When I started my scientific career and attended my first conference some years ago, I realised how badly scientists did conference talks (I should say that *luckily* there are always exceptions to the rule!). Phil Waknell, who’s one of my preferred public speaker coachers, says that “most presentations suck”. I would certainly add that “most scientific presentations suck“!
After this personal realisation, I decided that devoting time and effort to improve my public speaking skills will be worth. During the last five years, I have attended many workshops, joined a public speaking club (Toastmaster Aarhus) and used every opportunity I can to practice and get better at getting my message across (scientific and non-scientific ones). After these years of trainings, I now coach other people (academics and non-academics) who want to become better speakers themselves, in addition to continue training myself.
I am currently part of the team of Curators/Speaker training for TEDxAarhus. Curators at a TEDx event are in charge of selecting speakers and helping them to find and present their ideas to the world in an effective, entertaining and powerful way – the TED way! Together with the rest of the team, I have coached speakers at TEDxVennelystBlvd and TEDxAarhus since 2014, training them in the art of engaging the audience to listen to their ideas worth spreading.
Here I want to share some of my projects related to public speaking, as well as tips and how-to guidelines that I found out helpful to become a better speaker.
Celebrating the Day of Women in Science
On the 11th of February I was invited to give a talk about the research I am currently doing, to… Read more Celebrating the Day of Women in Science
Interview for “Hacking the red circle”, a podcast show
In 2017 I participated in an episode of a podcast show organized by Mark Sylvester that features TEDx organizers all… Read more Interview for “Hacking the red circle”, a podcast show
The story of how we brought TEDx to Aarhus
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” –Helen Keller One never knows how an adventure… Read more The story of how we brought TEDx to Aarhus
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