This is an announcement of a series of training courses for UK-based staff.
‘Dialogue Academy: Professional Development for Science Communicators’ is a training program funded by the Wellcome Trust, led by At-Bristol, and developed in partnership with the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) and four other science centres: Centre for Life, Glasgow Science Centre, The Living Rainforest and Thinktank.
‘Dialogue Academy’ is all about showcasing and sharing the latest dialogue techniques and activities, with a view to embedding more dialogue opportunities in the day-to-day practice of science and discovery centres, science museums, festivals and related organisations. The course will cover:
- Why engage audience with dialogue
- Dialogue formats
- Facilitator skills
- Indicators of dialogue
- Fund-raising for dialogue
The academy will be run in two parts:
Part one: two days in residence exploring the practical skills and techniques for dialogue, as well as sharing developed resources and new ideas.
Between parts one and two will be an eight-week period for your staff to develop and deliver a dialogue activity in your centre.
Part two: participants will come back together to reflect on their activity; to consider how to disseminate what they have learned to their colleagues; to explore funding opportunities and discover how to embed
dialogue into everyday practice at no-cost.
Four academies are being held across the UK, with the first at At-Bristol towards the end of September 2009. For each applicant, we do ask that a manager 'sponsor' them, guaranteeing that they will undertake the dialogue activity between part one and two of the academy.
The dates and locations for the four academies are as follows:
- Explore-At-Bristol : Wednesday and Thursday 23, 24 September and Wednesday 25 November 2009
- Thinktank, Birmingham : 11-12 January and 26 March 2010
- Glasgow Science Centre : 27-28 January and 30 March 2010
- Centre for Life, Newcastle : 20-21 April and 14 June 2010
To apply, just go to the dialogue academy website: http://www.dialogueacademy.org.uk/booking-information.html
For more information, either: visit the website at http://www.dialogueacademy.org.uk/; email info@dialogueacademy.org.uk or phone The UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (Sam Yates or Dr Mat Hickman) on 0117 915 0181.
These academies are targeted at all UK staff with an interest in delivering or organising dialogue events. You may forward this to other colleagues in the UK who might like to apply.
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