non-specialist audience - university at albany, suny...what is 3mt? •three minute thesis (3mt) is...
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TBA Communicating with
Non-Specialist Audience
Chin Yuan, Graduate Assistant
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• What is 3MT?
• Questions to ask yourself
• Creating 3MT Slide
• Writing for your audience
• Performance (SUCCESS)
• Refining your 3MT
• What not to do
• Questions
Agenda
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What is 3MT?
• Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland
• 3MT is NOT an exercise in trivializing or ‘dumbing-down’ research, but challenges students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries so they can be presented concisely to a non-specialist audience
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• Can you think and communicate clearly?• Do you have interesting ideas?• Do you know the implications of you work?
Ask Yourself
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Creating Slides
• A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted• No slide transitions, animations or 'movement' of any
description are permitted• Your slide is to be presented from the beginning of your
oration• No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video
files) are permitted
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Creating Slides
• Less is More • Add Personal Touches • Be Creative • Work Your Message
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Writing Your 3MT
• Have a clear outcome in mind
• Avoid jargon, acronyms, academic words
• Choosing active verbs over passive verbs
• Tell a story
• Revise
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Performance
Developed by Chip & Dan Heath,“Made to Stick”• Simple• Unexpected • Concrete • Credible• Emotion • Stories
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SIMPLE
• Curse of Knowledge• Simple = Core + Compact • Sacrificing accuracy for accessibility
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UNEXPECTED
• Getting peoples attention• Keeping peoples attention
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CONCRETE
• Easy to understand• Easy to remember• Exercise: In 15 seconds… List as many white things that you can
think of List as many white things in your fridge
that you can think of
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CREDIBLE
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EMOTIONAL
• What is the purpose of you presenting your research?
• Invoking self-interest (WIIFY)• I could tell you that PhD programs are
hard and about 50% of students don’t graduate
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STORIES
Stories are powerful it provides simulation (knowledge about how to act) and inspiration (motivation to act)
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Examples
2016 Asia-Pacific 3MT Winner - Joshua Chu-Tan “Targeting the Root of Vision Loss”
https://vimeo.com/185754339
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Exercise
What Did The Contestant Do Well?
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Refining Your 3MT
• Practice, practice, practice • Vocal Range • Body Language • Record Yourself • Look to the Stars!• Dress
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What NOT to do
• Too technical • No structure• Unclear speech • Body language• Small fonts
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Workshops
Preparing for the 3MT/Oral Presentations
Dates/Times: 02/20 10:30-11:30am 02/21 4:30-5:30pm
Time: & Location: Fine Arts 126
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Resources
www.albany.edu/graduate/three_minute_thesis.php
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3MT Tournament
Preliminary Rounds Wed., Feb. 27th
10:30am-2:30pmEmpire Commons Community Building
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3MT Tournament
3MT Final RoundWed., March 6th
11:30am-12:30pmFine Arts 126
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How To Enter?
• Register Online:
https://admissions.albany.edu/register/3MT2019
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Questions?
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