Developing narrative skills with Randy Olson

The IAN team joined scientists from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and NASA for a July workshop facilitated by Randy Olson. The Story Circles Demo Day was facilitated by Randy, Jayde Lovell (TYT Network), and Mike Strauss (USDA). The ABT (…and…but…therefore…) format was introduced, along with the narrative spectrum and basic story circle tools. Randy has been collaborating with the IAN team to develop a Narrative Index, a quantitative metric for evaluating the narrative structure of science communication products. The workshop was fun, informative, and useful. The IAN team will be implementing a variety of narrative devices in future science communication products.

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