MCnet Employability Training event: Disseminating Research to the General Public

20 Sept 2021, 09:00 → 22 Sept 2021, 12:00 Europe/London

Remote event

Mike Seymour (University of Manchester (GB))

Please note change to date of first session to Monday 20th September.

This training course is provided by the MCnetITN3 consortium and will be held remotely over two half-days, Monday 20th and Wednesday 22nd September 2021 mornings, 10:00 - 13:00 CET / 09:00 - 12:00 UK. 

Places are limited and are reserved initially for MCnet students and postdocs, should any places remain these will be advertised more widely.

The course objectives are:

• Increase confidence while presenting to various groups
• Improve clarity and understanding when presenting content to non-scientific audience
• Learn and practice techniques to present more effectively
• Enhance spontaneity and ability to troubleshoot when faced with difficult questions or presentation issues. 

 

The MCnetITN3 consortium is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 722104.    

Please note: timetable displays UK time, for CET time zones add 1 hour

Each session will start promptly at 10:00 CET / 09:00 UK

 

Monday, 20 September

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome

09:10 → 12:00 Disseminating Research to the General Public: Jenna Clarke, Key messages, proof points and spontaneous pitching (1)

09:10 Session 1 20/09/2021

CERN MCNET SCIENCE DISSEMINATION Session 1 September 2021_handout.pdf

10:30 → 10:40 Break

10:40 → 12:00 Disseminating Research to the General Public: Jenna Clarke, Key messages, proof points and spontaneous pitching (2)

12:00 → 13:00 Reminder: preparation for Session 2: participants will receive an assignment to work on their key messages, presentation notes etc. so they can bring a refined version to practice with in the second session on Wednesday 22nd September.

Tuesday, 21 September

09:00 → 10:00 Reminder: preparation for Session 2: following the first session last week participants will receive an assignment to work on their key messages, presentation notes etc. so they can bring a refined version to practice with in the second session on Wednesday 22nd September.

Wednesday, 22 September

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome: Jenna Clarke, Thriving Talent

09:10 → 12:00 Disseminating Research to the General Public: Jenna Clarke: bringing across the messages in different context / to different lay audiences (1)

09:10 Session 2 22/09/2021

CERN MCNET SCIENCE DISSEMINATION Session 2 September 2021_handout.pdf

10:30 → 10:40 Break

10:40 → 12:00 Disseminating Research to the General Public: Jenna Clarke: bringing across the messages in different context / to different lay audiences (2)