2025 Summer Workshop
This summer, RELATE invites you to participate in an intensive, interactive communication training workshop on Thursdays between June 5th - July 31st (4:00 - 6:30 pm). The workshop will be held in person in the Rackham Building. The workshop is designed for STEM graduate students, postdocs, and researchers who are interested in developing their communication skills and preparing to discuss their work with any audience.
If you participate in the STEM Communication Fundamentals Workshop, you will:
Learn effective lay-audience communication fundamentals, including how to adapt to any audience and use storytelling tools when presenting research
Build a polished talk, aimed at a lay-audience, on your research project or an area of interest in your field
Put your developing communication skills into practice through public engagement and outreach opportunities
Complete workshop details, including a workshop schedule and how to apply, are outlined in our 2025 Summer Workshop Information Packet. To access the Information Packet as well as the online workshop application, visit https://www.learntorelate.org/workshop-application.
Applications are due on Friday, May 2nd by 11:59 pm.
Please contact RELATE leadership at RELATE.coordinators@umich.edu with any questions or concerns you may have! We look forward to reviewing your application!
Below is the tentative schedule for our 2025 Summer Workshop
Date Content
June 5 Logistics and Audience
June 12 Central Message
June 19 Narrative
June 26 Language
July 10 Peer check-in
July 17 Sticky Messaging
July 23 Audience Engagement
July 31 Panels: Final deliverable