Dissemination planning and accurate, accessible data visualization¶

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Description¶

The guide recommends a dissemination plan with 'multiple products with different messages... for different audiences', each row specifying audience, message, responsible party, approach, and timing. Visualization tips advise consistent branding over time, focusing on the core message, providing titles, data values, definitions, and sources, and portraying 'data honestly, avoiding misleading graphics or selective data presentation', including Section 508 accessibility and reviewing visualizations with participants before wider distribution.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Adhere to federal Section 508 accessibility guidelines and use plain language with minimal jargon

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Agency staff reporting community engagement findings to communities and stakeholders

Target Learning Goals¶

• Communicate engagement findings clearly, ethically, and accessibly

Related Strategies¶

• Use newsflashes—succinct email blasts announcing new research findings—to inform decision makers, stakeholders, and practitioners
• Disseminate partnership information through blog posts, videos, and infographics to support acceptability and feasibility
• Ed-tech companies should use multi-method, multi-stakeholder research at every product stage and share results publicly
• Use visible assessment data to inform academic recovery planning after COVID-19
• Investigate bright spots to identify and disseminate effective practices
• Plan engagement by defining objectives, aligned questions, engagement type, and piloted materials
• Chronicle and disseminate collaborative successes as documented Bright Spots of regional best practice
• AI researchers should partner with developers and disseminate findings accessibly to bridge research-practice silos

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Collecting and Making Sense of Community Engagement Data. (2025). Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. https://ies.ed.gov/rel-central/2025/01/dissemination-plan-template