Audience: PhD students

This workshop will help you improve your public speaking and presentation skills in preparation for delivering a conference paper or departmental talk. We will discuss what makes an effective presentation by considering both verbal and non-verbal communication. In the second session you will deliver a 7-minute presentation to explain your research to a non-specialist but academic audience.

Participants MUST attend BOTH sessions and will be required to do some preparation between scheduled sessions.

Keywords: public speaking, presentation skills, conference paper

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Discuss what makes an effective presentation by considering both verbal and non-verbal communication
• Deliver a successful and coherent presentation to explain their research to a non-specialist but academic audience
• Prepare an action plan for the development of their own presentation skills

Provided by: Researcher Development

Day 1

Date: Friday 8 March 2019

Venue: Scape 0.15, ME, Scape, Mile End

Time: 10:00 - 13:00

Day 2

Date: Wednesday 13 March 2019

Venue: E-Learning Studio, Scape 0.09, Scape East, Mile End

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Tutor

• Dr F Panayidou