From oceanographer to documentarian to training author-scientists around the world on how to communicate through story, Randy Olson joins us today to share his methods for crafting exceptional business and science narratives.

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In This Episode

Randy's personally crafted tools and games to instantly become a better storyteller
Learn how to implement the "be all and end all" of story structure, the ABT formula
Understand the difference between diverse story structures including ABT (and, but therefore), AAA (and, and and), and DHY (despite, however, yet)
Become involved in Randy's Story Circles
Discover the story structure of the Gettysburg Address

Resources

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#9: Why Storytelling Is Essential to Science with Randy Olson