Following the success of our first academy at At-Bristol where 100% of
attendees said that they would recommend it to other science communicators,
we would like to encourage you to come to our Glasgow academy. Our academy
at Thinktank, Birmingham is *FULL* - we are unable to accept any further
applicants. There are fewer than 10 place available at Glasgow!

Just to remind you, ‘dialogue academy’ (www.dialogueacademy.org.uk) has been
developed as a collaboration between At-Bristol, The UK Association for
Science and Discovery Centres, Glasgow Science Centre, The Centre for Life,
Thinktank and The Living Rainforest.

It is generously supported by the Wellcome Trust which has allowed us to
provide this training *entirely for free*.

To be clear, we pay for:
- all travel
- accommodation (this is all booked and arranged by us too, you don't need
to do anything)
- food
(we do ask that you book travel in advance and we'll only cover costs within
reason - if you'd like to travel first class then enjoy, but unfortunately
we can't pay for it!)

The training is concerned with dialogue and how your centre can embed
dialogue into its everyday practice. The format is such that there are two
residential days at a science centre (either Glasgow Science Centre or
Centre for Life) followed by a two month gap where participants are asked to
deliver a dialogue activity at their centre. Finally there is a third day
back at the science centre to reflect on the activities that they ran, and
cover some final aspects of the training.

Over the course of the three days we will be covering:
- What is dialogue and why use it
- A marketplace of dialogue activities
- Facilitation skills
- Considering your audience
- Dialogue topics
- Indicators of dialogue
- Kick starting your dialogue activity
- [2 month break for development and delivery of your dialogue activity]
- Reflecting on your dialogue activity
- Selling dialogue and how dialogue can help in fundraising
- Embedding dialogue in your centre

As you can see, this is quite comprehensive and covers a large range of
topics including general soft skills such as facilitation and fundraising.

The academies are an excellent opportunity for networking and meeting staff
from other centres around the country. While the academies are primarily
aimed at delivery staff, we have a good number of managers attending each
academy and are very happy for managers to attend also (those who attended
the At-Bristol academy all found it very useful).

We would be delighted to see you at Glasgow or Newcastle.

The booking form, plus any additional information is on the dialogue academy
website at www.dialogueacademy.org.uk

Dr Matthew Hickman

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