Newsletter 04/ 28.01.2025

Online course "Perfect PowerPoint" from February 10 by PLANT 2030 ACADEMY

 

Dear Doctoral Candidates,

Do you want to learn how to create a well-designed slide deck as the basis for a successful oral presentation? Then be sure to enroll in PLANT 2030 ACADEMY's Perfect PowerPoint online course. The course starts on February 10, 2025. The tool of choice will be PowerPoint. However, the design principles taught in this course are largely applicable to other presentation tools. Instructor Joram Schwartzmann will guide you through this course with short video lectures divided into two parts:

Part 1: PowerPoint Basics

  • Good scientific storytelling
  • Design principles for figures, text, colors, fonts, …
  • Tips for presenting your slides

Part 2: Hands-on PowerPoint

  • Learn how to set up PowerPoint for consistent and well-designed slides
  • Avoid common mistakes for a better presentation
  • Small changes with big impact

The PLANT 2030 ACADEMY is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to promote the professional and personal development of doctoral candidates and early-stage postdocs in the plant sciences. Online activities and selected events are open to all scientists, subject to registration.

 

Earn your certificate

Upon completion of all videos in Part 1 and Part 2 of this course, you will receive a certificate of participation. In addition, all participants will have the opportunity to earn an additional Certificate of Achievement by participating in a hands-on exercise to refine a given slide deck and peer review the work of other participants.

 

Release Dates

  • February 10 - Release of Part 1 and Part 2 video lectures
  • February 17 - Release of optional practical exercise  

How to Participate

Participation is free and open to all scientists. To enroll, you must first register on the PLANT 2030 ACADEMY website. Please visit the Academy website for more information:

www.plant2030-academy.de
www.plant2030-academy.de/activities/2025-02-10-perfect-powerpoint

 

Best wishes,

The Team of the Graduate Academy

 

Verantwortlich: Naranjo
Letzte Änderung: 12.02.2025
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