Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story

Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research.

Discover what elements of storytelling and narrative can be used to enhance a profession in the sciences.

Craft compelling and moving stories from your experiences as a scientist using these key story elements: character, conflict, structure, metaphor and description.

Apply these storytelling and narrative skills to working in the sciences: communicating research to a range of audiences (including publics, media and funding bodies); enhancing presentation skills; telling scientific stories across a range of media.

Date: 8 February 2024, 10:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Venue:
St Anne's College
Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
See location on maps.ox

Details: Seminar Room 9
Speaker: Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Organising department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: training@mpls.ox.ac.uk
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/training/courses/telling-stories-that-matter3
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
This talk features in the following public collections:
- Talks of Interest to Medical Sciences
- Seminars relevant to NDM Tropical Medicine members
Editors: Sophie Campbell, Karen Brayshaw