[Grad-postdoc-assn] Fwd: [opa_communications] RSVP: Rethinking Scientific Presentations: The Assertion-Evidence Approach (Friday, 1/26)

[Paula Fisher]

Hi all,

A talk at CU that might be of interest.  This one is also sponsored by the
CU Graduate School, so presumably grad students are invited as well as
postdocs.  Please RSVP to the link below.

Paula


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Date: Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:59 AM
Subject: [opa_communications] RSVP: Rethinking Scientific Presentations:
The Assertion-Evidence Approach (Friday, 1/26)
To: "opa_communications at lists.colorado.edu" <
opa_communications at lists.colorado.edu>


The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, the Graduate School and the 3MT Program
invite you to Rethinking Scientific Presentations: The Assertion-Evidence
Approach, a workshop on research presentations by Michael Alley, Associate
Professor of Engineering Communication at Pennsylvania State University.
Postdoctoral Affairs Events

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*Jan. 10, 2018*

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Rethinking Scientific Presentations: The Assertion-Evidence Approach
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c34ccc1bb652e568d2afcae97c90c2f459afb62c8a997ddaa1c4264dae0c0c5d9ed53d305086bd3926872a3fb7188c77f14>

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c348bd7b851446de6a3b49e9c77e445cb17bca5f8d11db530d182d2e05c2e1402d28af886436c2889eea6cc969337306a5c>,
the Graduate School
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c341ca778e2f99d2a5cdaf7a209c487ebfc571a02600d36ce216ef7806a955c8bf0a6856715a5423de0e2a5b1f8be9d1566>
and the 3MT Program invite you to *Rethinking Scientific Presentations: The
Assertion-Evidence Approach*, a workshop on research presentations by *Michael
Alley*, Associate Professor of Engineering Communication at Pennsylvania
State University.

*Abstract*
>From an audience's perspective, many presentations in science and
engineering suffer because the talks are unfocused. This lack of focus
leads to much noise, which reduces the understanding by the audience. Much
of the problem arises from speakers following PowerPoint's defaults and
building their talks on phrase headlines supported by bulleted lists. This
workshop presents the assertion-evidence approach (http://www.assertion-
evidence.com
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c34027880507d30bc8daa6dc56dd33c39ac5d48d577cd8d27297b610f2dea49038efe236820003d1dc6c3ce1c1964288a9d>)
to designing scientific presentations. In this approach, the speaker builds
the talk on key messages supported by visual evidence. Our research has
found that assertion-evidence talks are more focused and much better
understood by audiences. In addition, our students (even those initially
nervous about making presentations) report that using the
assertion-evidence approach has given them more confidence. To this
workshop, participants are encouraged to bring a laptop and to create a
couple of slides beforehand for their research using the following
tutorial: http://www.assertion-evidence.com/tutorial.html
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c343b3b1c240fe71017f931068d08aaaa207fc49891eee5488e2d29778e7deff9d1bae64177f7f46f44f3221e3df3d9332c>.


*About the Speaker*
Holding a master of science in electrical engineering and a master of fine
arts in writing, Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering
communication at Penn State.  He is the author of *The Craft of Scientific
Presentations* (Springer, 2013), which has been translated to Japanese and
Chinese. Over the past decade, he has taught presentations to scientists
and engineers across the United States and in Europe, Asia, and South
America. Sites include Google, MIT, Harvard Medical School, the University
of Illinois, Sandia National Laboratories, Texas Instruments, Simula
Research Laboratory (Norway), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the
University of San Paulo. Alley's websites on presentations are top Google
listings for both *engineering presentations* and *scientific presentations*
.

*Friday, January 26th *
10 AM-12 PM
SEEC C120
*Refreshments will be provided*

*RSVP Here*
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c34b8d2361bc928511e8596511cf06206872000a979375b8ded2b47f7e8ebc2042901f2df1f7cd870f126bfb5b0273c9088>

*Calendar*
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c34ccc1bb652e568d2afcae97c90c2f459afb62c8a997ddaa1c4264dae0c0c5d9ed53d305086bd3926872a3fb7188c77f14>





*Postdoctoral Affairs
<http://click.communications.cu.edu/?qs=c248b7a767b77c34f47ccc7fc9133c585d1667348f64ed72f479b61d328cb50314fce33c6f1dd56fb9d901b531d5bc80018bc5eb248ffaff>*

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Paula Fisher
Administrator

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Education & Outreach and
The Advanced Study Program

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