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Think-Write: Conference Abstracts and Posters

Participants:
This course is open to all staff but priority will be given to staff covered by the Roberts' Agenda

Pre-requisites: None

Overview:
This is a workshop for participants who want to know more about presenting at a conference or have had difficulty getting conference abstracts accepted. The course will cover: what to include in an abstract, planning posters and ways to break the mould of standard posters.

Anticipated learning outcomes:
By the end of this session, you will have a fuller understanding of:

identifying different readers and decision-makers that you need to consider when planning the abstract and poster
determining the key message of your abstract and of your poster
writing the abstract quickly, but also concisely
creating imaginative posters that convey messages without being boring
the preparation required to present your work professionally at a conference

Roberts' transferable skills addressed:

Communication skills
Personal effectiveness

Preparation:

have a think about any conference you would like to attend, and gather any literature about the conference that you can. This includes getting hold of a previous year's set of abstracts if possible
bring with you an idea of a poster that you would like to produce in the near future. If possible, please also bring a poster or two from your department - you can bring standard posters or ones that you either really like or dislike

Related resources
Desktop learning

Date, time and venue: 1 day workshop

More dates will be available in the 2013-2014 Academic Year. In the meantime please Register Your Interest by scrolling down the page to How to Book and clicking on the link to the Booking Form. We will then email you when new dates are available.

Facilitator: Pete Moore About the facilitator...

Cost:

Free for all staff on the UCL payroll
£160 for UCL Affiliated/Higher Education Institutions/Charities
£400 for External Applicants

How to book: Booking Form

OSD Course Contact: Patrick Sampson

See also

To view the other three workshops in the Think-Write series please click on the links below:

Think-Write: Quality Papers
Think-Write: Writing A Book
Think-Write: Writing A Peer Review

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