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I’ve just uploaded the final batch of digital stories made by Engineers in the Engenious Stories project. It was organised by The Universities of Salford and Southampton and funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. I held workshops in Salford, Bradford, York, Birmingham and Southampton where a wide range of people told an equally varied selection of stories.

In addition, school children at Bittern Park School in Southampton created stories which have been used internally although not published.

I have watched all of these stories as they have been uploading and they are, as always, even better for watching them again. My personal thanks to all of the participants for their hard work in making these digital stories and now I hope they will inspire young people, and some not so young, to consider a career in engineering. As someone who began life as a Broadcast Technician with the BBC I was not a little envious of the work these people have devoted their lives to. Whilst I was taking a path of journalism and broadcasting they were solving engineering problems and turning ideas into practical solutions. We all make our choices, but I can still look longingly at a path I might have followed if other callings hadn’t come my way. Running these workshops reminded me that I still get a buzz from science and technology.

Please go to the digistoriesuk YouTube channel and watch these stories.

I am in Salford on Thursday and Birmingham on Sunday running storycircles to start the last two workshops for engineers.

Engineers – you have a story to tell!

…but do you have the communication skills?
One of the most powerful ways of delivering a message is to tell a story. Being able to create a logical and captivating narrative is essential to this, and these same skills apply equally to writing a grant application or speaking clearly at conferences.

We are offering free digistories workshops run by someone who originally developed the concept for the BBC. These are based around creating short video, telling a personal engineering-related story, from photographs and a recorded script.

The films you create will be used to promote public awareness of engineering, influencing potential engineers of the future and showing them what we really do.

This is the presentation explaining the Engenious Digital Storytelling Workshops

It’s in three parts

(Please note that the Salford workshop will now be held on May 7th, 14th and 21st and not t as indicated in this presentation)

Part 1 What is Digital Storytelling?

Part 2 How does Digital Storytelling work?

Part 3 How do you prepare?

The EWB workshop will also be held in Salford be held in Birmingham

To enrol for either workshop contact Dr Zoe Stec L.Z.Stec@salford.ac.uk