Materials scientist👩‍🔧| Storyteller🏰| Author ✏| Presenter 🎥 | Trainer 👩‍🏫 | Speaker 🎤 | Channel swimmer🧜‍♀ | “Por-shy-ski"👍| she/her |🏳‍🌈 Director of Storyology Ltd - storytelling training for scientists, engineers, researchers and techy peoplehttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3llomsgh5k222Challenge to male science writers: can you write a whole book without referencing that American judge who said “I know it when I see it” about porn?31 Mar 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3llomsgh5k222https://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lksea5jjl22eHappy World Storytelling Day! To celebrate, I've written a blog post on the Storyology Ltd. blog, called 'Why Science Needs Global Stories' Read here: https://www.storyology.co.uk/blog/why-science-needs-global-stories20 Mar 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksea5jjl22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3ljzyieqrak2kThis week on the Storyology blog, I wrote about my favourite tip for putting together strong technical communication. All you have to do is write on three post-it notes... Read more here: https://www.storyology.co.uk/blog/three-post-its-to-transform-your-storytelling10 Mar 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzyieqrak2khttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3ljk54nvnbc2gStoryology has a blog! I'll be writing weekly content on all things storytelling and how to up your communications game if you work in science, engineering, research or tech. This first post is 'Seven Reasons for Storytelling'. https://www.storyology.co.uk/blog/seven-reasons-for-storytelling04 Mar 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk54nvnbc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3liwpmfffxc2jThis headline really pisses me off. All human made materials, including smelted metals and alloys, fired ceramics, concrete and engineered glass will also endure. The article goes on to list other materials but plastic gets clicks 🙄 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/22/technofossils-how-plastic-bags-and-chicken-bones-will-become-our-eternal-legacy24 Feb 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwpmfffxc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lihjhee55227So many women, including myself, raised the alarm on the predatory behaviour of PhD students (and staff) at UCL. The only surprising element of this case is that one of them got caught. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2025 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihjhee55227https://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3ligzd3dcuc2zI've just added three new workshops to the Storyology website: - Advanced Storytelling - Podcasting - Personal Branding Read more here: www.storyology.co.uk/workshops https://www.storyology.co.uk/workshops18 Feb 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligzd3dcuc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3li2pabapec2xEveryone, please sign this open letter to the @royalsociety.org calling for Elon Musk’s fellowship to be revoked Currently over 1200 signatories 👀 https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/02/11/open-letter-president-royal-society-stand-up-values/13 Feb 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2pabapec2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lhyoql54yk2aFinally got round to framing this. Feels like a lifetime ago 🏊‍♀️12 Feb 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyoql54yk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lhtgno5esk2wI help STEM experts connect technical content with audiences through storytelling. Are you a business who communicates technical content to customers, clients or funders? Sounds like you need a storytelling expert who's also a scientist 🤓 Get in touch! www.storyology.co.uk https://www.storyology.co.uk/10 Feb 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtgno5esk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lhhlmkefh22lSome snaps from today’s Storytelling for Researchers training at Uni of Reading. Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, but must be used responsibly!05 Feb 2025 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhlmkefh22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgzwidsqbs2eThe Storyology Podcast is in double-digits! Ep 10 is out today and it's a fun one; the role of storytelling in science media coverage. A timely conversation given *gestures towards the world generally* Listen here, or search The Storyology Podcast in the usuals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX8NYB3L3ag31 Jan 2025 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzwidsqbs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgx7qggsws2fSurprise, surprise https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ucl-student-rape-films-zhenhao-zou-b2688491.html30 Jan 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgx7qggsws2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgv54vqum22dat UCL to coach some quantum physics professors. Did you know I do coaching? I want to do more of it, it’s super rewarding working with senior people on better communication while also desperately trying to remember my undergraduate quantum mechanics lectures from a thousand years ago29 Jan 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgv54vqum22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lguldfe2hs2gHello lovely Bluesky 👋 please help me find people who would enjoy my free online course, 'Storytelling Foundations'. Particularly #STEM #PhD students, but also #research and #marketing teams in #tech, #science and #engineering industries. It's 25 vids in 30mins and my hair looks great throughout [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lguldfe2hs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgs2kpjk7k23Woohoo this course is popping off! Get it while it's hot 🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgs2kpjk7k23https://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgqineunw22y"The peer-reviewed paper turned out to have miscalculated the dosage by a factor of 10" [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqineunw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgqbpyb6bc2cAttention scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people 📣 I've just released a FREE online course that will help you write quicker and present better using tools from the world of storytelling. Get it here: https://www.storyology.co.uk/storytelling-foundations-course27 Jan 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqbpyb6bc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgi3dhfqmk2tEpisode 9 of the Storyology Podcast is out now! It's all about the problems with how science gets picked up and reported by the media. If you're a science researcher or work in science comms, I think you'll love the pod 😁 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4n87HJUkbLrFUkVPgi8FS824 Jan 2025 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgi3dhfqmk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lghyfofs5s2bThe indomitable scientist and illustrator @hanaayoob.co.uk was the perfect person to illustrate my book and I'm so grateful for her style and flair bringing my chapters alive 🥰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2025 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lghyfofs5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lgg2azxsak22Do we know what the @royalsociety.org 's current stance on Elon Musk FRS is? https://royalsociety.org/people/elon-musk-13829/23 Jan 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgg2azxsak22https://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lg3iyz4lc225It makes me so happy that people are still reading and enjoying my book 🥰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jan 2025 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg3iyz4lc225https://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lfwectbmjc2fEpisode 8 of The Storyology Podcast is out now! It's all about how science gets covered in the media; how that selection process works and whose hands the science story passes through before it reaches us. Listen here! https://open.spotify.com/episode/7exryVsfmfYpNSg95bkvXo?si=6rn2ly-nQoiCAcKZP9CjYA17 Jan 2025 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwectbmjc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lfubtnm4rc27Today I’m with researchers at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social talking about responsible research communication. We thought about narratives in research, and how these influence audience expectations. Any narratives we missed?16 Jan 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfubtnm4rc27https://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lfmlrrdfq22cEpisode 7 of The Storyology Podcast is out now! It's all about Open Science, and features Sarah Callaghan from @ox.ac.uk, Pen Yuan-Hsing from @bristoluni.bsky.social and Jess Wade from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Listen here! https://open.spotify.com/episode/20r9fpAW29WqgBV1YM3DTD13 Jan 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmlrrdfq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lfeyezikys27Today, in pointless 'discovery' stories [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfeyezikys27https://bsky.app/profile/annaploszajski.bsky.social/post/3lfeubeki7s2nI really like this take - second-hand consumption is still consumption. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:dh55jyi2ky4ltleoubsv3qlh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfeubeki7s2n