CICASP Seminar in Science Communication: Summary & Outline

SUMMARYCICASP Seminar in Science Communication #107
Scientific presentation skills #2: ICEE practice talks
5 PM-, Wednesday, June 12, 2019
The second seminar in this block is for students to practice their talks
for ICEE. Vanessa practiced her talk, and the audience members andthe CICASP Team gave feedback on what was good about thepresentation and what could be improved and how.

OUTLINE
CICASP Seminar in Science Communication #108
Scientific presentation skills #3: ICEE practice talks
5 PM-, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 (PRI Large Conference Room)Students will practice their talks for the International Conference on
Environmental Enrichment and get feedback from colleagues inthis seminar.
Please sign up by emailing back to Himani Nautiyal(himani.nautiyal08@gmail.com) by 6/17 if you want to practice yourtalk on 6/19 (we will have a video conference with WRC if WRC
members want to practice).
If more people want to practice than we can accommodate during theregular seminar hours, we may hold an additional session (date &time TBD). Conversely, if few people are ready to practice, we canlook at and give feedback on poster drafts, so let us know if you areinterested in showing your poster. We encourage everyone to start
preparing early because ICEE starts on 6/22! And remember, yourtalk doesn't need to be perfect or complete for the practice—we will
be happy to provide friendly feedback to you at any stage ofpreparation.
* Please be notified that we won’t have a seminar on June 26th,
Wednesday, because many people will be attending ICEE.
** We are calling for volunteers for the seminar after the next one, on
July 3rd, Wednesday, “Presentation: Dealing with accidents”. We
would like to invite students to submit condensed slides for theirresearch, and we will modify the slide package in an unexpected way
so that students get some experience dealing with the various
potential technical malfunctions that can arise during conference
talks. We'll keep it fun and educational, but we expect students to dotheir best to mimic real situations. If you are interested, please signup and send your slides to Gao Jie (gaojie5370@gmail.com) by thenoon of July 2nd, Tuesday. It will be a condensed version of apresentation you would give at an academic conference.It's fine toinclude results you already have, or expected results, theoreticalresults or even made-up results, if you're feeling creative. . It could
be a short version of a presentation that you have given before. The
presentation should have 5 to 7 slides, and the time duration is from
5 to 7 minutes. We especially encourage you to put figures andgraphs about your data in your slides because many accidents canhappen to the figure and graph display and we would like to makethem happen in surprising ways.

Schedule of CICASP workshops [Spring 2019]
April Block (17, 24) - Grant Writing Masterclass- JSPS fellowship applications, general grant writing concepts and tips,
communication skills
May Block (15, 22, 29) - Publish or Perish: a walk through the publication
process- exploring journals and publishing options, submitting a paper, creating acover letter, dealing with editors, reviewers and online submission systems,
etc...
June Block (5, 12(?), 19; July 3) - Presenting Effectively for dummies- basic concepts in presenting effectively, contrasting good and 'bad' talks,practice for upcoming conferences
July Block (10, 17, 31) - Visual Storytelling: a picture is worth (at least) a 250
word abstract- practice developing (multimedia) visual aids for science communication tovariable audiences, develop resources for upcoming events (e.g. CICASP
10th Anniversary, 12th International PWS Symposium (September 2019), etc.