Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research.
COURSE DETAILS
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.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of the course is:
 To increase understanding of the essential elements of a compelling narrative.
 To increase understanding of how to draw an audience into a story and keep them involved.
 To increase understanding of how to use narrative skills to make an effective ‘pitch’.
Date: 10 May 2024, 10:00
Venue: Venue to be announced
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-matter4
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Sophie Campbell, Karen Brayshaw