PicoSEC-MCNet training on communication of science inside the scientific community

Europe/Zurich
CERN

CERN

Geneva, Switzerland
Description

Reporting one’s work in an effective way is a key success factor for researchers and other professionals. This training program on effective scientific communication will help you develop your writing, speaking, and graphing skills. Specifically, and beyond a simple but solid foundation in communication, you will learn to

  • write an effective abstract for a paper or for a conference proposal;
  • structure and deliver presentations, create slides, and answer questions;
  • optimize the graphical representation of your data.

No matter how little or how much previous experience you have with scientific communication, you can expect to gain numerous new insights from this compact yet complete program. Besides three half-days of discussion on the basis of examples you provide, some of you will have the opportunity to sharpen their skills on a practice presentation, on which they will receive feedback from the rest of the group (and the others will learn just as much, even if differently, by providing such feedback).
 
The program will be run by Dr Jean-luc Doumont (www.principiae.be). An engineer from the Louvain School of Engineering and PhD in applied physics from Stanford University, Dr Doumont is now a recognized expert on communication with extensive experience training researchers at universities and research institutions on all continents except Antarctica.

As support material for the program, you will receive a copy of Trees, maps, and theorems, Dr Doumont’s acclaimed book on “effective communication for rational mind”.

The training is organized on request by the PicoSEC-MCNet researchers; the participation is restricted and upon invitation.


*picture credits: CERN Document Server

    • 08:30 12:00
      Concepts: Fundamentals - Papers (abstracts)
      • 08:30
        Fundamentals 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
      • 10:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 10:30
        Papers (abstracts) 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch break 1h 30m CERN Restaurant 2

      CERN Restaurant 2

    • 13:30 17:00
      Concepts: Presentations (structure, etc.)
      • 13:30
        Presentations (structure, etc.) - I 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
      • 15:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 15:30
        Presentations (structure, etc.) - II 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
    • 19:00 22:00
      Pizza - Barbecue 3h Prevessin BBQ area

      Prevessin BBQ area

      CERN

    • 08:30 12:00
      Concepts: Slides - Graphs
      • 08:30
        Slides 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
      • 10:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 10:30
        Graphs 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch break 1h 30m CERN Restaurant 2

      CERN Restaurant 2

    • 13:30 17:00
      Practice: Preparation of abstracts or presentations

      On Thursday afternoon, participants do exercises on their own.
      Five groups of three people analyze and rewrite relevant abstracts,
      to be discussed in group and further improved on Friday morning.
      Another five groups of two people prepare short oral presentations,
      which one person in each group will deliver on Friday afternoon
      in front of the plenary group, who will provide directed feedback.

      • 13:30
        Abstracts preparation (5x3 people) - Presentations preparation (5x2 people) 3h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
    • 19:00 22:00
      Social dinner 3h Restaurant "La Villa"

      Restaurant "La Villa"

      250 rue du Mont Blanc 01630 St Genis Pouilly
    • 08:30 12:00
      Practice: abstracts

      On Thursday afternoon, participants do exercises on their own.
      Five groups of three people analyze and rewrite relevant abstracts,
      to be discussed in group and further improved on Friday morning.
      Another five groups of two people prepare short oral presentations,
      which one person in each group will deliver on Friday afternoon
      in front of the plenary group, who will provide directed feedback.

      • 08:30
        Group discussions - I 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
      • 10:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 10:30
        Group discussions - II; Plenary feedback 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch break 1h 30m CERN Restaurant 2

      CERN Restaurant 2

    • 13:30 17:30
      Practice: presentations

      On Thursday afternoon, participants do exercises on their own.
      Five groups of three people analyze and rewrite relevant abstracts,
      to be discussed in group and further improved on Friday morning.
      Another five groups of two people prepare short oral presentations,
      which one person in each group will deliver on Friday afternoon
      in front of the plenary group, who will provide directed feedback.

      • 13:30
        Five presentations - I 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
      • 15:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 15:30
        Five presentations - II; Plenary feedback 1h 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Luc Doumont (Principiae)
    • 18:30 22:30
      Social event (tour and dinner in Geneva?) 4h
    • 09:00 17:00
      Social event (hiking in the Jura/UN visit?) 8h