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How to harness the 'science of storytelling' | Will Storr

Will Storr is an award winning author, journalist and storytelling speaker, whose most recent book ‘The Science of Storytelling’ unpicks why storytelling is such an essential part of being human, and how we can use science and our understanding of the human brain to become better, more powerful storytellers and, by extension, better communicators. 

Presented by Peter Barker

Produced by Orinoco Communications

www.orinococomms.com

 

BOOKS

Science of Storytelling by Will Storr

The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr

ARTICLES

Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘The Ketchup Conundrum’

TALKS

Will Storr’s ‘Science of Storytelling’ Ted X Talk

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Peter is a multimedia producer with more than fifteen years experience creating documentaries, animations and other forms of digital content for TV and online. Before starting Orinoco Communications in 2016 Peter worked as a television producer and director, a job that took him all over the world, filming everywhere from NASA bases in the U.S.A. to volcanic islands in the Pacific ocean to ancient Mayan ruins in Central America. Now he has a more sedate life, living with his family by the sea on the east coast of England.