What is the SEDTalks! Presentation Skills Training?
Need to practice public-speaking for an upcoming academic conference? Want to build important career skills? Hope to participate in the McGill wide Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition and don't know where to start? No matter your skill level, no matter how (un)comfortable you are with public speaking, our Presentation Skills Training is for you!
The SEDTalks! Presentation Skills Training is an educational and skills-building training series for graduate students in McGill's Faculty of Engineering. Led by oral communication professionals, the training includes workshops, small group coaching sessions with feedback and explores strategies to design research talks that are both accessible and impactful. The primary focus of the 2020 fall training is on delivering a virtual 180-second talk on your research to a multidisciplinary audience at the SEDx180S in December. At the conclusion of SEDx180S, a selection committee will choose 3 students, our 2021 ChangeMakers, to proceed to the winter training and deliver full presentations at the annual SEDTalks! Event in the spring. TISED is pleased to announce that the 2021 SEDTalks! Event will be hosted in partnership with WSP, one of the world's leading professional services firms.
For more information and benefits of the training please see our 
SEDTALKS! PRESENTATION SKILL TRAINING BROCHURE
Fall Schedule
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Introduction: Talking it up without dumbing it down |
Monday, October 26, 2020 4:00-5:30 p.m. |
Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:00 am- 12:30 pm |
Strategic content development |
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Data Visualization |
Monday, November 2, 2020 4:00-5:30 p.m. |
Thursday, November 5, 2020 11:00 am- 12:30 pm |
Develop and deliver effective visuals |
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Presentation & "Stage" Presence |
Monday, November 16, 2020 4:00-5:30 p.m. |
Thursday, November 19, 2020 11:00 am- 12:30 pm |
Voice, body language, and "stage presence" for online and in-person presentations |
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Small-Group Coaching Sessions |
Week of November 23, 2020 Specific dates and times TBD |
Practice and individual feedback to students on their SEDx180S thesis presentation |
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
Students present their thesis research in a 180-second talk A selection committee chooses three students, our 2021 ChangeMakers, to participate in the winter training, develop full talks and present their research at the 2021 SEDTalks! Event. |
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Benefits
Presentation Skills Training participants will receive:
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ChangeMakers will receive:
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Sign Up Today!
To register, you must fill out the registration webform. The registration deadline is October 26, 2020, and spaces are limited.
Eligibility
Open to any graduate student in engineering, architecture or urban planning working on sustainability-related research in one of the following four areas:
