Telling your science story

Aim

Using storytelling techniques, participants will get practical methods to express and explain complex ideas and aspects of their research to different types of audiences, including those inside and outside their particular discipline, and to the general public.

Language

English

For

All PRBB

Contents

To explain your research to others, knowledge and experience alone are not enough; audiences have to understand your idea before they can respond and act on it.  Storytelling can help your audiences understand better what you do and what could mean to them. 

In this worskhop you will: 

- Understand audiences 

- Learn the principles of storytelling and how stories work for audiences

- Identify compelling story ideas in scientific research

- Learn and practice how to explain complex ideas effectively using storytelling techniques

Study commitment

In preparation for the course participants should think about a subject of their research they think would make a good story for audiences inside and outside science. More information about pre-course preparation will be sent to the participants before the course.

Other relevant information

Please note that for this workshop you should bring a laptop/smartphone.

This course was previously called "Explaining your research to ANYONE - inside or outside science"

For any issue regarding attendance before or during the course, please note that you should contact the Intervals team directly by sending an email to intervals@prbb.org.

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