[Pols-l] Fw: 8/16 & 8/17 Communicating Research through Narrative

[Haider-Markel, Donald Patrick]

FYI


Please share as appropriate with your chairs and faculty - August 16 & 17 sessions.

A postcard is attached describing an opportunity next week to learn how to relate one's research to audiences using the Story Circles method, a narrative approach to communicating highly specific topics to audiences from diverse backgrounds. Thursday and Friday sessions will be presented by Randy Olson, who was a tenured professor of marine biology at the University of New Hampshire, and now leads sessions helping others communicate about scientific and other highly-detailed topics.
Communicating Research Through Narrative, Part 1
Keynote: Randy Olson, Story Circles Training*
3:30pm Thursday, August 16 | The Commons
Learn how to relate your research to audiences using the Story Circles method, a narrative approach to communicating highly specific topics to audiences from diverse backgrounds.
*Must attend Thursday to attend either session Friday.
Communicating Research Through Narrative, Part 2
Story Circles Demo
9:00am OR 1:00pm, Friday August 17 | The Commons
Choose morning or afternoon session.
A three-hour demo of the Story Circles method, including Narrative Analysis and Narrative Development. Following the demo, participants may elect to join an ongoing Story Circle group.
RSVP: facultydev at ku.edu<mailto:facultydev at ku.edu>
(first 25 respondents will receive a copy of Olson's book, Houston, We Have a Narrative<http://www.randyolsonproductions.com/writing/Houston_We_Have_Narrative_Index.html>)
Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development & The Commons
J. Christopher Brown, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science
Environmental Studies Program
Vice Provost for Faculty Development


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