This participative workshop is designed to support participants in becoming excellent speakers.
Specifically, it will assist you with:
• Effectively employing verbal and non-verbal skills for 2-directional communication
• Conveying more confidence and assurance
• Preparing for questions
• Strategies for communicating across disciplinary or cultural groups
• Designing presentations to support a clear, memorable take-away message
• Identifying a few key areas for you to improve your presentation skills
Approach
Participants will work individually and in small groups on a variety of reflective and practical exercises designed to assist them in transferring the skills to their own presentations. Each participant will give a 5-minute presentation on her research, or an aspect of her work, which will be video-recorded. Constructive, individual feedback is a collaborative product of the group.
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Siara Isaac, Teaching Support Centre, EPFL