Rhetoric workshop "Speak Up"
Beside business research contexts have a constant demand for effective and persuasive communication in order to share information, spread results and affect others.
This seminar develops vital rhetoric skills that enable students to perform confidently in a variety of situations be they scientific discussions, business conversations and presentations or other situations of speaking in front of others.
Doctoral students will learn to clarify their purpose, explore their audience`s needs and expectations, build strong argumentation, chose words of power, create dynamic narrative and develop performance techniques involving body, voice and stage presence. They will get used to handling adversity with calm and ultimately gain greater leadership by communicating in a way that makes sense to other people.
Target audience
Doctoral students and postdocs
Topics
- Getting clear about purpose and aligning with the audience
- Organizing persuasive argumentation and dynamic content
- Handling adversity
- Optimizing body language and use of voice
- Speaking up with zest and integrity
Methods
- Group discussion, group feedback
- Mini group work time & individual work time
- Exercises and mini-speeches
- Full length individual speeches or discussions
- Instructor input and feedback
- Media support : visuals, videos
- Camera recording and evaluation
Terms and Applications
- Date: October 23-24, 2013
- Time: 9am-5pm
- Group size: maximal 14
- Workshop language: English
Venue:
Research Academy Leipzig
Burgstr. 21, SR: 1.11
04109 Leipzig
Lecturer
Constanze Armbrecht
Registration for the course completed
Please fill out the registration form to enroll yourself to the course. You will receive an confirmation email.
Please contact sfb-trr-102-office(at)physik.uni-halle.de in case of questions.