MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017



Making the Most of Your Presentation

Jan/19 Thu 02:00PM-04:00PM 10-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. Based on Dr Doumont’s book Trees, maps, and theorems, about “effective communication for rational minds” this lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations.  Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.  Dr. Doumont holds an engineering degree from the Louvain School of Engineering and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford. He specializes in professional speaking, writing, and graphing, and incorporates a unique engineering perspective.  More at www.principiae.be.

 Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu