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Academic Presentation Skills Improving performance at international conferences 23 to 25 November 2009 Bonn, Universitätsclub Konviktstraße 9, Tel. 0228 – 72 96 0 Das Programm der Veranstaltung wird aus Zuwendungen des BMBF finanziert.

Seminarleitung und Organisation „Internationale DAAD-Akademie“ (IDA) Dr. Gabriele Althoff Ansprechpartnerin: DAAD, Kennedyallee 50, 53175 Bonn Barbara Boecker Tel. 0228-882 707 Tel.: 0228-882 672 boecker@daad.de althoff@daad.de in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Universitätsclub Bonn Dozentin Anne Wegner, i p e l s, Bad Honnef Anne Wegner, gebürtige Engländerin, arbeitete nach ihrem Studium an der Loughborough University of Technology in den Bereichen Arbeitswissenschaft, Datenbankbetreuung und Beantragung/Durchführung europäischer Projekte. Ihr beruflicher Werdegang, der unter an- derem Tätigkeiten als Übersetzerin und als "Teacher of English as a Foreign Language“ (TEFL) einschließt, führte sie von England nach Belgien, in die Niederlande, Frankreich und Deutschland. Anne Wegner besitzt theoretische und praktische Zusatzqualifikationen im Be- reich des interkulturellen Trainings sowie des Konfliktmanagements bei der transnationalen Zusammenarbeit. Ihre jahrzehntelangen Erfahrungen als Weiterbildungstrainerin führten 2004 zur Gründung von IPELS. Sie ist Mitglied der Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, sowie des Interculture Network der Universität Jena. Anne Wegner führt Businesscoaching im Interkulturell- und Sprachenbereich durch und arbeitet als Lehrbeauftragte an der Universität Bonn. Anne Wegner, ipels - intercultural projects and english language support 2

Information about the seminar “Academic Presentation Skills“ and seminar programme Target group The seminar is specifically oriented towards scientists who may have some experience of presenting their research findings at national congresses but who have had little or no experi- ence of presenting at international conferences in English. Aim The main aim of the seminar is to give the participants more confidence in presenting their scientific results at international conferences and responding to questions as well as to im- prove their English language presentation vocabulary. Over and above this, the seminar will provide the participants with information about some of the unwritten “rules” of international conferences and aspects of cultural differences in research writing, important for overcoming the hurdle of getting a paper accepted for presentation at a conference. As a result of being at the seminar the participants will be able to tailor their presentation to the target audience, use visualisation media correctly, structure and present their information understandably in English and respond to questions. Methods The methods used in the seminar place emphasis on providing the participants with as much practice in presenting information in English in front of an audience as possible. A total of three presentations are foreseen in the seminar. All presentations by the trainer will be sup- ported by hand-outs and incorporate a discussion element giving the participants argumen- tation practice. At the end of the first day, a short practical session on “small talk” at confe- rences has been foreseen, if required. Monday, November 23 rd 2009 Content Presenter Method/Information Time Welcome DAAD 2.00 pm Introductions Trainer, Participants Participants and trainer will 2.15 pm introduce each other and the areas of scientific interest Getting your paper Trainer Presentation on “Johan 3.15 pm accepted for a Galtung’s Theories on Cultural presentation. Differences in Scientific Papers” Break 4.00 pm The social side – Participants/Trainer Participants can practice small 4.15 pm conference small talk talk, in English. Guided 3

Content Presenter Method/Information Time discussion End of 1 st day 6.00 pm Tuesday, November 24 th 2009 Content Presenter Method/Information Time Presentations: Participants, Trainer Discussion and information on 8.30 am “Soft-skills” body language, non-verbal communication, cultural dif- ferences in audience expecta- tions, overcoming stage-fright Presentation Participants A 5 minute presentation by 9.30 am each participant on their scien- tific area of interest. “Descri- bing your scientific field in 3 sentences” 10.45 am Break Presentations: Participants, Trainer Structure of presentation and 11.00 am “Hard skills” design of visual aids; discus- sion. Dealing with Participants, Trainer Discussion on answering 12.00 am questions/discussing questions and discussing. 1.00 pm Lunch at Universitätsclub Preparation time Participants Preparation of scientific 2.00 pm presentation. Trainer assis- tance where necessary + Break Presentations and Participants A 10 minute presentation by 4.00 pm cultural awareness each participant on a scientific tasks topic of their choice. Block will be interspersed with cultural awareness tasks End of 2 nd day 6.00 pm Optional: informal get together 4

Wednesday, November 25 th 2009 Content Presenter Method/Information Time Rest of presentations Participants Presentations 8.00 am Language tips on Trainer Input from trainer related to 9.30 am presenting and presentations of previous day. discussing in English Block may also include fluency training 10.00 am Break Ad hoc presentations Each participant 5 min presentation on topic to 10.15 am be set by trainer Feedback Participants, DAAD 12.00 am 12.30 pm End of seminar 5