Scicomm content, storytelling & training.
Our communications services leverage research institutes and science professionals to reach goals of engagement, impact, collaboration, and funding.
With formal expertise in science, blended with journalistic storytelling skills, we communicate key messages in ways that are engaging for audiences without losing the clarity of the knowlege.
ADVOCACY
We specialise in distilling technical information about science-related topics into relatable and impactful stories and products. Whether your audience is policymakers, funders, the research community or public, help make your message reach its target with results.
STRATEGY
Knowing who you want to target, how to best reach them, and what messages will resonate best is essential for successful advocacy and communications. We guide your communications needs through a detailed strategy process that ensures the outcomes you want.
CAPACITY BUILDING
We manage your communications needs - and we help you develop the skills to master effective science communication. We offer training that builds internal capacity around strategy and knowlege production so you can share meaningful messages on your own.
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS
Infographics, reports, videos, brochures, posters, and more! We develop your key messages into vibrant and engaging products by crafting focused messages that are paired with pinpoint visuals that bring your messages to life.
Some of the Science Communication we've done:
Stable Light Isotope Lab
The University of Cape Town Stable Light Isotope Lab is one of only a few on the African continent. It needed a website that showcased its state-of-the-art facilities, and the leading-edge stable light isotope analyses it enables for users from the South African and international research community. Our website design did that in an elegant and relevant style that matched the lab’s prominence.
Adaptation Research for Impact
Working with the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA), we developed a series of knowledge products that captured the Alliance’s commitment to action-oriented research that is driven by user needs, co-produced with local experts, and equitable in practice. We worked closely with their experts, and our talented design team, to create graphics that captured the global and representative relevance of the ARA’s activities.
HUMAN EVOLUTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HERI)
We help manage all communications needs for Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI), a research institute at the University of Cape Town that brings together the brightest minds in the palaeosciences to investigate human evolution and the South African record of our past. By supporting their website development, social media presence, media relations and knowledge products, we ensure their important work in diversity and representation in science is received widely and with impact.
RESEARCH ADVOCACY & OUTREACH
The Clinical HIV Research Unit (CHRU) needed a series of knowledge products that communicated the urgency and impact of its work in screening and treating South African women for cervical cancer. By developing brochures, posters, and other communications products, alongside clinical research recruitment materials, we were proud to help CHRU spread awareness and save lives.
