The Art of Presenting Science (Online) - FULLY BOOKED

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Course description

When you present, you expect your audience to be attentive throughout your talk - after all they love science, don’t they? Sadly, this is rarely the case. We blame this on the short attention span of our audience. But, if that is the case, how come that the same audience can easily watch movies for hours on end? Apparently the short attention span just does not exist, and actors and playwrights have found a way to engage their audience better. If so, why not use their tools to learn how to present better? That is exactly what this course will do for you! In this three-day course you will learn to engage your audience with theatrical skills and shape your content with storytelling tools. The result is that you will master your performance skills and let your content take centre stage!

Learning objectives

During this course you will learn to use the fifteen signals necessary for effective communication in such a way that you maximize attention at the start of your presentation. By changing style during transitions, you will become able to keep attention alive. Story tools will help you to design your presentation in a captivating manner. To support your story best, you will learn to make effective slides and learn to guide the attention to the slides and back to you. Last but not least you will learn how to respond to questions effectively. The result is that you will be the main act on the stage and your content the main character. 

You will learn:

  • to use the fifteen signals necessary for effective communication on stage. 
  • to get attention at the start of your presentations and to keep the audience attentive by using style and transitions. 
  • to activate your audience by making them curious from the start, right to the end of your talk.
  • to design a presentation using story tools and supportive slides that allow you to be the main act on the stage, the content the main character in your story.
  • how to respond to questions effectively. 
  • to reach your audience by making the signals you send in normal communication effective at a distance.
  • to involve them with the content, using the same techniques that make us care about Romeo and Juliet.
  • how to address different audiences.

Instructional method

The main method in the course is that you will find the tools yourself and test them so you are convinced of their effectiveness. To that aim various methods will be applied, such as theatrical exercises, individual presenting exercises, group discussion, peer review, story design exercises and interactive lecturing. 

Trainer

You will be trained by one of the professionals of Artesc.

Group size

5 to 7 participants

Number of credits

1.0 EC

Course schedule

DayDateStartEnd
Thu10/sep/20209:0011:30
Thu17/sep/20209:0011:30
Thu24/sep/20209:0011:30
Thu01/okt/20209:0011:30
Thu08/okt/20209:0011:30
Thu15/okt/20209:0011:30

Course certificate

You will receive a course certificate after actively participating in at least 2.5 course days.

Course fee

Internal PhD candidates: €0
UU/UMC academic staff: €1285
External participants (space permitting): €2135
 

  • Internal PhD candidates are PhD candidates who are registered with the Graduate School of Life Sciences via MyPhD. 
  • UU/UMC academic staff are PhD candidates of Utrecht University who are not registered to the Graduate School of Life Sciences via MyPhD, postdocs employed by Utrecht University or UMC Utrecht and other academic staff employed at Utrecht University or UMC Utrecht.
  • External participants are all other participants.

Our no-show policy

We are happy to offer courses and workshops for free to all GSLS PhDs. However: free of charge does not mean free of responsibility. Our activities tend to be fully booked well in advance. For every late cancellation or no-show we have had to disappoint others who would have liked to attend. 

This is how we work: 

  • Once you have signed up for a course, we expect you to attend;
  • If you need to cancel your registration, do so at the earliest possible moment, at least four weeks before the start of the course;
  • If you really have to, you are allowed to miss up to 4 hours of this course in total. You always have to attend the first morning session;
  • Not meeting the attendance requirements or cancelling within four weeks before the course starts means you will be charged no-show fee (€645 for this course);
  • We are unable to make any exceptions.

This course offered me a broad set of tools that will make my future presentations more exciting and interesting for both me and my audience

I learned how to bring myself into a presentation, to speak in a way that makes people listen. I also learned to really make contact with my audience and not just deliver information

Even though I thought I could already present pretty well, this course taught me many useful tips and tricks that can get your audience to really listen to what you are saying. This will greatly increase the impression you make.

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Location
Online
Entrance fee
Course fee for internal PhD candidates: €0. Course fee for UU/UMC academic staff: €1285. Course fee for external participants (space permitting): €2135.
Registration

This course is fully booked. Apply for the waiting list here.

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