1. Crucible Popularising Academic Research

2. Crucible Popularising Academic Research You can use this slide to depict various images of ways in which research is popularised from your own university or region

3. Crucible Case Study 1 “Once on a Wednesday excursion when I was a little girl, my father bought me a beaded wire ball that I loved...At a touch, I could collapse the toy into a flat coil between my palms, or pop it open to make a hollow sphere. Rounded out, it resembled a tiny Earth.” Dava Sobel, Author

4. Crucible Case Study 2 You could include this image or a suitable image from your own library that depicts earth or a geological image

5. Crucible Case Study 3 You can use this slide or you may be able to use an image from your own library that depicts the TED talk referred to in the notes below

6. Crucible Solutions 1 What is the story? How is it best told? Who are you saying it to? Why is it special and important? When does it need telling?

7. Crucible Solutions 2 Decide Research Network Ask

8. Crucible Benefits Showing what you are doing Knowledge sharing with everyone Inspiring other people and other sectors Publicity It’s fun!

9. Crucible Case Study 4

10. Crucible Case Study 5 You could use images from your own library or a link to YouTube to illustrate the points for this slide

11. Crucible Pitching Poster Title: no more than 15 words Pitch: no more than 50 words or 140 characters Form: what platform? Presenter/Communicator

12. Crucible Key Rules Story Simplicity Uniqueness Zeitgeist Imagination

13. Crucible Popularising Academic Research “Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein

14. Crucible Popularising Academic Research