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January 28, 2017 Workshop: Let Your Research Tell a Story

Presented by Laura Wexler of The Stoop Storytelling Series

Location

Sherman Hall : 003

Date & Time

January 28, 2017, 10:00 am1:00 pm

Description

On January 28, 2017, a workshop will be held on the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) campus where attendees can learn to tell their personal professional stories. Everyone in Maryland is invited to come.  This includes schools within the University System of Maryland (USM) and the Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA). 


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FREE BRUNCH WORKSHOP!



Event Details

Event: Let Your Research Tell a Story - Telling Your Personal Professional Story Workshop

Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017

Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Location:  University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Campus, Sherman Hall 003 

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Workshop Details:

Participants will learn to use the tools of true, personal storytelling to create and share an engaging and accessible story about their research focus, project, or goals. Participants will:

● enhance their understanding of true, personal storytelling as a powerful tool of communication to engage and connect with a variety of audiences, and explain complex issues in an accessible and relatable way.

● improve their ability to identify and enact the principles of powerful true, personal storytelling.

● create a 3- to 5-minute engaging true, personal tale that illuminates their research focus and findings.

● Share that personal research tale with a group of peers and receive feedback.


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Workshop Structure

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Registration and Continental breakfast

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Lecture

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM  Breakout Sessions/Brunch

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM    Final Reconvenes and Synthesize

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University System of Maryland (USM) and Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA) School Listing:

University System of Maryland (USM)

Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA)

Bowie State University

Capitol Technology University

Coppin State University

Goucher College

Frostburg State University

Hood College

Salisbury University

Johns Hopkins University

Towson University

Loyola University Maryland

University of Baltimore

Maryland Institute College of Art

University of Maryland, Baltimore

McDaniel College

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Mount St. Mary's University

University of Maryland, College Park

Notre Dame of Maryland University

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

St. John's College

University of Maryland University College

Stevenson University

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Washington Adventist University

 

Washington College

USM Regional Centers: Universities at Shady Grove, University System of Maryland Hagerstown

MICUA Affiliate Member Trustees: Ner Israel Rabbinical College, St. Mary's Seminary & University



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Workshop Presenter

laura-wexlerLaura Wexler is the co-founder and co-producer of The Stoop Storytelling Series, a Baltimore-based cultural event and podcast in which “ordinary” people tell extraordinary true tales about their lives. Since 2006, Laura has presented workshops in true, personal storytelling for a range of organizations, businesses, and individuals. Her storytelling curriculum is based on 10 years of teaching memoir writing at the collegiate and graduate level, and her experience coaching more than 1,000 people to tell the true, personal tales of their lives. In addition to her work with The Stoop, Laura is the author of the book, Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America (Scribner), as well as nonfiction published in The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She currently writes and develops projects for TV and film. Stoopstorytelling.com

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