communication skills in science: research in 4 minutes (rin4)
TRANSCRIPT
Communication skills in science
Research in 4 minutes
Aurelio Ruiz
Working group on Deep Learning
Funds amp infrastructure
Communication and Outreach
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=FjAuggflTVE
dticphdworkshop2015
Career development
httpcardiofunxionupfedu
httphacklabupfedu
Today
This is actually a compressed version of a 2-hour talk The slides will be available It just provides some personal ideas not a 10 tips to succeed ndash Create that a pitch that you feel comfortable with and is aligned with your work and personality
Communication
communicate verb (SHARE INFORMATION) kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
B1 [I or T] to share information with others by speaking writing moving your body or using other signals
B2 [I] to talk about your thoughts and feelings and help other people to understand them marketing noun [U] (JOB) ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ B2 a job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Working group on Deep Learning
Funds amp infrastructure
Communication and Outreach
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=FjAuggflTVE
dticphdworkshop2015
Career development
httpcardiofunxionupfedu
httphacklabupfedu
Today
This is actually a compressed version of a 2-hour talk The slides will be available It just provides some personal ideas not a 10 tips to succeed ndash Create that a pitch that you feel comfortable with and is aligned with your work and personality
Communication
communicate verb (SHARE INFORMATION) kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
B1 [I or T] to share information with others by speaking writing moving your body or using other signals
B2 [I] to talk about your thoughts and feelings and help other people to understand them marketing noun [U] (JOB) ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ B2 a job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Funds amp infrastructure
Communication and Outreach
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=FjAuggflTVE
dticphdworkshop2015
Career development
httpcardiofunxionupfedu
httphacklabupfedu
Today
This is actually a compressed version of a 2-hour talk The slides will be available It just provides some personal ideas not a 10 tips to succeed ndash Create that a pitch that you feel comfortable with and is aligned with your work and personality
Communication
communicate verb (SHARE INFORMATION) kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
B1 [I or T] to share information with others by speaking writing moving your body or using other signals
B2 [I] to talk about your thoughts and feelings and help other people to understand them marketing noun [U] (JOB) ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ B2 a job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Communication and Outreach
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=FjAuggflTVE
dticphdworkshop2015
Career development
httpcardiofunxionupfedu
httphacklabupfedu
Today
This is actually a compressed version of a 2-hour talk The slides will be available It just provides some personal ideas not a 10 tips to succeed ndash Create that a pitch that you feel comfortable with and is aligned with your work and personality
Communication
communicate verb (SHARE INFORMATION) kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
B1 [I or T] to share information with others by speaking writing moving your body or using other signals
B2 [I] to talk about your thoughts and feelings and help other people to understand them marketing noun [U] (JOB) ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ B2 a job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Career development
httpcardiofunxionupfedu
httphacklabupfedu
Today
This is actually a compressed version of a 2-hour talk The slides will be available It just provides some personal ideas not a 10 tips to succeed ndash Create that a pitch that you feel comfortable with and is aligned with your work and personality
Communication
communicate verb (SHARE INFORMATION) kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
B1 [I or T] to share information with others by speaking writing moving your body or using other signals
B2 [I] to talk about your thoughts and feelings and help other people to understand them marketing noun [U] (JOB) ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ B2 a job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Today
This is actually a compressed version of a 2-hour talk The slides will be available It just provides some personal ideas not a 10 tips to succeed ndash Create that a pitch that you feel comfortable with and is aligned with your work and personality
Communication
communicate verb (SHARE INFORMATION) kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
B1 [I or T] to share information with others by speaking writing moving your body or using other signals
B2 [I] to talk about your thoughts and feelings and help other people to understand them marketing noun [U] (JOB) ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ B2 a job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Communication
communicate verb (SHARE INFORMATION) kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt
B1 [I or T] to share information with others by speaking writing moving your body or using other signals
B2 [I] to talk about your thoughts and feelings and help other people to understand them marketing noun [U] (JOB) ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ B2 a job that involves encouraging people to buy a product or service
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Communication
500 ndash 700 words (3000 ndash 4200 characters) TITLE + abstract
Time over a coffee break in a conference to establish contacts First impression in competitive funds job interviews etc Elevator pitch So that the listener gets the message WE WANT him her to get and becomes eager to hear the rest NOT JUST A COMPRESSED VERSION
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Communication
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Communication
Elevator Pitches for Scientists What When Where and How Uyen Chun August 2013The
Postdoc Way
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Research in 4 minutes an excuse
Science Career Advice
Your thesis in 3 minutes (with Alex Artaud Grenoble)
httpsciencecareerssciencemagorgcareer_magazinepreviou
s_issuesarticles2015_06_11caredita1500151
Cristina Galusca DTIC-UPF
The opportunity to sum up my ideas and my research in
four minutes struck me as being a really fun challengeldquo
httpwwwupfeduenoticiesenentrevistesGalusca_Rin4html
VfL8qpegVkU
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Communication
The care and maintenance of your adviser
httpwwwnaturecomnaturejobs2011110127fullnj7331-570ahtml
A comment we often hear at our workshops is ldquoMy adviser is lovely but
heshe is just so busy that we never get to talk about my thesisrdquo And our
response is ldquoYes your adviser is busy All advisers are busy and will
continue to be busyrdquo
ldquoThis is my thesis My name is written on the front of it I need to become
the driverrdquo The sooner the candidate does this the better
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
What does Sarah Marley do
3MT Finals 2014 Sarah Marley - Say what Coastal dolphins and noisy
environments
httpswwwyoutubecomwatcht=39ampv=XznGGhyi59g
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
What does Sarah Marley do
Personality
Establishes a conversation
You do not need to have results
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Idea 1 Know yourself
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Idea 3 Know your audience
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Idea 1 Know yourself
Professionally
Personally
Your project and
results
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
Be informed
Test your
choices
Start early
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Which is your motivation to communicate
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
12 Which is your motivation to do research
Idea 1 Know yourself
Academia Industry
Policy Makers Enterpreneurship
etchellip
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Which is your motivation to do research
New knowledge which is not integrated in the research community is irrelevant
bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role) LEISHMANIASIS
Idea 1 Know yourself
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to
it
Idea 1 Know yourself
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
11 What is special in ourselves (projects results) with respect to equivalent
peers (project results - in each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research in leishmaniasis relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it
Idea 1 Know yourself
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_
headlinelanguage=en
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
ldquoIrsquod like to talk to you today about the scale of the scientific effort that
goes into making the headlines you see in the paperrdquo
Rachel Pike
The science behind a climate headline
httpswwwtedcomtalksrachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline
language=en
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
Collaboration Competition
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
QUALITY MATTERS
Taken from a presentation by Gonzalo Vicente
Prioritise Do I really have to do it Is this the best option for my plans Is it an opportunity to take me further Is this a work I can reuse
Achieve something from any effort
We are judged by what we finish not
by what we start
We are judged by what we achieve not
by what we do
Idea 2 Have a clear objective
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
A 3D printer for molecules Lee Cronin
Print your own medicine
httpwwwtedcomtalkslee_cronin_pri
nt_your_own_medicinelanguage=en
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Idea 3 Know your audience
bull Specialists require detail
bull Non-specialists require interpretation
bullDifferent contexts have different norms language
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Audience
How can you help non-specialist
bull Questions which guide
bull Establish comparison points
bull Direct ldquo1 Terabyte is equivalent tordquo relative ldquo10 increase inrdquo
bull Analogies (compare with something known to the audience)
bull Images
bull Reduce Jargon (words ways of talking)
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Audience
How to deal with heterogenous audiences
bull Focus on the non-specialist (adjust)
31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk
bull After a specialised part be sure the general audience can ldquoget backrdquo to
your talk
English Communication for Scientists Nature httpwwwnaturecomscitableebooksenglish-communication-for-scientists-
14053993118519448bookContentViewAreaDivID
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Prof X a world-renowned scientist in your field of expertise approaches you during a
break in a conference and expresses her interest in your work
She explains that she has just been chosen to lead the scientific committee of a
foundation This foundation will be giving 1MEUR to a highly promising junior scientist
She asks you to meet on the next break for a quick chat with Prof Y ndash a big name in a
related area of research (ldquoWe just have 5 minutes during the break go to the pointrdquo)
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Talk nerdy to me Melissa Marschall httpswwwtedcomtalksmelissa_marshall_talk_ner
dy_to_melanguage=en
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Idea 4 Prepare and practice
Plan
Be informed
Test your choices
Start early
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Keep your CV continuously updated
Have automatic ways to compile relevant information (such as total
citations article most cited who cites you etc) ndash Google Scholar
Researchgate
Have a short bio ready Keywords highlights selected publications
Make it useful Keep for instance a personal web updated increasing your
visibility
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Oral Communication
Difference with written communication Stronger ldquodominancerdquo over
the audience
bull You set the rythm
bull Can have some level of interaction media free use of (body) language
Select information which is your main message (31)
People can ask you later for more details
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Try to express your project around a clear simple idea Image
httpip4ecupfedu
The objective of this project is to develop image processing algorithms for cinema that allow people watching a movie on a screen to see the same details and colors as people at the shooting location can
Compile pictures which could be useful
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Compile ideas from others which you find of interest
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Structure
The problem why it matters potential solutions the benefits of
fixing it ---- Your specific work ---- why it matters is relevant
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Structure
Start with an attention ndash getter Focus the audiencersquos attention
on one issue
Close with a take-home message (ideally linked to your attention
getter)
Story
Personal Well-known story Curious fact
Your Brain on Fiction httpwwwnytimescom20120318opinionsundaythe-
neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fictionhtmlpagewanted=allamp_r=0
Image
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Examples
Cristina Galusca Center for Brain and Cogntion
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=D0Xv2scou1s
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
More examples
Science pitch (stem cells) httpswwwcirmcagovour-
progressstem-cell-videosampampfield_voc_video_event_tid[0]=746
3 minute thesis httpthreeminutethesisorg
TED in 3 minutes httpswwwtedcomplaylists81ted_in_3_minutes
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
11 What is special in ourselves with respect to equivalent peers (in
each specific context)
12 Which is your motivation to do research bull How you can be useful to others Others can be useful for you bull Why could they be interested in you your results your methods bull Who are the direct and indirect beneficiaries of your research bull What can you offer Who do you need to conduct your research
bull Other skills bull Infrastructures Strategic providers bull Requirements feedback bull Subjects for experiments bull Visibility bull Future employers etc
bull ldquoGreater whyrdquo get to know properly the wider area of knowledge (and who plays a role)
13 Why is research relevant 14 Why is your approach work relevant to it 2 Have an objective 31 Select information what should the audience remember after your talk Is there a simple message you may give Is there a story metaphore etc
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf
Thank you
Department of Information and Communication Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
httpwwwupfedudtic
dtic_upf