Hi guys,

Thanks for a great day in Copenhagen in the room where I could overlook the lab where I did the lab work for my Master’s thesis.

Below, you will find the lecture slides in pdf format as well as a motley but useful collection of links.

Feel free to get in touch if you’re preparing a talk or have questions about your communication strategy. Good luck with your studies, research, networking, and communication!

O.

olle@bergman.com
se.linkedin.com/in/ollebergman/en
@torbern

My slides

2018-02-08_Copenhagen

A beta version of a new online document

• Communication Crash Course (Please feel free to distribute and send feedback!)

A recent piece by yours truly

Communication of Science: Out with the old and in with the new!

LinkedIn

• Your Linkedin headline – some tips
• The Diana YK Chan headline method – 3+1
• Tips for your academic LinkedIn profile (a bit old but still useful)

Rhetoric

• I recommend this audiobook which you can download for free from Audible (if you’re a new customer): A Way with Words.
• Another good book in English: You Talkin’ to me?

Useful stuff

• How to succeed in interviews
• Better Posters
• My favourite presentation by Hans Rosling
• About topic sentences
• The inverted pyramid
• Short BBC tutorial on how to write a newspaper report
• What makes mentorship work

Books on scientific peer-to-peer communication

• Schultz, David M.: Eloquent Science
• Carter, Matt: Designing Science Presentations

Crastina

I currently put a lot of effort in Crastina—a networking platform for the exchange of knowledge, skills, experience, and opinion regarding scientific communication and science dissemination. The primary target group is early career scientists, but here you can find stuff which is useful for everybody with an interest in communication. (The name comes from Scientia Crastina, Latin for ‘The Science of Tomorrow’)

There are several ways to engage in the Crastina network activities – please get in touch if you’re interested.

The Beaver stream, close to my house in Eskilstuna, February 2018.
[https://www.instagram.com/generalblom]

It was great to meet you all! Below, you will find the lecture slides and and some links which may be useful.

I wish you all good luck with your summer projects. Feel free to email me for feedback on your PPt slides or poster design – but remember to give me a couple of days to reply.

O.

PS Don’t forget to like the Crastina Facebook Page; we try to present really useful and/or inspiring links every day!

olle@bergman.com
se.linkedin.com/in/ollebergman/en
@torbern
instagram.com/generalblom

My slides

2016-06-09_SoFoSk

A PPt for scientific presentations

• A science talk PPT template (based on chapter 16 in Matt Carter’s Designing Science Presentations)

Presentations

• Ten tricks to have your audience hang on your lips
  Tips from the Belgian company The Floor is Yours
• Advice from the Geek that Speaks
  A fun 42 part course by Danish chemist Andreas Møgelhøj
• The magic Washing Machine 
  My favourite presentation by Hans Rosling

Posters

• Tips for a readable poster
  A Swedish classic – a bit old, but still very useful.
• How to win a scientific poster contest
  More advice from The Floor is Yours
• How to create a beautiful scientific poster?
  Advice from Pieter Torrez, marine biologist & graphic artist

More useful stuff

• Getting started with LinkedIn
• How to succeed in interviews

Books

• Schultz, David M.: Eloquent Science
• Carter, Matt: Designing Science Presentations

Mr Scicomm = Kirk Englehardt

If you want a starting point for general science communication (hashtag #scicomm) your man is Kirk Englehardt from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He knows what is going on, and regularily presents summaries like this.

Crastina

My current pet project is Crastina (from Scientia Crastina, Latin for ‘The Science of Tomorrow’)—a networking platform for the exchange of knowledge, skills, experience and opinion regarding scientific communication and science dissemination. The primary target group is early career scientists, but here you can find stuff which is useful for everybody with an interest for communication. Read more.

There are several ways to engage in the Crastina network activities.

• The Facebook Page offers interesting links every day.
• You can become a link curator of the FB page or a guest blogger–please get in touch.

Thanks for a great afternoon at Barsebäck Resort! Here is a pdf with the lecture slides as well as a motley but useful collection of links .

Feel free to get in touch if you’re preparing a talk or have questions about your communication strategy. I strongly recommend liking the Crastina Facebook Page (read more below) as it offers a lot of interesting links about communications in science.

Good luck with your studies, research, networking and communication & hoping to see you in Lund some time!

O.

olle@bergman.com
se.linkedin.com/in/ollebergman/en
@torbern

My slides

2016-04_07_LU_barseback

Links

• Getting started with LinkedIn
• Your LinkedIn headline – a nice little video
• Your Linkedin headline – some tips
• Tips for your academic LinkedIn profile
• Ditto from NatureJobs (a bit old, though)
• How to succeed in interviews
• Better Posters
• My favourite presentation by Hans Rosling
• The inverted pyramid
• Short BBC tutorial on how to write a newspaper report

 

Books

• Schultz, David M.: Eloquent Science
• Carter, Matt: Designing Science Presentations

Crastina

I currently put a lot of effort in Crastina—a networking platform for the exchange of knowledge, skills, experience and opinion regarding scientific communication and science dissemination. The primary target group is early career scientists, but here you can find stuff which is useful for everybody with an interest for communication. (The name comes from Scientia Crastina, Latin for ‘The Science of Tomorrow’)

There are several ways to engage in the Crastina network activities.

• The Facebook Page offers interesting links every day.
• You can become a link curator of the FB page–just like these people.
• You can be a guest blogger–please get in touch

Thank you for attending my talk in Reading! Below you will find a pdf with the lecture slides as well as a motley but useful collection of links .

Good luck with your studies, research, networking and communication! And don’t forget to keep in touch, e.g. by liking the Crastina Facebook Page.

O.

olle@bergman.com
se.linkedin.com/in/ollebergman/en
@torbern

My slides

2015-11-04_Reading.key

Links

• Getting started with LinkedIn
• How to succeed in interviews
• Better Posters
• My favourite presentation by Hans Rosling

Books

• Schultz, David M.: Eloquent Science
• Carter, Matt: Designing Science Presentations

Mr Scicomm = Kirk Englehardt

If you want a starting point for general science communication (hashtag #scicomm) your man is Kirk Englehardt from Georgia Tech. He knows what is going on, and presents summaries like this every week!

Crastina

My current pet project is Crastina (from Scientia Crastina, Latin for ‘The Science of Tomorrow’)—a networking platform for the exchange of knowledge, skills, experience and opinion regarding scientific communication and science dissemination. The primary target group is early career scientists, but here you can find stuff which is useful for everybody with an interest for communication. Read more.

There are several ways to engage in the Crastina network activities.

• The Facebook Page offers interesting links every day.
• You can become a link curator of the FB page–just like these people.
• You can be a guest blogger–please get in touch.

Tack för senast! Tempus fugit (‘time flies’) and now it is time to prepare for your presentations. Good luck, and bear in mind what the student Leonidas Georgiou once wrote to me: “Lets face it: badly communicated science is boring and a big component of doing science is motivation; we can’t expect to motivate people without good communication skills!”

O.

My slides from September 25

2015-09-25_KI_biomed

Here are some notes that I wrote after watching the presentations of the group in October last year:

1. Proper preparations boost self-confidence and increase your freedom of action. The opposite is also true. We saw examples of both during the day.
2. Step out of your comfort zone and into the scary spot on the floor in front of the audience—the spot from where you change the world.
3. Maintain eye contact. It will put you in charge and give you invaluable feedback.
4. Consider the temporal effect when you design your presentation: show your stuff in sequence, one detail at a time.
5. Love your subject and let the world know it!
6. Don’t fear silence; it helps you and your audience to focus and contemplate. Don’t fear questions; this is where you could really shine in front of your listeners. (However, see point 1. above.)

Finally: an applause for you who struggled with your nervousness, but kept yourself together and delivered. It’s your victory, and you should be proud of yourselves! Trust me: it will only be easier for every time you face and conquer your fears. So keep on practising during dinners and parties, giving small speeches in front of your friends and family.

Books

• Schultz, David M.: Eloquent Science
• Carter, Matt: Designing Science Presentations