Telling Stories That Matter: Communicating Your Research Through Story

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’.