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71043 Blockseminar: Academic presenting at seminars and conferences: delivering effective and powerful talks in English (WiSe 22/23)
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Termine am Samstag. 21.01.23 09:00 - 17:00, Ort: (LU 8) R 206Ort
(LU 8) R 206Erster Termin
Sa., 21.01.2023 09:00 - 17:00 Uhr, Ort: (LU 8) R 206Beschreibung
Content:Presentations offer a good opportunity to communicate your ideas and your research in academic (as well as non-academic) contexts. Yet, making a presentation effective requires a series of skills that are often difficult to put into practice when facing an unfamiliar audience, when speaking in English, or when feeling nervous and under pressure.
The purpose of this workshop is, therefore, to support you in developing your academic presentation skills in English while, at the same time, making you more confident about applying them in practice – e.g., at conferences or in other academic environments. For that, we will, on the one hand, discuss a series of important techniques to plan and deliver effective and forceful presentations (particularly in English) and will, on the other hand, consider how to avoid typical errors, how to handle difficult situations while presenting, and how to answer questions properly.
In order to make this workshop as useful for you as possible and to address your personal presentation style, you will be given the opportunity to give a short presentation (maximum 10 minutes) after the course (at a date to be arranged) and to receive peer and expert feedback on it. This presentation is voluntary, and the feedback will focus on how to reach a maximum communicative effect – e.g. through the adequate use of English, stylistic and rhetorical devices, your personal presence, structural organization, the use of voice, and the supportive integration of visual aids (such as PowerPoint). In the end, we will thus have developed a comprehensive checklist of criteria for presenting well in English.
The workshop is open to anyone interested in developing their presentation skills. Please note, though, that it will be taught in English. Thus, to participate and get the best out of it, you should be able to communicate reasonably well in English.
Learning Objectives:
- presenting fluently and professionally in English at conferences or similar academic events
- communicating ideas effectively through different strategies and various channels
- understanding the specific formal and stylistic requirements of presentations in English
- avoiding typical errors and misunderstandings when publicly presenting in academic contexts
- dealing with difficult situations, questions, and nervousness or stress during a presentation
With the entry in the event, the conditions of participation of the ZKK are recognized:
https://www.uni-passau.de/zkk/veranstaltungen/teilnahmebedingungen/
Heimateinrichtung
Referat IV/2 - Karriere und KompetenzenBeteiligte Einrichtungen
Anrechenbarkeit
Teilnehmende
Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftler, insbesondere Promovierende und PostdocsVoraussetzungen
Für alle Veranstaltungen des Graduiertenzentrums besteht Anmeldepflicht. Die kostenlose Anmeldung für die Seminare ist für Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftler sowie Masterstudierende der Universität Passau möglich und erfolgt ausschließlich über Stud.IP. Anmeldungen werden in der Reihenfolge des Eingangs berücksichtigt. Sie können sich bis zu 15 Tage vor Beginn der Veranstaltung wieder von der Veranstaltung abmelden. Nach Ablauf dieser Frist ist die Anmeldung verbindlich. Ein Rücktritt ist nur im Einzelfall mit schriftlicher Begründung möglich. Registration is mandatory for all events of the Graduate Center. Free registration for the seminars is possible for young researchers and master students of the University of Passau and is exclusively done via Stud.IP. Registrations will be considered in the order in which they are received. You can cancel your registration up to 15 days before the start of the event. After this deadline, the registration is binding. Withdrawal is only possible in individual cases with written justification. Seminar language: EnglishFor further lectures and seminars offered by the faculties in German please refer to the German version of this website.
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