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Popular topics:
- Public engagement
- Storytelling
- Career development
- Team alignment
- Making your work relatable
- Strategic comms
- Communicating in different formats/mediums
- Your pitch
- Stakeholder/audience mapping
- Talks and presentations
- Mentorship
- Collaborating with professional staff
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Community engagement
- Feedback
- Listening
- Representing your discipline
- DEI
- Strategy
- CALD/multicultural communities

17. Bonnie Johnson & Anna Dennis on strategic comms for research orgs
Today's episode is a deep dive with Bonnie Johnson and Anna Dennis from the Academy of Social Sciences.
Over the last four years, Bonnie and Anna have achieved incredible things for the Academy, including the Seriously Social podcast reaching more than 100,000 downloads in three years and increasing the Academy's newsletter open rate from 12% to 47%.
In this episode, we use these initiatives as case studies to explore how Bonnie and Anna transformed the comms and engagement approach at the Academy of Social Sciences.

16. Prof Greg O'Grady on moving from academia to startups
Today’s episode is a deep dive with Prof Greg O’Grady, a professor of surgery at the University of Auckland who has successfully made the transition from academia to the world of startups.
Greg is the co-founder and CEO of Allimetry. Greg gives us a first-person account of what it was like to make the move, and shares invaluable insights about navigating the unique challenges and opportunities that come with bringing academic innovations to the commercial market.

15. Elizabeth Davie on unlocking the power of play for researchers
Today’s episode is a deep dive with Elizabeth Davie, the coordinator of the University of Melbourne’s Complex Human Data Hub and an accomplished comedy performer, director, and teacher.
Elizabeth shares her insights on the critical role of playfulness in research communication and engagement. She brings unique perspectives from her experience in clowning, improv, and stand-up comedy, emphasising how these art forms can transform workplace culture and enhance researchers’ communication skills.

14. Prof Bianca Brijnath on engaging with CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) communities
Today's episode is a deep dive with Professor Bianca Brijnath, the director of social gerontology at the National Aging Research Institute.
Our conversation explores the critical importance of engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) audiences in research dissemination. Bianca also shares insights on the benefits of using different mediums and the significance of co-designing with your audiences to achieve meaningful and impactful communication.
Popular topics:
- Public engagement
- Storytelling
- Career development
- Team alignment
- Making your work relatable
- Strategic comms
- Communicating in different formats/mediums
- Your pitch
- Stakeholder/audience mapping
- Talks and presentations
- Mentorship
- Collaborating with professional staff
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Community engagement
- Feedback
- Listening
- Representing your discipline
- DEI
- Strategy
- CALD/multicultural communities