Description

At the end of the course, students can expect to:

• understand how scientific presentations are prepared, structured and constructed;
• know the fundamental characteristics of effective communication;
• identify common pitfalls in our age of PowerPoint and information overload;
• know the criteria for a good presentation;
• have learned a method to transform scientific research results into attractive, accessible, engaging and structured presentations, and learn how to apply these to their own scientific work;
• know how to prepare the presentations themselves efficiently: think about your target audience and their needs; define your objective and key messages; search for and select relevant material, organize your thoughts logically;
• know how to create powerful slides: clear and attractive visuals that strengthen your story rather than distract the audience;
• be familiar with the basic skills of oral presentation itself, and have been able to practice intensively using their own working materials;
• know how to develop a personal action plan to further develop their presentation skills based on the video recordings of their presentations and the peer feedback.