Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Presentation with confidence
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3771-18-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 22/08/2018

Date and time	10.09.2018, at: 13:00 - 08.10.2018, at: 16:00
Regular seats	18
Course fee	1,560.00 kr.
Lecturers	KATRINE STRANDBERG LARSEN
ECTS credits	0.90

Contact person	Kathe Jensen E-mail address: kje@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list. The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee. Course title Presentation with Confidence - For PhD students who have a scientific presentation, a pitch, or a PhD defense to give in the nearest future. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will have knowledge of: - The significance of body language - Basic voice training - The importance of breath and it's positive impact on the body and the nervous system - The impact of visualization and imagination to stabilize one's performance - How to develop mental strength and robustness A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: - Perform a strong body language - Warm up the voice before a presentation - Use breathing techniques to calm nerves - Use visualization to prepare a convincing performance - Reduce the impact of inner critics - Stay calm under pressure Content In this course you have a unique opportunity to train presenting your PhD summary or parts of your power point. You will gain control of all the aspects of a performance. You will practice skills that help increase self-confidence and keep you calm ahead of a presentation. We will continually integrate techniques that are proven to strengthen personal impact and mental robustness. Techniques that are grounded in the latest academic research and put together based on our experience as a professional singer and mental trainer and a performer and a drama teacher. Preparation for the course consists of training and using the different techniques introduced in the program and rehearsing your pitch or presentation at home. Personal impact and physical and mental calmness are skills you can practice. We create a safe learning environment, where you can cultivate your performance skills and grow your personal impact. Participants Maximum 18 participants. Requirements We expect you to have a scientific presentation, a pitch, or a PhD defense to give in the nearest future. You should have a presentation or pitch ready (or at least an outline) you can use as case material during the course. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: All graduate programmes Language Danish or English in case of non-Danish participants Form Exercises and dialogue Course director Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Associate professor, Department of Public Health, Ksal@sund.ku.dk Teachers Ulla Munch, cand.scient.phil. Institute of Music, University of Copenhagen, Danish National Academy of Music, Ullamunch.dk Heidi Vesterkilde, cand.scient.anth. University of Copenhagen, Université de Lausanne, Vesterkilde.dk Dates Course program: - September 10th, 13-16: How to boost your performance skills. Introducing techniques to strengthen body and mind. - September 24th 13-16: Building up self-confidence and managing the inner critics. - October 8th, 13-16: Mental preparation for upcoming conferences. Course location CSS Registration Please register before 22 August 2018. Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor

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