Communications

The ELIXIR Communications Group is a community for those in ELIXIR with an interest in communications to work together and share ideas and expertise. This group is also the central repository and reference point for all ELIXIR communications materials. 

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Goals
  • To provide a reference point for all communications materials developed within ELIXIR
  • To coordinate the communications activities across ELIXIR Nodes
  • To provide a platform for the ELIXIR network of communications experts
Current Activities

 

Communications Group meetings - quarterly

2026 Communication Group meetings

Monday 9 March 14-15:00 CET
Monday 22 June 14-15:00 CET
Monday 21 September  14-15:00 CET
Monday 7 December 14-15:00 CET
 

Past Communications Group meetings

2025 meetings

1 December 14-15 CET - Node and People CoS

  • Hub updates - slides
    • Sponsored LinkedIn posts – results of a GDI project trial
    • ELIXIR glossary – update process
    • ELIXIR website – homepage status and other updates
    • Image repository – quick tour
  • Comms-related ideas for 2027-28 Node and People CoS - brainstorm [not covered]

22 September 14-15 CET - Node communications strategies - slides

  • STEERS Node communications strategy toolkit
  • STEERS Node Development Handbook
  • Hub updates

16 June 14-15 CET - Node communications strategies - STEERS task

  • STEERS Node communications strategy toolkit All slides
  • Brand Guidelines – next steps
  • Comms Group folder for sharing files

7 April 14-15 CET - Comms tools and resources 

17 March 14-15 CET - Strategy review

2024 meetings

9 December 14-15 CET - Branding

9 September 14-15 CET - Node Communications sharing

17 June 14-15 CET - Communicating the complexities of ELIXIR

11 March 14-15 CET - Strategy communications - an overview of the new ELIXIR Programme 2024-28

2023 meetings

4 December 13:30-14:30 CET - Sharing experiences of generative AI (e.g. text and images)

  • Hub slides - Introduction & context, Mastodon update - Elaine Harrison and Zippy Tseng

18 September 14-15:00 CET - Where next with Twitter/X?

  • Slides Introduction & context, Hub perspective, comms update - Elaine Harrison and Zippy Tseng

19 June 14-15:00 CET - ELIXIR comms resources + how to write a press release

  • Slides How to write a press release (followed by Q&A) - Francesca De Leo, ELIXIR Italy
  • Slides A guide to communications resources on the ELIXIR intranet - Elaine Harrison

20 March 14-15:00 CET - Node impact videos - learning from ELIXIR-UK

  • Slides Quick tour of ELIXIR-UK impact videos (Catherine Knox)
  • ELIXIR-UK experience of creating Node videos - learnings and top tips (Catherine Knox), followed by questions
  • Dissemination of ELIXIR-UK videos (Emily Delva), followed by questions

2022 meetings

5 December 2022 - Building Node capacity in communications 

  • Slides Node development: comms considerations in INFRADEV-3 and ELIXIR Programme 2024-2028 (Andy Smith)
  • Brainstorm to identify comms-related priorities for potential inclusion in the INFRADEV grants

3 October 2022 - Placing impact at the heart of communications 

  • Slides The ELIXIR strategic implementation study on impact (Christine Stansberg, ELIXIR-NO)
  • Slides Introduction to impact communications at the Hub (Elaine Harrison (Westwick), ELIXIR Hub)
  • Slides Impact in communications at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (Marie Dangles, ELIXIR-CH)

27 June 2022 - Optimising communication with scientific users

 

Past Generative AI Discussion Group meetings (2024) - the initial meeting series has now concluded

Rolling agenda - with Zoom link
Contact the organiser - elaine.harrison [at] elixir-europe.org

Membership
This group is for anyone with an interest or expertise in communications who is part of an ELIXIR Node or the ELIXIR Hub.
Mailing list
comms-teams@elixir-europe.org
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