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  Want to be a better science communicator? Start with the title and the abstract.

  ...aner, but I did like the catchy silver bullet in the original. After we reviewed the titles, we moved on to analyzing the ABT, ‘and, but, therefore’ statements. Ever been in a situation where a person is telling you about their researc...
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  More Conversations with Randy Olson about the use of narratives in science

  ...of  ‘buts’ vs. ‘ands’, based on the ‘. . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . .’ (ABT)  that Randy developed in his book ‘ Houston, We Have a Narrative ’. Randy has analyzed numerous passage...
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  CMC Data Interpretation Course in Richmond, VA and Carlisle, PA

  ... "and, but, therefore" framework in storytelling, followed by an activity where we guided participants as they drafted an ABT statement of their own to accompany their diagrams. It was trickier than participants expected. They were challenged to b...
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  Science Cafe and science communication training in Boston

  ...ive, using techniques such as employing active titles, using the “. . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . .” (ABT) template, and creating word clouds. We talked a lot about identifying and communicating effectively to your primary audi...
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  Hello and Goodbye: The brief in-person encounter with my online class

  ...uals and clear stories about science, the videos, due to their additional audio, were especially powerful in their use of ABT, descriptive visuals, and the use of narration and music. However, each type of presentation thoroughly exhibited the too...
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  It’s the Circle of Science: How to Move Your Audience
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  Storytelling and Science: What's ABT got to do with it?

  Storytelling and Science: What's ABT got to do with it? ... Rebecca Wenker If you had to group Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, and the writers of South Park...
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  Talk Less, Show More: Communicating Challenges and Successes in a Changing World

  ...o describe the Chesapeake Bay. We also had attendees generate an “. . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . .” (ABT) statement to practice developing strong narratives associated with messages to community groups. We were impressed at th...
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  Science of Science Communication IV: What Future Conferences Should Consider

  ...ave a Narrative addresses this issue directly. For example, the “ . . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . .” (ABT) template that Randy advocates provides a rubric for developing a storyline. Randy and I have done some analyses of the A...
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  Annual IAN Retreat at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center

  ...ional Landscape Ecology Conference where I delivered an after dinner talk.  On one side of the cards, Randy Olson 's ABT (. . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . . ) format solicited feedback in a structured narrative. There were some really...
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  "In this room, it’s playtime!" Creative inspiration at the Citizen Science conference (part 1)

  ...onference. Caroline co-presented a Communicating Data Workshop, during which she discussed narrative storytelling and the ABT form . Professor Kevin Ripka then led participants through several engaging data visualization activities. He urged us to...
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  Tell a compelling story: Talking about science communication to landscape ecologists in Baltimore

  ... "Nothing in conservation makes sense, except in light of people". The other side of the 'fill in the blank' card was the ABT template (" . . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . ."), which is also the central theme in Randy Olson's book. The ABT s...
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  Wanted - Single natural system seeks industrious human system from which to couple

  ...sals were extensions of work done for a previous class activity, our elevator speeches . All of our speeches featured the ABT (And But Therefore) technique of delivering a narrative. Some of us used our knowledge of this technique for our proposal...
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  Narrative literacy for science communication

  ...communication (using causality, temporality and character). Selection of key words can enhance science communication. The ABT format (" . . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . ." template) provides compelling narrative structure. Active titles enh...
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  Countdown to elevator pitch 3…2…1 “GO”

  ...gement Training and leadership training, Online ). We followed these rules and added Randy Olson's AND, BUT, THEREFORE or ABTS storytelling technique found in his book " Houston, We Have a Narrative ." This technique enhances the story and removes...
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  Co-development of the Belmont Forum synthesis document

  ...roduced the participants with conceptionary and the A-B-T rubrics. We asked each project teams to come up with an 80 word ABT statement to describe their projects and to nominate visuals that we could include in the document. This was no easy feat...
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  Integrating science, message, and design

  ...n. A few themes have emerged from this experience as we wrangled with the science, the design, and the and-but-therefore (ABT) narratives. Design projects evolve in different ways. Storyboards are a useful approach to planning a publication's narr...
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  Story telling tools - The history of communicating well 

  ... and understanding of the information you're presenting. The framework for telling a story includes: And, But, Therefore (ABT) . Three basic words that help to set up the background, create the conflict, and finish with a resolution. You begin wit...
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  Rachel Carson versus the Zombie Horde

  ...to link together the ideas that are a story’s building blocks.This is the basis of Olson’s and-but-therefore (ABT) template and the related metric the narrative index (NI) . Carson’s audience included educated, ambitious women wh...
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  Annual retreat fuels new thinking and cross-pollination of ideas

  ...This year’s retreat consisted of several key activities that will help IAN become a better organization – the ABT phrase exercise, the Snap exercise, and the IAN report card project. ABT – And, But, Therefore The point of this ex...
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  Gather ‘round folks, it’s story time!

  ...g don’t often go together. [BUT] Without an engaging story we lose our audience very quickly. [THEREFORE] Using the ABT template will keep the audience engaged while learning about science. Who knew that something as simple as using three po...
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  Evolution’s hero vs. a historical footnote: A new Narrative Index sheds light on Darwin vs. Wallace

  ...ul way to assess the ability of these scientists and politicians to connect with their audiences. Randy has developed the ABT structure for delivering a message. ABT is shorthand for a sentence structured with ". . . and . . . but . . . therefore...
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  Talking with graduate students about how to get a job

  ... to develop a short "elevator speech" about their thesis projects using the " . . . AND . . . BUT . . . THEREFORE . . ." (ABT) rubric [ youtube ] developed by Randy Olson . I found it interesting that students invariably produced an ABT statement...
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  Randy Olson’s new book: “Houston, We Have a Narrative”

  ...____________makes sense, except in the light of ___________________.” The sentence tool is the previously described ABT tool of using “. . . and . . . but . . . therefore . . .” in describing research findings. The paragraph tool...
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  Building coastal resilience through stories

  ... sure way to connect with a broad audience, as the success of Hollywood blockbuster movies shows. Randy Olson created the ABT template to help people give their ideas the structure of a story. In his book, “ Connection: Hollywood Storytellin...

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