Why and How to Communicate Research Through Storytelling

Research demonstrates that people learn new information more effectively, understand it better and remember it longer when it is delivered in the form of a story. In this session, we’ll dig more deeply into this and discuss the elements of great storytelling and what happens in our brains when we learn new information in the context of a story. You will learn a fun and simple method for telling the story of your research in three sentences and get the opportunity to try it yourself. This session is open to all but will be particularly useful for faculty, postdocs, grad students and undergrads involved in research. Jory Weintraub, Ph.D., director of science engagement, will facilitate the session.

This session is part of Research Week at NC State and is the first of a four-part science communication series being organized by the College of Sciences, the Office of Research and Innovation, Arts NC State, Outreach and Engagement and the NC State University Libraries. For more information about Research Week, visit the Office of Research and Innovation's website.