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 2021 fall training is on delivering a 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 2022 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 2022 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 
2021 SEDTALKS! PRESENTATION SKILL TRAINING BROCHURE
Fall Schedule
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IN-PERSON SESSION DATE:OPTION #1 |
ONLINE SESSION DATE:OPTION #2 |
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Introduction: Talking it up without dumbing it down |
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. |
Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
Strategic content development |
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Data Visualization |
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
Develop and deliver effective visuals |
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Presentation & "Stage" Presence |
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. |
Thursday, November 11, 2021 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
Voice, body language, and "stage presence" for online and in-person presentations |
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Small-Group Coaching Sessions |
Week of November 23-25, 2021 Specific dates and times TBD |
Practice and individual feedback to students on their SEDx180S thesis presentation |
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Wednesday, December 7, 2021 |
Students present their thesis research in a 180-second talk A selection committee chooses three students, our 2022 ChangeMakers, to participate in the winter training, develop full talks and present their research at the 2022 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 19, 2021, 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:
