The 1-day course 'Impact! Conversations for postdocs' is about communicating about your scientific work with non-experts. Sign up for the course on 29 October.
Modern scientists need to be able to communicate with non-experts about their scientific work. These non-experts can be industry, citizens, farmers, patients, policymakers, funding agencies, journalists, project partners or colleagues from another scientific field. Focused storytelling has a positive effect on networking, on your collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues and on grant writing and presenting science. The skill of Impact conversations is therefore applicable in many aspects of your work as a scientist.
You practice choosing specific messages and stories for specific audiences. Participants interview each other and help each other filter out the most important elements. The trainer offers you structure in the story you tell.
You set your story with a professional training actor: How can you apply this in the interaction with the non-experts around you? How do you keep people interested? How do you avoid misinterpretation? How can you deal with different types of (loaded, leading, suggestive, political or silly) questions? How can you omit nuances and still tell a truthful but concise story?
This training is very active and fun, and results in a recorded segment of you with the actor that you can reflect on later. Learn how to convey inspiring stories about your work to a targeted audience!
Practical information
This training is for postdocs only. A maximum of 6 people can participate in this training. The working language is English. Attendance at the entire training is required. This training is at VU Amsterdam.
Costs
To cover the programme costs, we ask participants for a contribution of €85. This contribution will automatically be charged to your department.
Registration and more info
Register via this link.
For more information, please contact Carin Maas, VU Learning & Development or 020 59 83049