PhD slam compitition May 27

Can you present your work in three minutes?

Do you want to know what other PhD students within

nanoscience are working on right now?

Then participate in PhD SLAM Competition 2011

Friday May 27 you will have the change present your work in three minutes for fellow PhD students and colleges at Nano-Science Center.

Judges from different fields of nanoscience will be evaluating your presentation and a crowd listing to you. The winner will walk away with a gift certificate to Polyteknisk Boghandel.

Program:

14 - 16.00: Presentations i aud. 4

16.00 -  : Drinks and the winner is announced in D203

Sign up by sending an email before May 11 to: mmorten@fys.ku.dk
Maximum 30 PhD students can participate in the competition.

PhD students signing up for the competition will be offered a crash course in Presenting with Impact Wednesday May 18 from 9-12 in room 1-2-03 at BioCenter called seminar room.


Chris Rycroft from Percepti Global will do a workshop on Impact management. This is a unique opportunity for all of you to gain valuable and personal experience on a  subject which can be used in a multitude of situations including exams, job interviews, delivering research papers, work and private engagements
 
Learn how to :
-  structure your message and your presentation

-  Capture your audience within 90 seconds and never let them go

-  Understand what is going on in the minds of your audience so you can react accordingly and create more interest 

-  improve your impact on teachers and censors at exams

-  maximize colleagues and ‘bosses’ respect for you at work

-  optimize your performance in job interviews

Chris will shape his workshop according to the number of people attending, therefore it is extremely important that we can count on you showing up.

The presentations will be reviewed according the following criteria:

Clarity of presentation, presentation art, timing & balance, scientific content, complexity of subject, inventive step, impact/results and background coverage.