Presenting Posters & Pitching
Would you like to become more effective at selling your ideas, yourself and broadening your professional network? In this course, you will learn how modern academics use poster presentations to bring their ideas to a wider audience and develop professional relationships.
Designing a poster is different from designing presentation slides and pitching is not simply presenting. Poster presentations are an opportunity to offer a snapshot of your work and engage other professionals in dialogue. How effective you are at pitching your work and presenting yourself will usually determine the number and quality of your future professional relationships.
By the end of this course you will understand how to
• design an effective poster presentation
• develop a pitch
• inspire and engage instead of teach
• express your passion
• interact with your audience in a natural and purposeful way
• give and receive feedback on your posters and poster pitch.
What does the course involve?
During this course you will pick an existing study for which you will design a poster and an accompanying pitch. You will learn the basics of poster design and how to inspire and engage your audience about the content of your chosen study. You will practice your pitching and networking skills by presenting your poster and interacting with your audience in a natural and goal-oriented way. Throughout this course, you will receive high quality individual feedback to help you develop an awareness of your strengths and weaknesses as a poster presenter, and you will be graded based on your performance in a final poster pitching session.
Teacher
Caro Struijke teaches a wide variety of academic communication skills in English, ranging from scientific writing courses to PhD candidates, poster pitching workshops to honours students, and popular science writing courses to master students. She also coaches individuals, such as professors preparing their inaugural speech. Caro holds a degree in English (University of Amsterdam), a master’s degree in applied linguistics (University College of North Wales) and a PhD in theoretical linguistics (University of Maryland). She greatly enjoys helping academics communicate their ideas effectively and improve their English language skills in the process.
Materials
Course materials will be published on Brightspace.
Schedule
The course consists of 5 sessions which will take place on Monday evenings 18.00 - 20.00 hrs.
Monday 6 November
Monday 13 November
Monday 27 November
Monday 4 December
Monday 11 December
The course will take place on campus. The Honours Academy and Radboud in’to Languages believe that the best learning happens when we collaborate in the same workspace, so your physical presence is required! If you know that you cannot attend one or more sessions, pick a different course so you can get the most out of this experience with your fellow students.