Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Challenge 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? 010
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Happy World Storytelling Day! To celebrate, I've written a blog post on the Storyology Ltd. blog, called 'Why Science Needs Global Stories' Read here: www.storyology.co.uk/blog/why-sci...storyology.co.ukWhy Science Needs Global Stories. — StoryologyToday, 20th March, is World Storytelling Day. So, today I’m thinking about global stories. 030
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 10/03/2025This 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: www.storyology.co.uk/blog/three-p...storyology.co.ukThree Post-its to Transform Your Storytelling — StoryologyWhen we put together technical stories, there are thousands of big and small decisions that we have to make along the way. Making such decisions can be agonising, and can seriously slow us down. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Allow me to introduce you to: the Three Post-it Exercise. 030
Reposted by Dr Anna PloszajskiTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025typical book project timeline 371572261
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Storyology 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'. www.storyology.co.uk/blog/seven-r...storyology.co.ukSeven Reasons for Storytelling by Dr Anna Ploszajski — StoryologySeven reasons why storytelling can help scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people communicate who they are and what they do better through the study of story. 032
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This 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 🙄 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.com‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bonesFast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists 082
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025So 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. 000
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I've just added three new workshops to the Storyology website: - Advanced Storytelling - Podcasting - Personal Branding Read more here: www.storyology.co.uk/workshopsstoryology.co.ukAll Workshops — StoryologyCommunications training from Dr Anna Ploszajski on storytelling, presentations and writing skills for university researchers, scientists, engineers and techy people, delivered online or in-person. 033
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Everyone, please sign this open letter to the @royalsociety.org calling for Elon Musk’s fellowship to be revoked Currently over 1200 signatories 👀 occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...occamstypewriter.orgAn open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values | Reciprocal Space 011
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Finally got round to framing this. Feels like a lifetime ago 🏊♀️ 040
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I 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.ukstoryology.co.ukStoryologyStoryology Ltd. delivers training courses to scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people in universities and technical industries across the UK. 041
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Some snaps from today’s Storytelling for Researchers training at Uni of Reading. Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, but must be used responsibly! 010
Reposted by Dr Anna PloszajskiGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/02/2025So now we have it. Rachel Reeves's claim that a third runway at Heathrow Airport would boost economic growth comes from a report commissioned by .... Heathrow Airport. Instead of acting in the national interest, she's channelling corporate lobbyists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comReeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airportThe chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself 981997755
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 31/01/2025The 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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX8N...youtube.comEpisode 10: Galvanise - the Media Power of StoryYouTube video by Anna Ploszajski 010
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Surprise, surprise www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...independent.co.uk'Sexual predator' student accused of drugging and raping 10 women 'kept souvenirs’Zhenhao Zou, who was studying at UCL, allegedly made recordings of himself abusing unconscious women 000
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 29/01/2025at 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 ago 020
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Hello 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 085
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Woohoo this course is popping off! Get it while it's hot 🔥 030
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 27/01/2025"The peer-reviewed paper turned out to have miscalculated the dosage by a factor of 10" 030
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Attention 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: www.storyology.co.uk/storytelling...storyology.co.ukStorytelling Foundations — StoryologyA free 30-minute online course for academic and industrial researchers, engineers and techy people. Developed by Dr Anna Ploszajski, Storytelling Foundations is a practical, creative and efficient cou... 13516
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Episode 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 😁 open.spotify.com/episode/4n87...open.spotify.comEpisode 9: Science media - traitors or faithfuls?The Storyology Podcast · Episode 000
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The 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 🥰 130
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Do we know what the @royalsociety.org 's current stance on Elon Musk FRS is? royalsociety.org/people/elon-...royalsociety.orgFellow Detail Page | Royal SocietyExplore the history of the Royal Society, including our motto and discover our timeline of key events. 010
Reposted by Dr Anna PloszajskiProf Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Overall people’s trust in science is good however more extreme political bias seems to make people less likely to trust science and there is variation within countries too 🧪nature.comTrust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human BehaviourWhat is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high. 25912
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 19/01/2025It makes me so happy that people are still reading and enjoying my book 🥰 040
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Episode 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! open.spotify.com/episode/7exr...open.spotify.comEpisode 8: Whose story are we hearing anyway?The Storyology Podcast · Episode 000
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Today 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? 120
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Episode 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! open.spotify.com/episode/20r9...open.spotify.comEpisode 7: Open Science SolutionsThe Storyology Podcast · Episode 010
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Today, in pointless 'discovery' stories 010
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I really like this take - second-hand consumption is still consumption. 000
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Woah, hello new followers! I haven’t posted on here much so far, but this year you can expect lots of storytelling shenanigans, writing chat and hopefully some useful stuff too. The occasional unsolicited dog pic. 110
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Good morning to all the writers who said they’d finish the thing by the end of the year 150
Reposted by Dr Anna PloszajskiRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 24/12/2024So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/ 11923651028
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Time for the Storyology Christmas party with my colliegue Spud 110
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 06/12/2024The latest episode of my podcast, The Storyology Podcast, is out today! The pod is all about the role of storytelling in science communication... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2HQLq1T... Amazon music: music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/b32...podcasts.apple.comThe Storyology PodcastDocumentary Podcast · 7 Episodes · Updated weekly 030
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Here we go... I'm hoping Bluesky can work its magic like the good old days of Twitter... 🤞I'm looking to speak to a researcher who works with cloaking metamaterials for an article I'm writing 🤞 Give me your best photonics people! 020
Reposted by Dr Anna PloszajskiPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 30/11/2024A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts 🧵 681735864
Dr Anna Ploszajski @annaploszajski.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Did someone say blue sky? Back to my desk today after a week of hiking in the Lake District with my dog Spud. Follow me for more wholesome dog content, as well as chatter about science communication, storytelling and materials science. 1271