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Speaker:
Scientist, Filmmaker, and Science Communication Strategist
Do you struggle to clearly communicate your research to broader audiences, reviewers, or collaborators? Join us for a university-wide training with Randy Olson, PhD on the ABT (And, But, Therefore) Framework — a simple, powerful tool used by scientists, communicators, and policymakers worldwide to make complex ideas clear and compelling.
In this keynote lunch, Randy will introduce the ABT framework, demonstrating how it applies across grants, talks, abstracts, and everyday scientific communication.
Whether you are a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, faculty member, or staff researcher, this training gives you a practical, immediately applicable tool to sharpen how you tell the story of your science.
About Randy Olson
Randy Olson trained as a marine biologist (PhD, Harvard; faculty, University of New Hampshire) before leaving academia for filmmaking at USC. He created the ABT Framework, a narrative structure drawn from Hollywood storytelling now widely used across the sciences, and is the author of Houston, We Have a Narrative and The Narrative Gym. He has worked with NASA, the National Academies of Sciences, and research institutions worldwide.
Event details
Hosted by Jay Piccirillo, MD, FACS, the TL1 Program, and the R25 Program, in partnership with the Center for Health & Science Communication at Becker Library.
- In Person – EPNEC Auditorium, EPNEC; Zoom option available
- Lunch will be served from 11:30am-12pm, and the keynote lecture will begin at 12pm.
- For questions, contact Adisa Kalkan at adisakalkan@wustl.edu
- Learn more about the series ABT (And, But, Therefore) Narrative Framework Training with Randy Olson, PhD