Target group

PhD students or other researchers. Aimed at beginners who are in their first two years, but more experienced researchers can join as well.

Participant limit

45 places. (Full)

Date

Friday October 30th (FEARS), 15:40-17:00

Target group

PhD students or other researchers. Aimed at beginners who are in their first two years, but more experienced researchers can join as well.

Participant limit

45 places. (Full)

Date

Friday October 30th (FEARS), 14:00-15:20

Workshop content

The poster is a great conference tool that presents the main topic and / or results of your study to introduce the research to a broader academic network. This workshop gives an insight into the development process of a clear, attractive and informative academic poster. The attendees will be presented with discussion topics and authentic examples to instigate an interactive brainstorm, thus gaining awareness of do's and don'ts of the poster medium and providing tips and tricks for most effectively communicating their main message.

For more than ten years already, Tom De Moor has been providing a broad range of academic English training sessions across all UGent faculties. One of his domains of specialization is the academic poster. He has codeveloped and frequently teaches the DS transferable skills course on the topic and keeps a finger on the pulse of trends and evolutions of the medium.

Workshop content

Pitching is the technique of communicating an idea or project in a way that enables the audience to share the presenter’s enthusiasm. An effective pitch bridges the communicative gap between the presenter’s expertise and the audience’s potential unfamiliarity with the subject. This workshop expands attendees’ toolset of best practices in bridging that gap and presenting their projects in general, and challenges them to critique and improve authentic pitches,  including each other’s and their own.

Nils Smeuninx has been an English-language communication and speaking skills instructor for over ten years. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the readability, understandability and communicative techniques of corporate communications, and continues to apply that expertise throughout the various language proficiency and Doctoral Schools transferable skills courses he teaches at UGent’s University Language Centre.