Wednesday 8 September 2010

The research is brilliant, the abstract is excellent but the presentation was very stressful. Not an unusual event that can happen to those of us involved in the art of science communication. Not only does today’s researcher need to be able to design studies and write high quality scientific articles but they need to present this data to an expectant audience. Presenting the results at seminars and congresses has become a matter of performance and selling yourself as well as your work. The better the person is trained to perform, the better they will be able to get the scientific message across.

This one day workshop will focus on the performance skills of the presenter with coaching on body language, vocal skills, and tips on how to grab the audiences’ attention. And, we will look at the format and lay-out of the presentation-how can we present data in an impactful way? Using the input of your peers, your skills will be analysed and positive suggestions for change will be offered and discussed. What went well and what can be improved?

The facilitator of this course is David Morgan, a veterinarian with Eukanuba & Iams who is an experienced presenter at veterinary congresses and who has a varied background working in the business sector with Procter & Gamble. Constructive feedback and help to the participants will be given to optimally format lectures and results, and how to work on the best way to present them to an audience.

This will now be the 7th consecutive year the course will be run at ECVIM: feedback from the last 6 years: “practical points”, “I now look at preparing the way I present something, not just what to present. I look at it completely differently already”, “after this short course I will be able to improve my presentations”, “To understand the importance of self-presentation with client contacts”, “It was a very good course, perfectly organized, nice atmosphere, don’t change it”

Registration for this workshop is on a first come first serve basis, as the places are limited to only a maximum of 10 delegates.