This week’s episode features Kimberly Arcand, Ph.D., Visualization Scientist and Emerging Technology Lead at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
We discuss a range of topics related to effective storytelling about the abstract topics of space and the cosmos.
You’ll hear about:
What makes a story compelling and how Kim goes about crafting hers
What Kim means by the ethics of storytelling and speaking to audiences with intention
Some of the favorite stories Kim tells about her work to general audiences
Why it’s important to make talks a “two-way street” – more of a dialogue than simply a presentation that’s received by the audience with little interaction
What Kim means by the “little presents” she gets from interacting with her audience
How Kim encourages audience questions and makes her listeners feel comfortable asking them
How Kim makes the abstract topics that are the focus of her work not merely understandable but also engaging and relatable to non-experts
Resources from the episode:
TED talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kTMr5LqIBQ
Books
https://www.amazon.com/sk=kimberly+arcand&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
