How to Turn Anecdotes Into Evidence for Inclusion
Update: 2025-09-02
Description
You’ve heard people telling stories and acting like it’s evidence.
but how do you turn anecdotes into evidence?
Key Topics Covered in This Episode:
- Why anecdotes are claims not conclusions
- The difference between claims, assumptions, and hypotheses
- How to test ideas without wasting time or budget
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Key Takeaways from This Episode:
- Anecdotes are starting points, not stopping points.
- “The story is typically making a claim and they are presenting it as evidence.”
- Anecdotes are hiding places for claims
- “These are statements but if you’ve been to enough panel events you’ll hear a witty story wrapped around it.”
- Claims aren’t conclusions until they’re tested.
- “We don’t just accept that. We test it. We gather evidence to support or contradict it.”
Check out these resources:
- Reconstructing Inclusion by Amri B. Johnson
- “You are harder to ignore when you have evidence to support your claims. It works like a magic pill!”
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