Communicate your research compellingly—turn your ideas into stories that resonate.
Overview
Have you ever taken the time to reflect deeply on the appeal of your research or project? This workshop helps you restructure and present the value of your research in a way that is engaging and accessible to a broader audience. Effective storytelling enhances your ability to clearly convey your ideas in various contexts, such as research proposals, presentations, and outreach activities.
By listening to other participants’ stories and responding to feedback from mentors, you will gain new perspectives on your research and develop storytelling techniques that help you communicate your ideas persuasively. This process will also deepen your understanding of your own research and strengthen your ability to share its significance with others.
| 📂 Category | Initiative |
| 📌 Keywords | Storytelling, Reflection, Communication |
| 🎯 Objectives | To enhance your ability to communicate ideas effectively, allowing you to reexamine your research or project from new perspectives and convey it persuasively. |
| 🌐 Language | Japanese（with English support for limited number of students） |
| 👥 Target Participants | Graduate Students |
| 🗓 Format | Single session（3-hour in-person） |
| ✅ Past & Upcoming Sessions | Sunday, April 26, 2026, 14:00-17:00 Held April in 2025 |
| 📍 Venue | S4-202, Ookayama Campus |
| 🌟 Recommended for | – Those who want to organize the appeal of their research and communicate it more clearly. – Those who want to deliver compelling presentations for research presentations or outreach activities. – Those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of their research theme, clarify its direction, and advance their work. |
| 📊 Points | 3 points (Points to be awarded to students enrolled in the courses for credits. Please refer to the syllabus for details.) |
| 🎟️ Capacity | 30 participants |
Main Content
- Introduction to storytelling
Learn fundamental storytelling techniques. - Research Story Worksheet
Outline key aspects of your research using a structured worksheet. - Group Sharing
Share and discuss research stories within small groups and get feedback from mentors and group members. - One-on-One Feedback (2 times)
Receive personalized feedback from partner participants and revise and improve your research story based on feedback. - Reflection
Share the brushed-up story and organize key takeaways for future applications.
Facilitator
Takeo Endo
Director, CroMen Inc.
Born in 1997 in Osaka Prefecture. After graduating from Doshisha University, he completed a master’s program at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Since 2023, he has been working as a science teacher and as a director for a high school and university student entrepreneurship program at CroMen Inc.
Past Event Records
Voices from Participants
- I used to focus too much on telling others how hard I had worked on my research, but I have come to realize that it is more important to communicate it in a way that the audience can understand.
- I usually talk about my research only with people in closely related fields, so I was very glad to have this opportunity to develop the ability to explain it to people from a wide range of disciplines.
- When talking about my research, I had not paid much attention to whether the other person was actually following me, so my explanations often became one-sided. Today, however, I tried to watch the listener’s facial expressions, respond to their questions, and also ask questions to learn about their interests. By communicating in this way, I was able to better organize the position and challenges of my own research.
- I realized again how difficult it is to explain research to people outside my field. Since I had never presented my research in a narrative, story-based way before, I found the experience very interesting.
- I learn so many things, especially when I interact with people from a very different background. I now know that we should match the other party’s knowledge in order to make my research explanation exciting to hear and easy to understand
- It was really good to try and explain the research to people from entirely different fields and get their feedback, and questions helped me understand more about how to relate my research in a more general manner.
- I had a chance to learn how to explain complex concepts and ideas to people of different backgrounds. Even my years of teaching physics to high school kids are not quite the same feeling. It is truly a valuable experience, absolutely time well-spent.
Event Report
Contact Faculty
Yuri Matsuzaki, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Academy for Leadership
📩 matsuzaki.y.77a9 [at] m.isct.ac.jp