Dr Anna Ploszajski
@annaploszajski.bsky.social
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 people
Director of Storyology Ltd - storytelling training for scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people
Challenge 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?
March 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Challenge 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?
Happy 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...
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...
Why Science Needs Global Stories. — Storyology
Today, 20th March, is World Storytelling Day. So, today I’m thinking about global stories.
www.storyology.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Happy 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...
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...
This 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...
Read more here:
www.storyology.co.uk/blog/three-p...
Three Post-its to Transform Your Storytelling — Storyology
When 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.
www.storyology.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This 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...
Read more here:
www.storyology.co.uk/blog/three-p...
Reposted by Dr Anna Ploszajski
typical book project timeline
March 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
typical book project timeline
Storyology 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...
This first post is 'Seven Reasons for Storytelling'.
www.storyology.co.uk/blog/seven-r...
Seven Reasons for Storytelling by Dr Anna Ploszajski — Storyology
Seven 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.
www.storyology.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Storyology 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...
This first post is 'Seven Reasons for Storytelling'.
www.storyology.co.uk/blog/seven-r...
This 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...
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...
‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones
Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This 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...
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...
So 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.
UCL student accused of rape tells court he liked pornography featuring sleeping women
UCL student accused of rape tells court he liked pornography featuring sleeping women
Jury hears Zhenhao Zou took drugs and watched ‘time stop’ pornographic scenes
An engineering student accused of drugging and raping women has said he took drugs and viewed pornography, with his favourite scenes involving sleeping women.
Zhenhao Zou,…
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So 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.
I've just added three new workshops to the Storyology website:
- Advanced Storytelling
- Podcasting
- Personal Branding
Read more here:
www.storyology.co.uk/workshops
- Advanced Storytelling
- Podcasting
- Personal Branding
Read more here:
www.storyology.co.uk/workshops
All Workshops — Storyology
Communications training from Dr Anna Ploszajski on storytelling, presentations and writing skills for university researchers, scientists, engineers and techy people, delivered online or in-person.
www.storyology.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I've just added three new workshops to the Storyology website:
- Advanced Storytelling
- Podcasting
- Personal Branding
Read more here:
www.storyology.co.uk/workshops
- Advanced Storytelling
- Podcasting
- Personal Branding
Read more here:
www.storyology.co.uk/workshops
Everyone, 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/...
Currently over 1200 signatories 👀
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
An open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values | Reciprocal Space
occamstypewriter.org
February 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Everyone, 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/...
Currently over 1200 signatories 👀
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
Finally got round to framing this. Feels like a lifetime ago 🏊♀️
February 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Finally got round to framing this. Feels like a lifetime ago 🏊♀️
I 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
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
Storyology
Storyology Ltd. delivers training courses to scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people in universities and technical industries across the UK.
www.storyology.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I 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
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
Some snaps from today’s Storytelling for Researchers training at Uni of Reading.
Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, but must be used responsibly!
Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, but must be used responsibly!
February 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Some snaps from today’s Storytelling for Researchers training at Uni of Reading.
Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, but must be used responsibly!
Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, but must be used responsibly!
Reposted by Dr Anna Ploszajski
So 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/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
The 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
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
So 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/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The 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...
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...
Episode 10: Galvanise - the Media Power of Story
YouTube video by Anna Ploszajski
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The 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...
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...
at 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
January 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
at 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
Hello 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
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
Attention 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...
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...
Storytelling Foundations — Storyology
A 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...
www.storyology.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hello 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
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
Woohoo this course is popping off! Get it while it's hot 🔥
January 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Woohoo this course is popping off! Get it while it's hot 🔥
"The peer-reviewed paper turned out to have miscalculated the dosage by a factor of 10"
Is black plastic really bad for you? Six things you should know
Is black plastic really bad for you? Six things you should know
A study identified black spatulas as a source of chemical leaks in food – but miscalculated the dosage. So how concerned should you really be?
The black spatula was recently identified as an unexpected source of danger. A slew of coverage followed a…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The peer-reviewed paper turned out to have miscalculated the dosage by a factor of 10"
Attention 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...
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...
Storytelling Foundations — Storyology
A 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...
www.storyology.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Attention 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...
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...
Episode 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...
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...
Episode 9: Science media - traitors or faithfuls?
The Storyology Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Episode 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...
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...
The 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 🥰
Another book illo for today’s prompt ‘sweet’ - this time from @annaploszajski.bsky.social’s Handmade
All my chapter illustrations for Handmade are full of references to the stories & science, and the sugar one might have the most!
#JanuArty 🐡
All my chapter illustrations for Handmade are full of references to the stories & science, and the sugar one might have the most!
#JanuArty 🐡
January 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The 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 🥰
Do we know what the @royalsociety.org 's current stance on Elon Musk FRS is?
royalsociety.org/people/elon-...
royalsociety.org/people/elon-...
Fellow Detail Page | Royal Society
Explore the history of the Royal Society, including our motto and discover our timeline of key events.
royalsociety.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Do we know what the @royalsociety.org 's current stance on Elon Musk FRS is?
royalsociety.org/people/elon-...
royalsociety.org/people/elon-...
Reposted by Dr Anna Ploszajski
Overall 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 🧪
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What 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.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Overall 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 🧪
It makes me so happy that people are still reading and enjoying my book 🥰
Really enjoying Handmade by @annaploszajski.bsky.social
A wonderful book about different materials, woven together with stories of Anna’s journeys. 💙📕
Reminds me of the joy, and frustration, of working with wood to build my boats.
www.annaploszajski.com/shop/handmad...
A wonderful book about different materials, woven together with stories of Anna’s journeys. 💙📕
Reminds me of the joy, and frustration, of working with wood to build my boats.
www.annaploszajski.com/shop/handmad...
Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning Through Making (signed) — Anna Ploszajski
Signed copy personalised for you
www.annaploszajski.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It makes me so happy that people are still reading and enjoying my book 🥰