14th & 21th December 2020, 9.00-11.15
Part 1 – Introduction to presentation skills (why do a presentation, pressures and problems of giving presentations, benefits and examples of student presentations)
Part 2 – General aspects of giving a presentation (things you should know about presenting and organizing your talk, how to prepare and deliver a presentation, the difference between general presentation and academic presentation)
Part 3 – Building academic speaking and discussion skills – (taking part, giving opinions, agreeing & disagreeing, clarifying)
Part 4 – Creating effective slides (background, fonts, structure, animation, pictures, graphs, referencing, presenting numbers effectively)
Part 5 – Designing effective scientific presentations – developing content and structure (be smart with PowerPoint; the structure of a good talk: start broad, get specific, end broad)
Part 6 – How to open and close presentation? How to look confident? (improving individual performance, examples of openings and closings + practice)
Part 7 – Learning from presentations (what can you learn from your presentation, how can you help your audience learn from your presentation)
Part 8 – Summary: ten tips for preparing a good presentation. Ideas that will radically improve your presentation skills