(Research) Pitch Perfect!

Description:

What is your research about? While this is a relatively easy question to answer to another researcher, explaining your research to the general public can prove much more difficult…

Researchers are increasingly encouraged to communicate their work to the wider public but often feel ill-equipped to engage with non-experts and potential interdisciplinary stakeholders and collaborators.

This workshop, facilitated by experts in science communication, helps you discover your natural charisma, allowing you to connect more spontaneously and directly with your audience. Using improvisation, theatre skills and role-play, this course will help you tell your research story, access your personal style whilst maintaining the integrity and content of your speech or presentation.

“We are not dumbing down the message, we are uncovering simplicity within the complexity.” (Dr Niamh Shaw, course facilitator)

Whatever it is a pitch on stage, an interactive public engagement session, a networking event or a job interview, this course will give you the skills to introduce your research to a variety of audiences with confidence and flair!

Programme Objectives:

• Understand what makes a great speaker
• Identify your own personal presentation style
• Identify the key message you want to pass on and structure your pitch
• Find the best way to report your findings, notably using analogies
• Understand how to report to non-specialists
• Use your body language to better engage with your audience

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