Talking about Talking: Making your Verbal Presentations Memorable and Compelling
In addition to skills in writing and publishing, academic and scientific careers---including yours---are bolstered by agile and confident public speaking. Often, the first time the public learns about a scientific work is when the author presents at a conference or for broadcast media, and speakers who can use such a platform to clarify their contributions and provide broader context for their work are rewarded with stronger attention, possibilities for increased funding, and opportunities for collaboration. It is the ultimate compliment to your speaking skills when a previous audience member hears of a development in your field, and immediately connects it to you and your work. Memorable public speakers make this happen through extensive practice and preparation and, sometimes, by noticing the subtle clues that suggest their audience understands them (or that suggest otherwise) and responding appropriately to those cues.
Far from an innate ability, the skills and rhetorical techniques used by good public speakers can be taught and learned. This presentation’s scope is not limited to Three-Minute Thesis talks, but rather, will suggest tools and strategies you can use to deliver clear, engaging talks on any subject, to any audience, and of any length. Drawing on the training program that competitors in the International Microwave Symposium’s 3MT Competition use to polish their own talks, this session touches upon story, persuasion, bias, trust, metaphor, ethics, composition, and other considerations necessary for connecting with any audience and making them want to hear more (not less!).
Two talks and one open discussion followed by a networking event are scheduled :
- 16H30 : "Pushing the Boundaries of Computational Electromagnetics: Application to Antenna Designs, Placement, Co-site Interference Simulations and Digital Twins" Presented by Dr. C. J. Reddy (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/430121)
- 17H30: "Talking about Talking: Making Your Verbal Presentation Memorable and Compelling" Presented by Dr. Erin M. Kiley (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/430123)
- 18H30: Open discussion
- 19H00: Wine and Cheese event
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- Date: 14 Aug 2024
- Time: 05:30 PM to 06:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- 800, De La Gauchetière Ouest Bureau 6900
- Montreal, Quebec
- Canada H5A 1K6
- Room Number: 6th Floor
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- Co-sponsored by INRS, Staracom
- Starts 09 August 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends 14 August 2024 12:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Dr. Erin M. Kiley of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Biography:
Erin M. Kiley received the B.Sc. in Mathematics and the B.A. in Russian language and literature from the University of New Hampshire in 2008. From Worcester Polytechnic Institute, she received the M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in 2011 and the Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2016. That year, she joined the faculty at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, where she currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics. Since 2006, her research has focused on mathematical and multiphysics modelling of high-power microwave heating phenomena, including sintering.
In 2017, Dr. Kiley co-organized the first Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at that year’s International Microwave Symposium (IMS), and each year since, she has co-organized the 3MT Competition at IMS and the co-located Microwave Week conferences. These competitions require participants to take part in a months-long mentoring process leading up to the competition day, and Dr. Kiley also serves as a mentor in this program, drawing on her experience as an educator and presenter of multidisciplinary topics to broad audiences.
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