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<span class="remaining-body"><span lang="EN">Jean-luc Doumont
returns to MIT! Please join us for two excellent presentations
including his always popular Making the Most of Your
Presentation, and a new one this year, Creating Effective
Research Posters.<o:p></o:p></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Making the Most of Your Presentation, with
Jean-luc Doumont<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#ff0000">Tuesday</font>, January
16, 2018 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1:30-3:30pm, 10-250<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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
<i>Trees, maps, and theorems,</i> 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 <a
href="http://www.principiae.be/">www.principiae.be</a>.<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Pre-registration requested via <a
href="careerbridge.mit.edu">
careerbridge.mit.edu</a><span style="color:#1F497D">, </span>but
not mandatory. Please come!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Creating Effective Research Posters, with
Jean-luc Doumont<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, January 18, 2018 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1:30-3:30PM, 10-250<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Most research posters at conferences or in
university hallways seem to defy common sense: from two steps
away, passersby can’t read anything -- assuming they even get
past the overcrowded layout. Posters are not magnified one-page
papers. Based on Dr. Doumont's book <i>Trees, Maps, and
Theorems</i>, about "effective communication for rational
minds," this lecture discusses how to create more visual posters
that get attention, facilitate navigation, and convey messages
through strict selection, careful phrasing, and effective
layout.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Pre-registration requested via <a
href="careerbridge.mit.edu">
careerbridge.mit.edu</a><span style="color:#1F497D">, </span>but
not mandatory. Please come!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p>* Sessions are sponsored by GECD
Career Services with support from the Office of the Vice
President for Research*<br>
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