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The Grey Lit Café — 74 episodes
Spineless Wonders: the power of print unbound
Effective design features on posters (GM1 comms)
Physical aspects of poster presentations (GM1 comms)
Tactics: group presentations and Q&A (Comms for GM1)
Effective communication using slides (Comms for GM1)
What makes a good presentation (Comms for GM1)
How to add value to your poster (Comms for GM1)
Podcasting on grey literature: what have we done? whither will we go?
Dissertations as an interface between industry and academia, with Joseph Gibbons
Podcasting as a pedagogical tool, with James Austin
Slide decks: their developmental use, with James Austin
The comms joke
Essays revisited: How effective are essays as a genre of student writing?
How effective are essays as an academic genre? The case of examinations
Grey literature aggregation: Toby Green on Policy Commons
Quality infrastructure and productivity: on protocols
The art of the newsletter: lessons from the reader's perspective
Key insights on research communications, with Rob Johnson
Before Spotify: the remarkable story of chautauquas
How to define grey literature? The implication of letters
Where do podcasts come from? Letters as an antecedent
But what about letters? Their scholarly use as grey literature
Overwriting: how and why to avoid it
The case of case studies, with Dr Farrah Arif
Why we need to talk about silver literature
How to give a presentation on engineering
Grey literature workflows: the surprising role of pen & paper
'Quality blogs', with Giovanni Salucci: innovation in scientific and research communication
Review: Putting stories to work, by Shawn Callahan
Scholarly podcasts, with Mack Hagood
White papers: what are they? what are they for? how do they add value?
The games we play in science and research communication
The Art of Pitching, with Yuxia Zou
Another season over and what have we done?
Dissertations and books: how are they related?
Understanding preprints with Jonny Coates
How to write a research proposal and succeed
Sustaining excellence in content production: interview with Lee Chapman of TREW Marketing
Don't fall in love with your work: Sabuhi Essa on creative processes
If you love attending meetings at work, you don't need this episode
What makes a good podcast? What makes good comms?
Managing emails: a guide for individual users
Wasted words: our antidote to verbosity
Practical insights on blogging from an industry expert: the Stephanie Shirley interview
Developing proposals: insights from behind the scenes
Grey literature debates: the contribution of this podcast
The business of professional writing: review of Accidental Author
Decolonising the library and grey literature: Interview with John Barbrook
Stephanie Shirley shares expertise on comms, business, and creativity
How to manage your project? Programme method selection
Selecting the best approach for your writing project
Managing writing projects: two strategies
Improving your productivity through time management
Boosting your productivity: the role of space and place
How to write abstracts: processes
How to write abstracts (I): Structure and tone
Writing reports successfully: a professional view
Consuming grey literature: a reader's perspective
Learning to become design literate: a key resource
Writing book proposals (III): good practice for authors
Writing book proposals (II): 5 common pitfalls
Writing book proposals (I): 4 things NOT to do
Online lecturing: Bart Hallmark on pitfalls and good practice
Sponsored reports: David Baxter on the interface between research and policy
How meetings work: a constructive approach
What makes a good podcast? Review of the Redefining Communications podcast
Writing emails effectively
Innovation in research dissemination: Cora Cole on GreyLit
Posters as a form of research communication
David Baxter on effective grey literature: the case of reports on gambling
Interview with Sarah Bonato: Searching the grey literature
Wordclouds: a neglected form of grey literature
How to get blogging and stay blogging
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