Research Communication

Mapping the challenges

Jesper Odde Madsen — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:46:17 +0000

I am happy to see all you people in the group, now we are 25!

But why do we want to spend time at SCI-COMM? Exchange of experience and knowledge, of course. But how?

My idea is to go for a specific milestone: A survey with e.g. 10-15 questions regarding the most common aspects of project communication. The objective is to map challenges and issues, and to point out the crucial, difficult points.

The frame is this:

Communication with external stakeholders
Internal communication
Collaboration within the project

Before I make a questionnaire, I would like to gather some ideas and input from you. So please drop me some lines on which issues you find important or difficult.

My guess – and hope – is that the group will be able to reach 50-70 members before I launch the survey, which will make it possible to gather experience from a broad range of projects/people.

So please spread the word – but only to people, who actually are working in this field. This will support fruitful discussions (and make “gatekeeping” easier for me).

Bye for now, Jesper

Filed under: Networking

LinkedIn on the radar

Jesper Odde Madsen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:15:22 +0000

Today I am promoting the idea of knowledge sharing in different LinkedIn groups related to FP7. It will be interesting to see how many communication professionals show up here. And I hope they realize that in this context the concept of competitors is set on hold…

The company SCICOMM in the US seems to be working for NSA, NASA, Missile Defense Agency and The National Guard - a completely different ballgame.
So last night I changed our LinkedIn group name, I added a hyphen: SCI-COMM. We do not want to be mixed up with anyone…

Filed under: FP7, Networking Tagged: communication professionals

Company website online!

Jesper Odde Madsen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:59:07 +0000

RESCOMM is a Copenhagen based communications consultancy, and I hope you will visit my new website. It will be completed during January 2012, but the basic information is now available. Keep in touch – I will continue posting at this site.

Filed under: Events

Happy New Year

Jesper Odde Madsen — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:51:38 +0000

I know… Christmas is over… but anyway, I think you will enjoy these

http://youtu.be/GkHNNPM7pJA

http://youtu.be/WLKk00OYKhU

http ://youtu.be/SXh7JR9oKVE

I wish all of you a Happy New Year!

Filed under: Uncategorized

Green eyes at Horizon 2020

Jesper Odde Madsen — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:39:33 +0000

Recorded stream from conference in the European Parliament in Brussels, November 30 2011:

“Treating knowledge as a public good in EU research and innovation”

How can EU funding promote economically and socially sustainable innovation models?

Watch the video

Filed under: Horizon

Horizon 2020: may include solid communication

Jesper Odde Madsen — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:18:35 +0000

November 30^th, Horizon 2020 was presented in Bruxelles by research & innovation commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – and shortly after by Birgit de Boissezon, DG research & innovation, at a meeting in the ECs’ Copenhagen office.

Horizon 2020 brings together all existing Union research and innovation funding, and the EC will provide “major simplification through a simpler programme architecture and a single set of rules”.

Among project officers and communication professionals it is no secret, that in many EC funded projects the quality of communication/dissemination is poor – meaning that the EC does not get value for money.

I asked Birgit de Boissezon if the DG is going to address this issue, and she replied “Yes, we are aware of the problem and we will provide the necessary means and regulations”.

Within the next two years we will see if reality are reflecting these promises. The evaluators and the Project Officers will be at the front line, facing new Horizons…

Link: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-documents

Danish meeting 30. Nov:
http://www.fi.dk/nyheder/nyheder/2011/forslag-om-horizon-2020-offentliggjort/forslag-om-horizon-2020-offentliggjort

Filed under: Horizon