About the author

Duncan Yellowlees been training presenters for over a decade and gets really excited about working with research. He feels there is so much fascinating and powerful work being done and he gets to help researchers find their voice, enabling them to share it out to the world. He geeks out about research storytelling and finding creative ways to engage audiences. In his spare time he also hand makes kitchen knives (no really).

Twitter: @D_Yellowlees

Website: www.duncanyellowlees.com

Want to know more?

Storytelling for Research, Online Course with Duncan Yellowlees

Why, how, and what you need to know to make use of one of the most powerful communication techniques around. Make sure your research talks have the impact they deserve. Take part in this online guided course at your own pace.

It's split into 5 chapters, why researchers should tell stories, where to find them, techniques for telling them, and then discussion on various story structures which are useful to researchers. Each of the chapters is about 10mins of tutorials followed by a task for you to complete. He has a suggested timeline of 20 mins a day for 10 days - but you can do it all in a day or a couple of days if you prefer.

By the end of the course you will...

• Know why storytelling is powerful and how it can help your communications
• Be able to find inspiring and impactful stories
• Know which stories to tell and how to tell them effectively

Contact wie@warwick.ac.uk for a free place (limited number available)