Communicating Effectively: Strategies for Successful Presentations and Debates

25-26 EC1

Engels

Beschrijving

In this course, we will introduce different forms of communication, from oral presentations and debates to written press releases and popular scientific articles. We will delve deeper into strategies to determine a central message and convey it clearly. The focus will be on oral presentations. People absorb information in different ways, which makes it important to work on different, complementary levels when presenting. Therefore, we will learn how to present effectively and make presentations visually attractive through both informative lectures and hands-on exercises. In addition, we will practice discussing, reinforcing a message, and communicating effectively on the spot using a debate format (depending on the number of participants).

Inhoud

* Different forms of communication

* Elevator pitch

* How do you determine the central message to convey?

* How do you make your presentation visual attractive?

* How do you give an effective oral presentation?

* How do you effectively convey your message in a debate?

Teaching formats

Oral lessons, class discussions, group work (debate), individual tasks ( preparing and giving presentation)

Target audience

Recent graduates, teachers, PhD students, adults interested in presentation techniques

Evaluation

The evaluation will be based on the debate (30%), the oral presentation (30%), the visual aspect of that presentation (30%) and active participation during the lessons (10%).

Type of course

This is an on campus course.

Schedule

Monday Evenings from 5 pm to 8 pm

09/02/26
23/02/26
02/03/26
09/03/26
16/03/26
23/03/26

Venue

Faculty of Science, campus Ledeganck, K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, ( entrance GUM, 1 st Floor)

Textbook

* Van de Water H, Verlinden T (2018) The floor is yours: leren presenteren van brainstorm tot applaus. 2e editie. Academia Press, Gent. 230 pp. https://thefloorisyours.be/nl/producten/book/the-floor-is-yours/

Some copies of the book are available for consultation from the lecturers.

Fees

The participation fee is 1170 EUR for participants from the private sector. Reduced prices apply to students and staff from non-profit, social profit, and government organizations. An exam fee of 35 EUR will be applied.

Industry, private sector, profession*: € 1170
Non profit, government, higher education staff, (Doctoral) students, unemployed: € 526
Full reimbursement by Doctoral Schools is possible (see details below)

KMO-portefeuille

Information on "KMO-portefeuille": https://www.ugent.be/nl/opleidingen/levenslang-leren/kmo

Registration

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UGent PhD students

Doctoral School pays for your course on the condition that you sign the attendance list for each lesson. If you are absent, please notify our academy in advance by email and provide the necessary documents.