The Engaged Researcher Online: Research Storytelling Beginners
Capturing your audience’s attention and keeping it is vital for any type of public engagement. Having a good story to tell and then telling it in a compelling way enables you to connect with a wide audience. This module takes you through the art and science of storytelling: exploring attention and motivation, dramatic structure, rhetorical devices, visual enhancements, and peripheral influences so that you can craft your own engaging story.
PGR students and academic and professional staff
Number of sessions: 3
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 8 Feb 14:00 - 15:30 | 14:00 - 15:30 | Online | |
| 2 | Wed 10 Feb 09:00 - 10:00 | 09:00 - 10:00 | Online | |
| 4 | Fri 12 Feb 14:30 - 15:30 | 14:30 - 15:30 | Online |
Participants of this course will: • Understand how to capture and maintain attention • Identify ways in which they can motivate an audience to engage with their research • Use dramatic tools to structure and enhance their story • Explore ways of increasing memorability through visuals, imagination, and rhetorical devices • Appreciate the importance of peripheral influences (style of writing, sound of voice, visual appearance etc) and how to ensure that they are most supportive of your story
This session will take place online. If you have trouble joining the sessions or have any queries, please do get in touch with:
Selen Etingu-Breslaw (se413@medschl.cam.ac.uk) or Diogo Gomes Martins (dam74@medschl.cam.ac.uk)
Booking / availability