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Presentation Savvy: Upskilling Your Technical Presentations

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Course Description
Engineers are often required to communicate their technical ideas to those who don't have the same background. To be able to communicate technical ideas effectively helps lend credibility to engineers’ work and ensures that the work of engineers can more effectively contribute to change at research, academia, industry, and policy levels. This session aims to discuss the theoretical principles behind developing effective presentation skills and prepare engineers with practical tools to make presentations that are more understandable and engaging. Please note that both the pre-event and post-event surveys must be completed in order to earn CEU/PDH credits for the course.


Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
  • Recognize how to develop effective technical presentations
  • Describe how to deliver technical presentations with confidence
  • Describe at least three strategies to effectively communicate technical concepts with any audience

Duration: 60 minutes
Closed Caption: English

Speakers
Melissa Marshall, M.A., Founder, Present Your Science believes that even the best science is destined to remain undiscovered unless it’s presented in a clear and compelling way that sparks innovation and drives adoption. For the past decade, Melissa has traveled around the world to work with Fortune 100 corporations, institutions and universities, teaching the proven strategies she’s mastered through her consulting work and her 10 years as a faculty member at Penn State University. Each year since 2019, Microsoft has recognized Melissa’s work empowering the technical community to use PowerPoint to design slides more effectively by naming her as one of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professionals (MVP). For a sneak peek, check out her TED talk, “Talk Nerdy to Me.” It’s been watched by almost 3 million people (and counting)..


ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
This course offers 0.10 CEUs / 1.0 PDH. To receive CEU/PDH, you must complete both the pre-event and post-event surveys included in this course.

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The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102; (703) 506-3275. In obtaining this approval, the SWE has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET 1-2018 Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice. As a result of their Authorized Provider membership status, SWE is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET 1-2018 Standard.
Pricing:
Non-Members: $49
SWE Members: Free