Government Social Research
Policy makers often make the point that the key findings of social research and other types of analysis are hard to identify, or are buried in the rather dense text of research reports. The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation has developed an excellent two page guidance note on how to present and communicate research findings for policy makers and practitioners. It is called the 1:3:25 method and refers to the need to publish:
This approach has been used by government departments and agencies in Canada, Australia, the USA, the UK and other countries. For further details see:
Other guidance notes for communicating research results to non-research audiences is available in the CHSRF Communications Primer: