| Titel | Zeit | Ort | Dozent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare for the Doctoral Defense | 04.05.2023 09:00 - 17:00 (Do) | online | Dr. Dunja Mohr |
| Prepare for the Doctoral Defense | 05.05.2023 09:00 - 16:00 (Fr) | online | Dr. Dunja Mohr |
| Prepare for the Doctoral Defense: Follow Up | 22.05.2023 09:00 - 16:00 (Mo) | online | Dr. Dunja Mohr |
Keywords: Efficient and strategic preparation of the viva voce (structure, topic selection, mock defense), Regulations and procedures, Audience/committee targeting, Stress management, Killer questions and answer strategies (communication strategies), Presentation rhetorics and skills
Introduction to the course topics:
You’re writing up the last paper and you’re almost done with your doctoral thesis? You’re asking yourself how to condense your thesis into a 15-30 minutes presentation and how to prepare for what kind of questions? This workshop effectively provides you with key knowledge about the regulations and committee expectations and the essential tools for your doctoral defense.
You learn:
- what’s important when you structure and condense your thesis into a 15-30 min. presentation
- how to design an interesting and compelling research narrative
- how to strategically prepare for the Q&A
- what typical (killer) questions and situations to expect and to anticipate…
- …and how to deal with them
- How to deal with exam anxiety and stage fright
Why three days? Because this workshop puts theory into practice and all participants get a chance to present (you can choose between a full mock defense, a 20 min. or a short presentation) and receive individual feedback.
Course aims:
- Efficient and strategic preparation of project presentation (thesis)
- Improvement of communication and presentations skills
- Audience targeting
Teaching methods: Input, discussion, partner and group work, presentation training, role play
This course fits doctoral candidates in the following phase: at the end of their doctorate
Technical requirements: Laptop/tablet with stable internet connection, microphone, webcam, Zoom (in most cases)
Participation requirements: none
Literature: none
Additonal information, notes: Prior to the workshop, all participants receive a questionnaire and are required to send in a short abstract if they choose to present as well as tick off their choice of presentation.
What participants say about this course:
- The trainer was really competent. It was a good practice for the defence.
- Get to practice. Professional, very detailed suggestions and instructions. Get to change the perspective.
Dr. Dunja Mohr, Go Academic!, senior scientist, certified coach, and trainer, has been offering workshops, group and individual coachings for foundations, clusters of excellence, Graduate schools, universities, and universities of applied science for over fifteen years. She has also been a coach for uni-support, Institut für Hochschulberatung, for ten years.