Speak, Inspire, Motivate - Communication Skills for Scientists

Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 August 2019, 10:00 - 17:00
                

Topic: Speak, Inspire, Motivate - Communication Skills for Scientists

Participants: 8 - 16 doctoral candidates

Venue: Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, Pohligstraße 3, 50969 Cologne

Registration: Please register by sending an email with your name, the course code to gsgs-admin@uni-koeln.de

Registration deadline: 13th August 2019, noon

This two-day workshop will be given by Dr. Ben Hartwig, neuroblitz, who is a natural scientist and professional actor in improvised theatre. The participants will learn techniques and tools in being spontaneous and creating stories to excite their audience with their enthusiasm and spontaneity.

Through exercises, the participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of improvisation technique. You will see that great conversations happen by design, not luck. The participants will learn how to handle difficult and unpleasant questions and to make people want to pay attention to you during poster sessions.