Storytelling for Educational and Emotional Impact: Alison Bryant, Sesame Workshop

Technical Difficulties by Liz Gerber

Episode notes

Join Alison, an innovation leader, and a self described “experience unicorn," having been an academic, media/tech leader, entrepreneur, and non-profit exec. Today, she is the Chief Research, Education, Data, and Impact Officer at Sesame Workshop.

Tune in to hear Alison’s perspective on:

- Her career path in academia to media and technology

- Sesame Workshop’s approach to developing educational content for refugee children

- Designing for audiences across vast age ranges

- Play, learning, content creation, and impact

- The win-win-win condition

- Importance of research experience

- Sesame Street

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