Presentation and Performance Training Workshop Beginners
Wed 27 May 2015
Description
Clear, effective and professional communication skills are absolutely essential to any aspiring academic. While students are taught the essentials of how to research, less emphasis is placed on how to present their work either in the lecture hall, in the seminar room or even the viva. This course is unique in that it fuses academic skills with acting training.
Target audience
PhD and postdoc researchers in the GSLS
Prerequisites
You will need to bring with you to the workshop:
- PRINTED COPY of 150 words on your research designed for a non-specific academic audience.
- As well as prepare and bring 1 POWERPOINT SLIDE (on a memory stick) explaining your research (again designed for a non-specific academic audience).
Sessions
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 27 May 2015 09:30 - 17:00 | 09:30 - 17:00 | 16 Mill Lane, Office of Post-Doctoral Affairs, Eastwood Room | map | Eliza Filby |
Topics covered
This one-day interactive workshop allows students to discover the art of performance and speech writing and covers the following issues:
- How to write an oral presentation - get your message across, keep your audience engaged and actually enjoy the experience
- How to control your performance: voice projection, posture, body language, controlling nerves
- Different modes of communication: how to lead seminars, chair conferences and control a Q&A
- Techniques for presenting, how to deliver complex ideas and style of delivery
- Tools of communication: how to use PowerPoint, cite-reading and ‘thinking on your academic feet’
- All participants are given a chance to give a talk about their research in our ‘mock conference’ and are given individual feedback and a resources pack at the end of the day
Format
Theory and practise
Duration
One full day
Frequency
One off
Booking / availability