
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
WORKSHOP TOPIC |
IN-PERSON SESSION DATE: OPTION #1 |
ONLINE SESSION DATE: OPTION #2 |
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Introduction: Talking it up without dumbing it down |
October 18 2023 |
October 23 2023 | Strategic content development |
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Data Visualization |
November 1 2023 |
October 30 2023 |
Develop and deliver effective visuals |
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Presentation & "Stage" Presence |
November 15 2023 |
November 13 2023 |
Voice, body language, and "stage presence" for online and in-person presentations |
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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 |
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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: |
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Eligibility
Open to any graduate student in engineering, architecture or urban planning working on sustainability-related research in one of the following four areas: