WISO002298 Presentation and communication skills for Doctoral Candidates
- Type
- course with continuous assessment
- Semester hours
- 1.5
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Meixner, Oliver , Haas, Rainer
- Organisation
- Marketing and Innovation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2026
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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• Tailoring of the presentation to the target audience
• Structure of a typical conference presentation (including self-introduction)
• Slide design with PowerPoint (font-type and sizes, background, colors, animation, how much content)
• Visualization of science (media, charts, images)
• Dealing with questions and criticism (justified or unfair)
• Improve personal presentation habits: Speech techniques; Pace; Voice modulation; Body language; Commitment; Audience orientation
• How to deeal with presentation anxiety
• Presenting research results to a non-scientific community
• Pitch yourself
• Storytelling and Framing of Messages
• English skills for scientific presentations
• Handling of questions
• Presenting to the limbic brain: Guidelines for improved presentations from Limbic Brain research
- Previous knowledge expected
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No previous knowledge necessary
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Participants will learn
o how to prepare effective oral presentations for different settings
o how to use visual aids to highlight the key messages
o how to overcome presentation anxiety and act as a professional presenter
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.