Course Identification

Science Communication (SciComm) presentation skills- English
20233251

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Ms. Meital Salmor
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Course Schedule and Location

2023
First Semester
Tuesday, 10:15 - 13:00
08/11/2022
10/02/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 1.00 points
Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 1.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 1.00 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 1.00 points
Mathematics and Computer Science: Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 1.00 points

Comments

PhD students and posdoctoral fellows
Location: Accelerator
On 08-11-2022 the lecture will be held at the seminar room Neve Metz
On 13-12-2022 the lecture will be held at FGS room 1
IMPORTANT: Motivation statement should be sent directly to the course lecturer Meital Salmor at meital@salmor.co.il
Notification regarding acceptance to the course will be sent in September/October 2022

Prerequisites

PhD/Posdoctoral students

Motivation statement:

Please write why you want to take part in the science communication presentation skills course and include the following (between 2-3 short paragraphs):

1. Stage you are in PhD/postdoc

2. What challenges do you face when giving talks (to any audience) and what do you want to improve?

3. What do you expect to achieve in this course?

Restrictions

12
For PhD students only

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

16/10/2022

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

100%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

  • Practicing effective presentation skills
  • Raising awareness to your usage of jargon and technical terminology
  • Adapting to different audience types (experts and non-experts)
  • Understanding paradigm gaps between you and others, dealing with biases
  • Extracting the essence of your research: What is the bottom line?
  • Getting the right message across
  • Narrative, storytelling and the power of analogies
  • Practicing body language and vocal delivery
  • Improv exercises to practice effective body movement
  • PowerPoint- how to use it effectively in a talk
  • Interviewing for a job in the industry vs. academia
  • *Every participant will get a before/after video recording to measure progress

Learning Outcomes

Making your scientific message clear to various audiences

Improving presentation skills

Reading List

None

Website

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