Communication Workshop

The young research staff at the department are generally apprehensive about talking to the media, in fear of not being correct or not feeling like "experts" in their own fields yet.

However scary it may be, we all need to face these fears at some point, after all, what is the point of research if no-one learns from it but you?

Time and place: – , Psykologisk Institutt, Seminar room 2

We are hereby inviting you to take part in a full day workshop specially tailored for PhD students and PostDocs, at the Department of Psychology on February 5th from 9:00 to 13:00 (free lunch + coffee).

  • Write press releases that makes journalists jump out of their chairs in excitement
  • Make the excited journalist understand what your research really is about
  • Get confidence to give media interviews aimed at the general public
  • Communicate your scientific contributions as one coherent and engaging story in less than 7 minutes (with the PechaKucha 20 x 20 format – see below for more info)

In a practical session, you will be challenged to find new ways to communicate your work, and learn techniques that can help you overcome creative hinders and hang-ups.

PechaKucha Oslo, a worldwide forum for creative communication of ideas, will teach you how to tell ONE story REALLY well, using their format of 20 slides of 20 seconds each. This format is restrictive, but at the same time freeing, and forces the speaker to focus on the take-home message.

So sign up! - click here!

 

Full program:

09:00 - 09:15  Welcome and short information about PechaKucha.

                        Contributors: PsyDoc representatives,

 

9:15 - 10:15  How to write press-releases and handle journalists. Lecture + practical exercises

                        Contributors: Torkild Jemterud (NRK science journalist)

 

10:30 - 12:30 Coaching in dissemination and how to overcome obstacles in the creative process. There will be breaks and practical exercises.

                        Contributors: Vegard Olsen and Christine Wittusen, Professional coach and chaos pilots

 

12:30 -13:00  Lunch and information about Oslo PsychScience and the PechaKucha presentation format

                         Simple sandwiches, coffee and tea will be served for registered participants.

 

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Tags: Workshop, Communication
Published Jan. 21, 2015 12:58 PM - Last modified Feb. 2, 2015 9:33 AM
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PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps -- just about anything, really -- in the PechaKucha 20x20 format. With PechaKucha Nights now happening in over 700 cities around the world, we have discovered that most cities -- not just Tokyo -- have virtually no public spaces where people can show and share their work in a relaxed way.