,,The Art of Public Speaking”
Workshop description
(Part 1) How to give a confident and compelling scientific presentation
(Part 2) The art of scientific story telling on print and social media
Scientific communication is perhaps the most important aspect of a scientific career, which unfortunately is also the least emphasized in training. Effective presentation skills are part and parcel of a scientist’s life; from baby steps (your ‘brainbee’ presentation) to the ultimate glory (your Nobel prize lecture). The last decade has also brought about a diversification in the scientific presentation formats with the emergence of pitch talks, blitz talks, chalk talks, and of course the COVID-ed complication of giving all these talks online. Finally, #scicomm has witnessed the transformation of a Stanford professor (Andrew Huberman) to a Times-cover celebrity with 7 million followers. Of course, not everyone needs to be the next Huberman, but we all need to nurture our inner Hubermen and Huberwomen because social media is the largest platform for public outreach and is here to stay.
In this 2-hour long interactive workshop (divided into two parts), we will first cover a novel and effective approach to prepare and deliver scientific presentations using PAT (prepare, anticipate, target) and RAT (relax, articulate, translate) components. This approach will be individualized to different formats- large class format lectures, flash/pitch talks, and virtual talks. We will then have a special feature on communicating science through popular science magazines and social media.
The workshop is limited to a maximum of 30 participants.