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Stakeholder Engagement Guide of Guides

Stakeholder engagement (SE) is a critical part of Integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT)which maximizes the usefulness and use of research. This document represents a compilation of existing guides on stakeholder engagement. The individualguides have been divided into three sections: introduction to stakeholder engagement, how to do stakeholderengagement, and evaluating the outcome of stakeholder engagement on your […]

KMb101: Introduction to Knowledge Mobilization

What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Impact’? Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is a term that is often used when we talk about impact. It describes all the things that we do to get knowledge into the hands of the right people to create solutions to society’s most pressing problems. It helps us take the […]

Research Impact Framework (RIF)

The Researcher Impact Framework (RIF) is a resource to help researchers plan for and communicate a research project’s predictive impact when applying for award applications, funding proposals, and promotion processes. The RIF provides a structure for crafting audience-focused, evidence-based impact narratives that connect scholarly activities, reach, use, and relevance data to scientific and societal outcomes. The RIF […]

Impact and Engagement Case Study Guidelines

The Impactful Academic: Building a Research Career That Makes a Difference has outlined how you may start or continue your research career in a direction that can have broader societal impacts. In addition to sharing knowledge to support you in your research career, we have also developed a tool to help you collect and communicate the evidence of the impact […]

Storytelling for Impact: Humanize the numbers

Storytelling is an effective way to mobilize your knowledge because it helps to engage your audience and make the information more memorable. By telling stories, you can bring your research to life and make it more relatable and accessible to a wide range of audiences. While statistics may be important, it is also critical to […]

Knowledge Engagement Impact Assessment Toolkit

The University of Calgary’s Knowledge Engagement team developed a Knowledge Engagement Impact Assessment toolkit that equips researchers with tools, and training to support them in assessing, generating data, and reporting on the impact of their knowledge engagement work. Steps to use the Knowledge Engagement Impact Assessment toolkit in your knowledge engagement work: The training video […]

Knowledge Mobilization Needs Assessment Planner

This Knowledge Mobilization Needs Assessment Planner is meant to assist organizations by helping them assess the knowledge mobilization skills and needs of employees. Organizations can use the information gathered to develop knowledge mobilization training, support services and skills development to better equip employees and improve their ability to contribute to the knowledge mobilization agenda. Click […]

Plain Language Writing Checklist

This checklist is a useful primer for those who are in the process of developing written materials for lay audiences. The checklist covers appropriate word choice and document design, as well as knowledge translation principles. This simple tool is appropriate for various disciplines and impact work types. What our reviewers had to say There is […]

Guide to Impact Planning

This guide to impact planning details various tools for research in the field of social science and humanities, most applicable at the beginning stage of the research process. Social science and humanities researchers and policymakers may find this especially useful with easy-to-understand explanations and a broad range of actionable tools. The impact planning action plan […]

Impact Literacy Workbook

This workbook helps those understand how impact works and how to connect research work in meaningful ways. This focuses on integrating impact at any stage of the research process, and may be most applicable for scientists, applied researchers, graduate students, or non-academic partners. The section on identifying stakeholders and beneficiaries on page 8 was found […]

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