Elevated Science Communication : 15. oktober 2009 - 15. oktober 2009
(Auditorium 3-21, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C)
Netvork meeting for FOBI students
About 100 Danish and international PhD students from more than 10 departments at University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark are connected to FOBI. They do research within microbiology, animal and plant science and human health science using a wide range of biotechnological tools.
Meet your fellow students from FOBI Research School for Biotechnology. Expand your network and have fun while getting wiser about science communication.
When:
Thursday, October 15 2009 from 1 pm to 5 pm including a break for coffee/tea and cake. From 5 pm pizza, beer, wine and dessert will be served and participants will have the opportunity to continue networking and socializing.
Where:
LIFE, Auditorium 3-21, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C.
Program:
13.00 - 13.10: Welcome by David B. Collinge, head of FOBI
13.10 - 17.00: Workshop by Carolyn Gale
17.00 - 19.00: Pizza, beer, wine and dessert
Sign up:
Please send e-mail to no later than October 7.
Focus of the meeting:
In today's academic and work environments, it is crucial to be able to describe what you do quickly and succinctly to non-specialists. If you have to communicate complex ideas to others in understandable, nontechnical English and want to do this effectively, this workshop is for you.
Participants will develop a written statement and an oral "elevator talk" that represent clear, concise, and compelling descriptions of their work. The completed material can be used in proposals, grant applications, presentations, and informal conversations with professional and personal contacts.
While developing these materials, participants will work with novel techniques that cover a range of issues in the writing and speaking process. Issues range from assumptions about your audience to peer reviewing and oral presentation techniques.
About Carolyn Gale:
Carolyn Gale is a communication and e-learning consultant, designer, researcher, and trainer. She spent five years co-creating the Stanford Research Communication Program, a university-level initiative to teach PhD students and faculty how to communicate to lay audiences, and now consults with universities and government organizations to develop similar programs. Clients include the Swedish Research Council, VINNOVA (Swedish Agency for Innovative Systems), South African National Research Foundation, and universities in the US, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Japan.
Carolyn is also a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, continuing research into explanatory communication (how experts learn to communicate complex information) and teaching communication and writing courses through the Continuing Studies program.