Wondering how to operationalise openness in your animal care and use program?

Our new online course will teach you how.

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I'm excited to officially release my first online course, Operationalising Openness in Animal Care and Use for Scientific Purposes, in which you’ll learn how to translate abstract ideas about openness into an openness communications strategy that’s specific to your organisation and how to implement that strategy in a meaningful, sustainable and transparent manner. All of this work is directly informed by our lived industry experience and learnings from all our our clients and colleagues, and answers the most common questions we are asked about openness, as well as things that most folks don’t seem to be thinking about, but should be.

This is a practical course and the format is a mixture of video lessons complemented by practical activities in a corresponding workbook. We’ll talk though the concepts, but because the focus is on operationalising openness, you’ll be working through a series of activities that will support you to operationalise openness within your specific organisation.

By the end of the course, you’ll not only have a tailor-made openness communications strategy, but you’ll be already be using it and improving it.

Right now, it's just $349 on pre-sale.

This course contains all the information and tools I’d share with you if I were engaging with you 1:1 to help you operationalise openness in your animal care and use program at a fraction of the price.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Chapter 1: Introduction

• Welcome to Openness for Animal Care and Use for Scientific Purposes

• Our delivery approach

• Entrance survey

Chapter 2: What is openness?

• Defining our terms

• Openness goals

• Embracing the power of storytelling

• The role of context

• The role of context in openness

• Identifying decision-makers & key stakeholders

• Gauging attitudes and values to openness

• Identifying barriers to openness

• Resourcing openness

• Mitigating risks

• Openness is iterative

Chapter 4: operationalising openness

• Communications Strategy

• Defining your openness objectives

• Identifying Target audiences

• Crafting a compelling narrative for animal care and use

• Designing robust communication strategies

• The role of openness agreements

• Measuring and evaluating openness impact

• Closing the loop (reporting)

• Openness as business as usual

Chapter 4: Conclusions

• Take home messages

• Bonus: free and low cost resources

This course is perfect for you if:

• You are an animal care and use program leader or administrator with the authority to design and implement an openness communications strategy AND

• Your organisation is ready to embrace openness in some capacity OR your organisation is interested in understanding more about openness to make an informed decision as to what operationalising openness would entail and whether it’s right for them.

If that’s not you, don’t worry. Secondary audiences for this course include institutional leaders, researchers, educators using animals in their teaching, veterinarians, animal care technicians, and AEC members. If this is you, you’ll benefit from the learnings and framework even if you can’t implement the course work yourself.

And of course, it’s also for animal care and use program leaders or administrators who don’t have the authority to design and implement an openness communications strategy right now but want to upskill themselves.

So, no matter your role in the animal care and use program or where your organisation is in the openness journey, this course will provide you with practical insights, strategies and tools to enhance openness regarding how your organisation uses animals for scientific purposes.

Plus…

Everyone who signs up to the course platform is automatically enrolled in the animal care and use for scientific purposes community. This community serves as a haven for passionate individuals like yourself who are committed to upholding the highest standards of animal welfare, regulatory compliance and scientific integrity. Here, you'll find a diverse group of professionals, each bringing their unique perspectives and expertise to the table. We believe that by coming together and sharing our knowledge, experiences, and insights, we can collectively inspire excellence in animal care and use for scientific purposes. Whether your interests lie in laboratory animal science, veterinary care, wildlife conservation, or any other facet of animal care and use programs, you'll find a welcoming space to connect, learn, and grow.

Finally, subscribers get a nice little discount as my way of saying thanks for supporting Dana Briggs Consulting.