How to create engaging stories about your research (and enjoy doing it)
Learn the Analytic Storytelling method to create stories that captivate your audience, flow naturally, and bring your topic to life.
Content
We all recognize a good text or presentation when we see one. But creating an engaging story about your own topic is hard. We procrastinate, wrestle with the word or time limit, edit, revise, and get lost in our own content. Our audiences struggle to understand our story or fail to see the relevance.
Many experts struggle with this. The more you know about a topic, the harder it becomes to communicate clearly.
In this course, we make the story-building process easier, and more effective, by dividing the process into four clear, manageable steps. This 4-step method helps you create presentations and texts that draw the audience in, flow logically and naturally, and bring your topic to life. We borrow techniques from creative storytelling, and turn them into formats, tools and tricks for professional communication.
Learning outcomes
After having attended this workshop, participants will ...
- streamline the process of making a story
- tailor your story to different audiences, from peers to lay people
- structure your story in a logical and engaging way
- and present your topic in a vivid, concrete and accessible way
Competences
An important part of preparing for any further professional step is becoming (more) aware of the competences you have developed and/or want to develop. In the current workshop, the following competences from the UHasselt competency overview are actively dealt with:
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Persuasion
- Analytical thinking
- Creativity
Practicalities
For whom?
- PhD students who want to improve their communication and presentation skills
- 12 places available
When and where?
- 4 sessions
- September 2, 2024 - 9:30-12:30
- September 9, 2024 - 9:30-12:30
- September 16, 2024 - 9:30-12:30
- September 24, 2024 - 9:30-12:30
- Online
Registration?
- You can register here as from June 20, 2024 until August 1, 2024.
- As places are limited, registering does not automatically imply that you will be able to participate. You will be notified by email in due time.
- Please cancel your registration at least one week in advance in case you cannot make it (cf. cancellation & no-show policy).
Acknowledged as?
- DS BSH: category 'research management & communication skills' - workshop on general communication skills
- DS HLS: category 'transferable skills' - one transferable skills course
- DS ST: category 'scientific & generic communication' - course about scientific or generic communication