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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Please share as appropriate with your chairs and faculty</span></b><span style="color:#212121"> –
</span><i><span style="color:red">August 16 & 17 sessions</span></i><span style="color:#212121">. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:#212121">Communicating Research Through Narrative, Part 1<br>
Keynote: Randy Olson, Story Circles Training*</span></b><span style="color:#212121"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="color:#212121">3:30pm Thursday, August 16 | The Commons<br>
</span></i><span style="color:#212121">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#212121">*</span><i><span style="color:#1F4E79">Must attend Thursday to attend either session Friday.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:#212121">Communicating Research Through Narrative, Part 2<br>
Story Circles Demo</span></b><span style="color:#212121"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="color:#212121">9:00am
<b>OR</b> 1:00pm, Friday August 17 | The Commons<br>
</span></i><b><span style="color:#212121">Choose morning or afternoon session.</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><br>
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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:#212121">RSVP:
<a href="mailto:facultydev@ku.edu"><span style="color:blue">facultydev@ku.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="color:#212121">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="color:#212121">(first 25 respondents will receive a copy of Olson’s book,
<i><a href="http://www.randyolsonproductions.com/writing/Houston_We_Have_Narrative_Index.html">Houston, We Have a Narrative</a></i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#212121">Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development & The Commons</span></i><span style="color:#212121"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">J. Christopher Brown</span></b><span style="color:#212121">, Ph.D.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Professor</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Environmental Studies Program</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Vice Provost for Faculty Development</span></p>
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