Scientific Ocean Drilling

Here's some interesting resources:

AGU Sharing Science resources
Houston we have a story;
The Seven Basic Plots (C. Booker);
Creating signature stories (Aaker);
Stories that move mountains (Storytelling and design for persuasive presentations, M. Sykes et al)
TED Talks storytelling (A. Karia)

Randy Olson's Don't Be Such a Scientist is a useful resource and he also does workshops. The 2nd edition of the book has useful updates.

This post was edited by Sarah Nakamoto on Apr, 2022
Randy Olson is the one that promotes the ABT (And-But-Therefore) narrative structure. His new book is THE NARRATIVE GYM: Introducing the ABT Framework For Messaging and Communication (very short book and easy to learn from): https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Gym-Introducing-Framework-Communication-eboo...

I also want to mention the COMPASS Message Box, an excellent tool for crafting your science message (the workbook is available for free download) - https://www.compassscicomm.org/leadership-development/the-message-box/

Here's a link to the AGU Sharing Science - Science Communication tools - https://connect.agu.org/sharingscience/resources/toolkits

This is the YouTube playlist for the AGU Sharing Science webinars - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7Ihm2Mh3MZ493Owe5NrmsUPXAdvborj8

Lauren Haygood and I are both alum of the AGU Voices For Science program - I'm more than happy to speak to anyone about the program or the AGU resources (I'm sure Lauren is, too!)

Story Collider: https://www.storycollider.org/workshops

Has IODP thought about hosting a special IODP Story Collider event? I participated in The Story Collider event that partnered with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). Event page: https://www.storycollider.org/shows/2019/10/14/san-francisco-ca-disaster-resp... Recordings: https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/samantha-joye-and-simeon-pesch-tell-their-...

Laura, that's a great idea! We'll make sure this idea gets more discussion. Please share any specific insights you may have about what you think such an event might include. You also may have some good advice that would help with planning, since you've attended an event before.

I've both attended and presented. I definitely think it is valuable to partner with The Story Collider organization - they have a network already in place and ways to promote the event to their audiences (which would contain individuals not already in IODP/SERC circles). For the event I participated in, AGU assisted in inviting speakers, and someone from Story Collider provided training and helped each speaker outline and practice their talk. This was so helpful in strengthening my personal story and how to take the audience on a narrative journey with me, instead of having a speaker prepare on their own. The GoMRI event took place one evening during the AGU Fall Meeting - but then you would fall into scientists speaking to scientists if it is held at AGU again. To broaden the audience, I'd think of holding the event in connection with a different conference - maybe something like NSTA to reach science teachers (and since the talks are typically recorded, teachers could share the audio recordings with their classrooms if appropriate), or partner with a science museum in a city with one of their citywide science festivals (Academy of Natural Sciences or The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, for example). I'm more than happy to discuss more, if you'd like more details about the experience!