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May 2022

32m 33s

18. How to give a fantastic very short t...

Unimelb SciComm

About this episode

If you haven’t yet taken part in a speaking competition like the Three-minute thesis (3MT) or Famelab, what are you waiting for? You’ll gain so much by working out how to explain your research in a really short amount of time.

This week Michael and Jen are joined by our wonderful colleague Catriona Nguyen-Robertson, who has had great success in a number of speaking competitions.

Together, we give all our best advice on how to prepare and deliver a brilliant short talk. We also have excellent tips for you from our alumni Kate Huckstep and Sarah McColl-Gausden.

Plus here are a couple of resources to help you:

How to Become an Authentic Speaker
11 Tips for the Three-minute thesis competition
The three-minute thesis: principle of scientific communication
Tips for the three-minute thesis slide
Famelab: Judge’s top tips

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