Public Speaking and Impactful Communication (Not Only) in the Sciences

Course Information

Date
  • Monday, February 24, 2025,
    9:00 AM till 5:00 PM
  • Monday, March 3, 2025,
    9:00 AM till 5:00 PM
    • Registration Opens
    January 15, 2025, 9:00 AM
    Registration Deadline
    January 27, 2025, 12:00 PM
    Course Fees
    This course is free of charge and for doctoral candidates and postdocs of the University of Basel only (min. 6, max. 12 participants).
    Trainer
    Michael Berndonner
    Credits
    1 ECTS
    Organized by

    Graduate Center
    Transferable Skills
    grace@unibas.ch
    GRACE Homepage

    Aims

    The participants will discuss, reflect and exercise, how to…

    • …stand confidently and calmly in front of an audience.
    • …present convincing, engaging and passionate.
    • …move people.

    Content

    • The impact of my voice: How to use my voice intentionally.
    • Body: Awareness of my body-language and body-expression.
    • What my inner attitude has to do with my impact.
    • Persuasive speeches: How to argue and convince successfully.
    • How to deal with nervousness and stage fright.
    • How to survive in Q&A´s

    Methods

    1. We share experience among the participants.
    2. We transfer know-how, models and evidence based impactful exercises.
    3. We do it! with exercises and moving out of the comfort zone.
    4. We reflect.

    Target Group

    All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

    About the Trainer

    Michael Berndonner, M.A. et Dipl.Betr.Oec.FH
    Speech Communication Scientist, Vocal Coach and Rhetoric Coach
    Speaker and Moderator, trained Singer and Conductor
    Lecturer at the Universities of St.Gallen and Zurich

    Workload

    Preparation work: 3h
    Course attendance: 2 x 8h
    Transfer task between course day 1 and day 2: 5h
    Individual feedback after course: 1h
    Reflection paper: 5h (optional to obtain 1 ECTS)

    Feature

    Should the covid-19 situation change and we are required to switch to an online format, the course will take place on 19 & 20.03.2024, from 09:00-17:00.

    Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

    Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.

    Location

    Universitätsbibliothek Basel, GRACE room 306 (3rd floor) Schönbeinstrasse 18-20, 4056 Basel


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