engagement and Research Communication&#8221;. The session was hosted by our very own Jamie Khoo (PGR Liaison Officer), with contributions from a range speakers &#8211;  including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/research\/events\/three-minute-thesis\/\">3 Minute Thesis<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/research\/graduate-school\/public-engagement\/phd-spotlight-competition\/\">PhD Spotlight<\/a>&nbsp;competition winners, Falling Walls finalists and people who have gained large readerships for their published writing in non-specialist blogs\/websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They discussed their personal process of preparing for and participating in public engagement events, and also shared insider tips for communicating your research confidently and effectively, and how to overcome challenges in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the &#8216;Top Tips&#8217; from each of our speakers below, as well as the open discussion from the session. And if you&#8217;re interested in more Public Engagement, don&#8217;t miss out on our York 3 Minute Thesis 2020 final &#8211; we&#8217;re announcing the 10 finalists for our online final soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also if you want a quick summary of the key take-away points, take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/2020\/04\/27\/summary-successful-public-engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Everything you Need for Successful Public Engagement (opens in a new tab)\">Everything you Need for Successful Public Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top Tips Open Session\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rk4pXpZUBQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chair: Jamie Khoo<\/strong><br>PhD Candidate, Centre for Women\u2019s Studies<br>PGR Liaison Officer 2019-2020<br>York 3MT 2018 Winner<br>Vitae National 3MT 2018 People\u2019s Choice Award<br>Falling Walls Lab, Surrey 2018: Finalist\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top Tips Will\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PqbFru_jo0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>William Trickey<\/strong><br>PhD Candidate, Department of Physics<br>York 3MT 2019 Winner&nbsp;<br>Vitae National 3MT 2019 Finalist<br>Co-founder, \u2018A Glass of Seawater\u2019 Podcast\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top Tips Shruti\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dSGztVthJYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shruti Mandhani<\/strong><br>PhD Candidate, Department of Materials Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University<br>Vitae National 3MT 2019 Judges&#8217; Award\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top Tips Mickey\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z49w9gyvTP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mickey Conn<\/strong><br>PhD Candidate, Department of Social Work and Social Policy<br>York 3MT 2018 Finalist<br>University Challenge 2019 contestant<br>Organiser, University of York PGR Forum\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top Tips Kristl\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fhpJsFgsfEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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The session was hosted by our very own Jamie Khoo (PGR Liaison Officer), with contributions from a range speakers &#8211; including&nbsp;3 Minute Thesis&nbsp;and&nbsp;PhD Spotlight&nbsp;competition winners, Falling Walls finalists and people who have gained &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/2020\/04\/24\/top-tips-for-successful-public-engagement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top Tips for Successful Public Engagement!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"custom_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1588168797:170"],"_oembed_5791b6580a469a9b921bf61aefaa04cd":["<iframe title=\"Top Tips Open Session\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rk4pXpZUBQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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