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EMF – Visualizing Science Projects – Online Event

Learn how to visualize your research project concisely and appealingly.

Veranstaltungsdaten

After a short theoretical introduction, you will work with an example from your own research project, which you are asked to bring to the workshop. You will formulate a meaningful core message, which you will then visualize in a creative way, for instance, in the form of a chart for presentation or as a cover page for a project application for third-party funding. The results of your individual work and the steps that you took will be discussed in the group, and you will benefit from constructive feedback.

The workshop is not about learning any specific presentation software but about using design elements in a purposeful manner and presenting a research project in a comprehensible, compact, and visually appealing way.

Intended Learning Outcomes

You will

• Be familiar with basic design rules and be able to use them intentionally (fonts, images, color),
• Understand basic design principles,
• Know how to create eyecatchers,
• Be aware of ways to visualize complex content,
• Be able to assess the strength of your visualization and will have learned how to optimize it (constructive feedback),
• Gain confidence in visualizing your research topic,
• Be able to recognize good designs and explain why they are good by referring to concrete design aspects, and
• Have acquired visualization skills with the potential to enhance your success in acquiring third-party funding.

Didactic Methods

Trainer input, trainer feedback, practical exercises

Requirements 

Please bring along your own research project — whether completed or in progress — as the basis for your visualization.

Please send a short summary and/or a simple graphic sketch (not more than half a page) of the project/visualization you want to work on (along with your questions) by August 29, 2023 to Elisabeth Werner: e.werner@punktweiss.de

Please have a presentation or layout software installed on your PC/laptop (e.g., PowerPoint, InDesign) and appropriate skills to use it.

Proficiency in English at the B2 level of competency is required.

To participate in the online course you need a PC/laptop with a current browser (recommended: Chrome or Firefox) as well as a headset (or speakers and microphone), a webcam plus a stable internet connection.

Date

September 12, 2023, 9 am–5 pm

Target group

Doctoral candidates and postdocs from all disciplines

Modalities

Maximum number of 10 participants
Internal 25 EUR
External 75 EUR

Registration

This workshop is part of the certifying program "Designing and Managing Research Projects" (EMF).

Please register via the external database Campus Events until August 28, 2023.

Please note that your registration is binding. You may cancel your registration up to twelve days before the beginning of the course without providing specific reasons. Thereafter, you will be required to pay the attendance fee even if you do not attend the course.

Please note that you need to register once in our database to use MARA offers.