Get started with this intro to SKILLSETS’ Presentation Skills series. This workshop teaches participants how to create clear, accessible and engaging research presentations that are fit for a variety of academic and non-academic audiences.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 16:00to17:00
Thursday, March 6, 2025 13:00to14:00
This workshop focuses on the steps participants need to develop content for their next research presentation. From STEM based quantitative research, to social science exploration, this workshop will explore worksheets designed to help participants develop better content.Â
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:00to11:00
This workshop will introduce you to some strategies for identifying and applying for academic research opportunities. In this interactive session, the facilitators will provide you with some practical tips for locating research positions, fields, and groups within your department.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 10:30to11:30
In this workshop, participants learn how to avoid the pitfalls of building slides that have too much information, take too long to process, and compete for audience attention. By understanding the limits of human visual and auditory language processing, participants learn how to work within them.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 17:00to18:00
This workshop dives deeply into how to practice more effectively and how to get better feedback for a presentation while preparing. Participants review why watching a video of yourself is so painful for most people and how to work around the feeling to make the most of this tool for self-review.
Monday, April 14, 2025 15:00to16:00
This workshop teaches participants how to balance confidence and professionalism with dynamic physical and vocal presence. Specifically, participants will learn the importance of gestures and vocal variety; as well as how to use physical space, naming and props.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 13:00to16:00
This special 3-hour workshop focuses specifically on research presentations with more explicit goals, such as policy implications, grant requests or investment pitches.