About this Event
Workshop Topic: Stage Presence
This workshop focuses on feeling comfortable on the stage including speaking, physical presence, and with technology. Activities focus on using microphones, moving around on stage, pauses, and engaging with the audience.
This workshop will take place in room 1145 in the Discovery Building.
Space is limited - RSVP required!
These 2-hour workshops are designed for graduate students, post-docs, staff, and faculty in STEM related fields who want to sharpen their ability to communicate effectively and adaptively. In research and industry alike, ideas often need to be shared in real time with diverse audiences- from colleagues and collaborators to decision-makers and the public. These sessions provide a lively, low-stakes space to build confidence in handling the unexpected and the ability to pivot one’s communication. Through fun applied improv practice, participants will experiment with spontaneous speaking, respond to mistakes, and network. Each workshop will focus one a different area of communication - attend one or all of the workshop sessions!
Other sessions this fall:
- Message Crafting - September 16th
- Listening & Empathy - October 14th
Visit illuminatingdiscovery.wisc.edu/sci-prov to check out all upcoming workshops and Sci-prov shows!
Agenda
Goals
Info: • Build resilience and adaptability by practicing how to recover and pivot when the unexpected happens in communication.
• Have various versions of research overviews to adapt to different real-world scenarios.
• Foster new connections and networking opportunities.
Event venue & nearby stays
Discovery Building - Room 1145, 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, United States
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