Sarah's guest for this episode is Edwin Colyer, founder of the research communications and engagement agency, Scientia Scripta.

Edwin talks about

1. Copyediting for David Attenborough, writing for New Scientist and painting pictures with words
2. The joys of having colleagues and being able to create your own workplace culture
3. Moving from just telling impact stories to helping create them
4. Building a business that connects the dots between communication, engagement and impact

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