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On this page: The SEDTalks! Program Fall Presentation Skills Training Series Benefits Eligibility

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 2023 fall training is on delivering a 180-second talk on your research at the SED180 in December. At the conclusion of SEDx180, a selection committee will choose 3 students, our 2024 ChangeMakers, to proceed to the winter training and deliver full presentations at the annual SEDTalks! Event in the spring.

Fall Schedule

	IN-PERSON SESSION DATE: OPTION #1	ONLINE SESSION DATE: OPTION #2	DETAILS
Introduction: Talking it up without dumbing it down	October 18 2023	October 23 2023	Strategic content development
Data Visualization	November 1 2023	October 30 2023	Develop and deliver effective visuals
Presentation & "Stage" Presence	November 15 2023	November 13 2023	Voice, body language, and "stage presence" for online and in-person presentations
Small-Group Coaching Sessions	November 27 2023: 2:00- 5:00pm November 28 2023: 10:00 - 12:30pm November 29 2023: 10:00- 1:00pm		Practice and individual feedback to students on their SED180 thesis presentation
SED180	December 6 2023		Students present their thesis research in a 180-second talk A selection committee chooses three students, our 2024 ChangeMakers, to participate in the winter training, develop full talks and present their research at the 2024 SEDTalks! Event.

Benefits

Presentation Skills Training participants will receive:	ChangeMakers will receive:
Free professional presentation skills training, including small group practice sessions and feedback; Recognition on McGill’s Co-Curricular Record (CCR), a document that recognizes a student's involvement in learning opportunities outside the classroom; An information session with an industrial partner, WSP; Possibility of being selected as a 2024 ChangeMaker.	Individual and small group coaching with feedback during the development of their SEDTalk! A luncheon with WSP representatives Professional photoshoot, promotion of research on TISED's channels and a professional YouTube video of their SEDTalk! Participation in the 2024 SEDTalks! Event $1,000 Award

Eligibility

Open to any graduate student in engineering, architecture or urban planning working on sustainability-related research in one of the following four areas:

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Careers in Sustainability