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Soft Skill Workshops

Sep 28, 2022

SFB 1381 PhD students and Postdocs have the opportunity to participate in two workshops organized by SFB 1160 and RTG 2344.

1) Online-Seminar Leadership Skills–Essentials for your first Leading Position for PhD students and Postdocs

Trainer: Dr. Matthias Mayer, young scientists’academy Berlin

The workshop takes place on November 7th and 9th, 2022 (both days 09:00-17:30).

Course Objectives

  • You have a clear understanding of what is important to lead
  • You know about different styles of leading and when to use which approach
  • You know about personality types and how to build a team
  • You know what you can improve or change to become a good leader5.You create an individual activity list for specific next steps

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to sfb1381@biochemie.uni-freiburg.de until 31.10.2022.

 

2) In-person workshop Make yourself heard: The Power of Presence in Presentations for PhD students

Trainer: Francesca Carlin, www.francescacarlin.com

The workshop takes place on November 10th and 11th, 2022.

Covered Topics in the Workshop:

Non-verbal communication

  • Body language
  • Power poses
  • Facial expressions – Gestures

Voice and Speech (Verbal Delivery)

  • Rhythm
  • Pitch
  • Enunciation and Pronunciation
  • Fillers
  • Use of pauses and silence

Presence and Power

  • The factors that make up presence
  • Emotional intelligence (EQ)
  • Being present in the moment (Awareness)
  • Creation of authentic individual presence

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to sfb1381@biochemie.uni-freiburg.de until 15.10.2022.