In five, four, three, two
I'm a model
And so the story we tell ourselves about economics
is crucial
This test can be done and completed in under
thirty minutes, pen side to the animal.
How you convey in three minutes the importance
of what you're doing, you know, in terms of
finding a coherent narrative to explain what
you're doing
The workshop today has been very intense but
I'm much happier with my presentation now,
there's little things that I know how I need
to tweak and how to improve
It taught me how to be a better speaker, how
to present in a more communicative and effective
way, how to deliver clear presentations.
It was good that we had feedback on the attempted
improvements. For myself, I was being a lot
less clear than I thought I was being, so
the information was very very good I think
that was faultless.
Everything is driven by content and right
now the content I think needs some work. There's
no drama in what you're saying. We're going
to build a bit of drama in this. It is a story.
When I realised what the aim of the three
minute thesis was, that it wasn't about explaining
my whole thesis, it was about getting the
audience to understand what I do, then it
became much easier.
I think students when they are writing the
abstract for their PhD, in which they have
300 words to summarize, this is exactly the
way of thinking they will have to do, take
a step back and take the helicopter view and
try to summarise what's their contribution
to science.
You're here to tell a story so words are crucial;
everything flows from what you're saying.
If what you are saying makes sense, your body
will make sense as well.
Working with Etienne has been very beneficial
to me because it's kind of taught me how I
talk, you know, make me notice the little
mannerisms I might not be aware of which are
okay for day-to-day talking but not necessarily
ideal for if I'm going to be on camera of
presenting in front of an audience.
Etienne was a big help throughout the workshop.
It was a pleasure to work with him
Another very great thing about today was the
friendly environment, where we all got to
see each other improve together.
And I like the camaraderie because we built
a camaraderie which I really did enjoy.
As often in this kind of situation you've
become attached to the students as a group
because it was quite an important journey
I think in some ways to go from being worried
about doing a public presentation to feeling
confident or being on the way to feeling confident
to do a public presentation. So I always enjoy
this kind of training and I always enjoy seeing
people progress.
