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Our Seminar Programme

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Seminar programmes- overview

NaturalScience.Careers team ..................................................................................................... 3

Our integrated training programmes ......................................................................................... 7

Career development seminars

Goodbye academia?® – It has been a pleasure ......................................................................... 9

Women & career ...................................................................................................................... 12

Hello industry! .......................................................................................................................... 14

Hello academia! Off to a great start ......................................................................................... 16

(Self-) management

How to row the boat? - Leadership skills ................................................................................. 18

Women in Leadership .............................................................................................................. 20

Staff selection, biases and stereotypes .................................................................................... 22

How to start your own lab. Funding, Science and People ....................................................... 23

How to get research funding from industry ............................................................................. 25

Negotiation ............................................................................................................................... 27

Time- life- and career management (for part-timers) ............................................................. 29

Communication

Storytelling and science communication ................................................................................. 31

Convincing & debating ............................................................................................................. 33

Oral presentation ..................................................................................................................... 35

Poster presentation .................................................................................................................. 37

Self-presentation and networking ........................................................................................... 39

Navigating social media as a scientist ...................................................................................... 41

Culture at work ......................................................................................................................... 43

* Seminars marked with an asterisk can be tailored to a gender-specific audience if desired.

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All ATP-XX seminars can be given in German or English except for those of David Giltner and

Karin Bodewits; these are always conducted in English.

Most of our seminars include a book with the seminar content for each of the seminar par-

ticipants.

Some seminars can be booked as either a personal in-house seminar or as stand-alone

online course. Some other seminars offer the possibility to be enriched by a blended

learning format, in which the participants get some theoretical input up front in the form of

online modules. In this way, we can use more of the workshop time for exercises and

questions.

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NaturalScience.Careers team

Dr. Karin Bodewits comes from the Netherlands where

she studied Biology. After spending some time at Puleva

Biotech in Spain and Unilever in China, she completed a

PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Edinburgh. In

2012, she founded the successful company Natu-

ralScience.Careers, a seminar and talk provider for natural-

and life scientists. In this function, she became book au-

thor, short story writer, speaker and seminar leader. She

published a wide range of career- and soft-skill relates arti-

cles in magazines like Science Careers, Chemistry World

and Naturejobs. With her partner and two sons she lives in

Munich, where she spends much time wondering what to

do next.

Dr. Philipp Gramlich has studied and researched chemistry

(>1800 citations, Researchgate 2019) at five universities in

Germany, Australia and Scotland. He gained experience in in-

dustry, first at baseclick, a biotechnology start-up and later at

Eurofins Genomics as Teamleader R&D, QC and Analytics, be-

ing responsible for up to 22 staff. Since 2016, he is fully focus-

ing on his work as co-founder of NaturalScience.Careers. He

specialises in seminars and talks about career development,

leadership and gender in science. Since 2016, he regularly

writes career columns for Nachrichten aus der Chemie.

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Peter Kronenberg is currently coordinating a research project at

NaturalScience.Careers with which he seeks to better understand

communication design processes at science conferences. He´s got

a background in Cultural Studies, Gender Studies and Business

Management. Besides growing up as a ‘digital native’, Peter’s flu-ency in digital media platforms, online marketing and web-promo-

tion has been shaped by his engagement as a freelancer in various

management and marketing projects, such as promotion of Karin

Bodewits’ novel "You Must Be Very Intelligent: The PhD Delusion",

or PR/social media work for Tranzit, a theatre/performance of

zusammen leben e.V. (winner of the German integration price

2018). His highly interactive workshops are inspired by the meth-

ods of Thiagi among others.

Dr. Lisa Steinhauser brings along rich experiences from four differ-

ent companies. She worked in the areas of pharma research, food

analytics and analytical instruments for multinationals as well as

SMEs. She took a variety of roles, from product manager and sales

manager to a position as team leader for nine co-workers in a

pharma company. All of these experiences enrich her seminars

and coaching work about leadership and self-organisation.

Lisa studied chemistry at the University of Tübingen. During her

PhD, she worked on the analytics of natural products and spent

three months as guest researcher at the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST).

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Dr. David Giltner has commercialized photonics technolo-

gies for optical communications, remote sensing, scientific

instrumentation, and industrial combustion monitoring ap-

plications. He is from the United States and has a PhD in

Physics. In 2010 he published "Turning Science into Things

People Need," which explored the careers of 10 scientists

who have built successful careers in the private sector. In

2017 he founded the company TurningScience to help sci-

entists learn the non-technical skills they need to transition

effectively into industry careers.

Prof. Dr. Max von Delius (PhD) is a W3 Professor for

Organic Chemistry at the University of Ulm. He´s a

highly successful group leader since 2013. He received

funding from the Emmy-Noether programme of the

DFG as well as an ERC starting grant. His research in-

terests encompass the synthesis of functional organic

materials and the investigation of complex chemical

networks. As young professor (born 1982), he´s aware

of all the challenges that young group leaders in natural sciences face and addresses these in

an interactive setting.

Prof. Dr. Sven Hendrix worked in Berlin, Hamburg, London, Hama-

matsu (Japan) and Boston (USA) as medical doctor and researcher.

After his habilitation at the Charité in Berlin in 2007, he became full

professor for anatomy and cell biology at Hasselt University in Bel-

gium in 2008. As Director of the Doctoral School for Health & Life Sci-

ences he supports more than 100 PhD students and postdocs. As

Vice Director of the BIOMED Institute, he supervises the career de-

velopment of tenure track professors among other tasks.

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Susanne Dranaz is German and Turkish. Born and raised in

Munich, Germany, she studied German and English Language,

History, Mathematics and Computer Science. During her stud-

ies she lead several development projects in Central America

carried out by volunteer university students. After writing her

diploma thesis in Oviedo, Spain, she joined an IT company,

where she led software development projects for several in-

dustries in Germany and the UK.

Her experiences with differences in both company and na-

tional cultures increased her interest in peopleware. She be-

came a softskills trainer, moderator, mediator, and coach. For

the last 20 years she has been helping companies and teams, university students and leaders

to refine their communication and conflict resolution skills, to reflect on their own cultural

imprints and attitudes and to work successfully across differences and distance.

Dr. habil. Alexander Schiller was a junior professor for inor-

ganic chemistry at the University of Jena (Germany). As inor-

ganic chemistry professor he broadened his portfolio in 2012

with the project Schiller & Mertens: teaching advanced re-

search skills, such as communication in science, team building

and leading competences and didactics and methodology in

university teaching. As former researcher and group leader Al-

exander knows the challenges of natural scientists and ad-

dresses them in an interactive setting.

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Our integrated training programmes

Bring the training of your researchers to a new level with our integrated training pro-

grammes. Go beyond individual workshops and offer deeper learning on a larger, intercon-

nected set of topics. We´re happy to discuss the possibilities to adapt our programmes to

your exact target group... or to come up with other combinations of our content to suit your

needs.

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Goodbye academia?® – It has been a pleasure

Have you enjoyed research and teaching in the past years, but now you think it is time to

change? Or you are just fed up, but are aware that frustration alone will not lead to a

smooth transition out of academia? Maybe you are not sure yet whether to stay in academia

or not, but would like to learn more about other possibilities before making any decision? In

this course, which has been specifically developed for PhD students and postdocs in the nat-

ural sciences, we will not only broaden your view about everything you can do with your

qualification, but also give you practical tips on how to reach your personal goals.

This is an interactive course with exercises and real-life examples. There is a special empha-

sis on shaping your professional career and how you present yourself to future employers.

Duration: 2-3 days

Course type: In-house seminar. Optionally with blended learning

units

Trainer: Karin Bodewits or Philipp Gramlich or Lisa

Steinhauser

Target group: PhD students and postdocs

Number of participants: Max. 12

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Introspection: making plans based on a

closer look at yourself

- Your skills, interests and values

- Idealism vs. pragmatism

- Postdoc or not?

- How to get on track? Changing profes-

sional directions

Academic career development

- What are hiring committees looking for?

- How can I tailor my profile for a successful

academic career?

Career options within...

- The private sector

- The higher education system

- Governmental institutions

- Patent law

- As freelancer

- Consultancies... and many more!

Scoring a job

- CVs and cover letters

- Recruiters, job ads and open applications

- Self-presentation and body language

- Your elevator pitch

- Legal aspects

Salary negotiations

- When to negotiate?

- What to negotiate for and how?

- Hard vs. soft: do I trade off relationship

vs. results or is there a better way?

Networking

- Expanding and keeping your network

- Strategic networking

- Networking for introverts

- Social media

This course can be enhanced by blended learning with our Online Academy. In this way, par-

ticipants can hit the ground running once we meet for the in-house seminar.

This course can be combined with “Time- life- and career-management” (p. 30) to give the

integrated 3-day programme “Career development” (p. 7-8).

This seminar can be tailored to long-term postdocs, who failed to secure a professorship and

face problems transitioning to the private sector. Special emphasis is given to re-writing your

skill set and career options with that specific background.

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What changes when you go from a 2-day to a 3-day seminar?

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Women & career

Since a few decades the rights of women and in particular of working women have changed

dramatically. But does this also translate into a world full of possibilities or are we still stuck

in the process of climbing the various ladders under the glass roof? This seminar will give

you guidance on how to navigate your life as a working female scientist.

Duration: 2 days

Course type: In-house seminar. Optionally with blended learning

units

Trainer: Karin Bodewits or Philipp Gramlich or Lisa

Steinhauser



This seminar is for female-only audiences

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(Family-friendly) work environments

- University or industry… or somewhere else?

- Working cultures in Europe

- Double career couples

Getting a job

- The importance of networking, collaborat-

ing and presenting your research

- Your application

- How to prepare yourself

- The job interview

- Salary negotiations and gender wage gap

- Legal aspects

In the job

- You made it! What to expect

- Have a good start

- Where is my seat?

- Leadership

- Setting targets

Mothers at work and in our society

- Dead-end street motherhood? Is there the

perfect time to have children?

- Social pressures and norms

- Practicalities: nursery places and more

- Legal aspects

- Political framework

- Communication towards your employer

Work-life balance

Taking care of your job, yourself and your

family- how to get it all done?

Internal and external factors

How you and others see yourself and how

this can make you stronger or weaker

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Hello industry!

Most of us who complete a PhD in a science discipline will end up working outside of aca-

demia. Are you wondering what working in the private sector is really like? How do you find

these jobs? Do you feel confident that you can impress an industry hiring manager when you

describe the very specialized research project you just spent years pursuing? And what kinds

of jobs can a scientist get in a company anyway? This workshop helps you with these ques-

tions and many more about the exciting world that awaits scientists in the private sector!

Duration: 2 days

Course type: In-house seminar

Trainer: David Giltner



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How is industry different than academia?

- Addressing the cultural differences

- What will my main challenges be in that

job?

Can a scientist build a rewarding career in

industry?

- Career options for scientists in industry

- Will I enjoy working in industry?

How to design your own career path in the

private sector

- What strengths make me valuable in in-

dustry?

- What’s the best way to find a job?

Impressing an industry manager

- How can I describe my PhD work so they

see my value?

- How can I sound more industry savvy in

an interview?

Industry topics not taught in STEM

- How are projects run in industry?

- Finance - The language of business

- Working with customers

Overcoming the job search challenges

- I was perfect for that job! Why didn’t I hear back?

- How do I answer those hard interview

questions?

- Can a shy person network effectively?

For larger audiences, the workshop content can be presented as an interactive talk.

This seminar can be tailored to long-term postdocs, who failed to secure a professorship and

face problems transitioning to the private sector. Special emphasis is given to re-writing your

skill set and career options with that specific background.

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Hello academia! Off to a great start

...best before 01. 07. 18

You recently started your PhD full of enthusiasm. However, an uneasy feeling creeps up

whenever you walk past one of the senior PhD students, who are in the process of writing

up. Do you hear them say, “If I knew that before” or “I wish I would have thought of” and think for yourself, “I hope this doesn´t happen to me, I hope I can get around their mistakes myself.” A PhD is too complex to ever be without complications. However, in this course we´ll try to work on our 'starter package' to survive in this new environment and to get a

broad set of experiences and networks from your PhD.

Your PhD: more than just lab

- Conferences

- Outreach

Career planning

- The PhD plan

Duration: 2 days


Trainer: Karin Bodewits or Philipp Gramlich

Target group: 1st year PhD students


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- Networking

- Which qualifications to seek during your

PhD?

- Can I determine my development?

- How to get in touch with future employers

Present yourself and your results

- Self-marketing

- Use of storytelling

Communication and conflicts

- Stakeholder analysis: Which players are af-

fected by your work and how can you posi-

tion yourself in this 'ecosystem'?

- Communicate and defend your interests

towards your boss, colleagues and students

- Conflicts and resolution

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How to row the boat? - Leadership skills

Leadership has undergone changes- in parallel with our work environments. Flatter hierar-

chies, project work in a matrix structure and more rapid changes of assignments, locations

and colleagues are but some of the new challenges we all face. Interpersonal skills become

ever more important when leading a team or a project: for motivation, conflict resolution or

work delegation.

Duration: 2-3 days


Trainer: Philipp Gramlich or Lisa Steinhauser

Target group: PhD students, Postdocs and junior group leaders


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Hire for quality!

- How to get the best team and not just

clones of yourself

- Overcoming biases in staff selection and

other work processes

Leadership styles

- Can we find a leadership style that fits all

types and is this even desirable?

- Who to delegate to in your diverse team

and how?

- Staff development

Conflict management

- Prevent conflicts by your lab set-up: com-

munication and practicalities

- Deescalate and resolve conflicts by media-

tion and through fair negotiations

- Escalate professionally if necessary

Feedback and other one-on-ones

- Giving and receiving critical feedback

- Feedback in the international context:

how (in-) direct can I be?

This seminar can be offered to a wide range of target groups (PhD students to PIs). However,

there should be a focus in the target group, e.g. a course for young scientists without prior

formal leadership experience or for more experienced ones, who have already experienced

this situation.

This course can be combined with “How to get research funding from industry” (p. 26) to give

the integrated 4-day programme “Leading your own group” (p. 7-8).

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Women in Leadership

Being a leader has its own challenges. It takes good communication skills, the ability to give

and receive feedback, some courage and trust in the own strengths as well as empathy and

motivation. All these characteristics can be learned and developed. This workshop is tailor-

made for female academics who want to learn self-management and team leading. In addi-

tion to general leadership topics, we will discuss gender-specific aspects.

Duration: 2 days


Trainer: Lisa Steinhauser

Target group: PhD students, Postdocs and junior group leaders


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Self-management

- Awareness of professional and personal

strengths

- Development of own leadership style

- Resilience

- Self-organisation at work

Leadership and your team

- Get to know the personalities of your

team members

- Personnel selection and team composition

- Tasks and decision making as a leader

Conflicts and feedback

- Critical situations and arguments

- Dealing with difficult behavior

- Communicating up and down

Career planning

- Leadership as a decision

- Building a professional network

- Previously colleague, now group leader

- Competitive situations

Equal rights

- Legal situation

- Women's quota and promotion pro-

grammes

- Bypass systematic errors

- Pay gap

Femininity as strength

- Emphasise your unique personality

- See through hidden power games

- Search for strategic support

- To be more confident

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Staff selection, biases and stereotypes

Most hiring processes are hotbeds of biases. Very often, we try to hire clones of ourselves,

either deliberately or subconsciously. This in turn destroys any notion of wanting to hire ‘the best’. In this workshop, we´ll identify steps in the hiring process, where these biases arise and how we could possibly eliminate them in order to really hire 'the best'. It´s a relevant ex-

ercise for everyone interested in how biases influence our work, not just hiring managers.

We won´t go into endless debates about nurture vs. nature, we won´t try to dig out what is

really down to biological differences. Instead, we´ll have a clear focus on practical aspects,

which can be used to improve our work environments. We´ll look at stereotypes and biases

and how these influence our behaviour and how we´re perceived by our environment. The

end result will be actionable steps to change our hiring practices. Much of the knowledge we

gain about biases and stereotypes can be used in other work contexts as well.

Duration: 1 day


Trainer: Philipp Gramlich

Target group: Postdocs to professors


This seminar can be tailored to a gender-specific audience if desired

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How to start your own lab. Funding, Science and People

“I was trained to do everything but run a lab…”

This workshop aims to show you all the tools you need to start your own academic research

group.

The workshop is highly interactive, mostly based on discussions and interactive exercises.

We aim to bring together the skills and experiences the trainers have gathered in academic

and industrial settings.

Duration: 2-4 days


Trainer: Philipp Gramlich and Max von Delius/ Sven Hendrix/

Alexander Schiller

Target group: Postdocs and junior group leaders


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Funding will show you how to pick the right

funding type for your plans and how to ef-

fectively write applications and proposals.

- Funding opportunities in Germany, Europe

and worldwide

- Stipends vs. faculty positions: pros and

cons

- Planning and managing my start

- Planning my career

Science will enable you to structure your

own group and position it within the envi-

ronment at your institute and beyond.

- Scientific exchange between peers: other

participants face the same challenges as

you

- Finding good collaborations

- How to get independent from your super-

visor

- How to perform interdisciplinary research

- How to find mentors

People is all about leading; yourself and

your team. Topics can include:

- Situational leadership

- Staff selection

- Conflict management

- Setting targets

- Feedback

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How to get research funding from industry

Adding research funding from the

private sector is a lucrative option

that is not pursued by many re-

searchers. One of the biggest rea-

sons this option is overlooked is a

lack of understanding about how

companies function and how an ac-

ademic researcher might bridge the

culture differences to make useful

connections. This workshop pro-

vides practical advice on how to

identify and build valuable private

sector research collaborations.

Private sector funding overview

- What makes a successful collaboration?

- Balancing basic and applied research

Academia vs industry

- How does one navigate the culture differ-

ences?

- Where can you bring unique value to the

private sector?

Duration: 2 days


Trainer: David Giltner or Philipp Gramlich

Target group: Postdocs and junior group leaders


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Collaboration models and intellectual

property

- Patent vs Publication

- Who will do what and who will own

what?

How do companies operate?

- Industry project management basics

- Return on Investment: How does a com-

pany decide what projects to pursue?

Your industry funding plan

- Define your relevant research group

strength

- Identify a suitable target to pursue

- Build a specific plan for taking action

Making connections in industry

- Who should you contact?

- Where can you meet them?

- How do you communicate your value ef-

fectively?

This course can be combined with “How to row the boat?- Leadership skills” (p. 19) to give

the integrated 4-day programme “Your own group” (p. 7-8).

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Negotiation

Negotiation does not only happen

on the flea market. It is one of the

most important professional skills

for virtually every type of profes-

sion. And it gets more important

the further you move up the lad-

der. Negotiations happen every-

where. If you happen to wear a

three-piece suit at work it´s even

more likely than if you have to slip

into a chicken dress before work.

And salary is by far not the only

thing you´ll negotiate about

throughout your (professional) life:

how to distribute the work in your

lab, how to handle noise in your of-

fice and how to get your kid to eat

his veggies. All these more or less fierce conversations constitute negotiations.

But is there anything you can do about your negotiation skills? Yes! Negotiating is a matter

of practice alike many others skills and can be learned. Many of the characteristics of a good

negotiator are actually quite sympathetic ones and have nothing to do with ripping people

off in shabby deals. The skills you need are building relationships, good communication and

a solid preparation.

Duration: 1 day


Trainer: Philipp Gramlich

Target group: All (PhD students to professors)



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Salary negotiations

- When to leave the table

- Is it only the salary we´re talking about?

- In which situations and when is negotiat-

ing appropriate?

Negotiations for conflict resolution

- Getting the buy-in from the other side to

form lasting agreements

- Tactics vs. open cards: when to choose

which route?

Hard vs. soft

- Do you need to be 'tough' to 'win' or is

there a better way?

- Does the relationship to the other side

have to suffer?

- Can I be assertive to my interests without

being 'bossy'?

Gender- and institutional perspective

- Why are women earning less?

- Can women ask for more without paying a

social price?

- "Why should I pay women more if they

don´t ask for it?" The institutional perspec-

tive on the gender wage gap: overcoming

the zero-sum game

This seminar can be combined with the conflict management part of "How to row the boat?

- Leadership skills" (p. 19).

This course can be combined with the courses “Convincing and debating” (p. 34) and “Oral presentation” (p. 36) to give the integrated 4-day programme "Argumentation and presen-

tation" (p. 7-8).

This course can be used in the context of gender: why are women still earning less than men?

We can give a special focus to biases and stereotypes. For PhD students and postdocs: how

can we play this playing field more successfully? For PIs: How can we change the playing field

towards fairer negotiations and do we want this at all?

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Time- life- and career management (for part-timers)

Every week has 7 days, 168 hours or 10080 minutes…. a lot of time to do a lot of things! Still, many of us suffer from the feeling of always having too little of it. You might not give it

enough thought on how you actually want to spend it and how to distribute it between your

career, family, friends and hobbies. These are also no easy questions with answers to be

found in a text book- the 'ideal time schedule' is simply too different from one person to the

other.

During this seminar we will analyse the individual schedules of the week and provide tools

and ideas to make best use of your time investment. Furthermore, we will discuss how to

balance science and life in different contexts and how to plan your days in a flexible work en-

vironment.

The aim is not only to work more efficiently and to reduce personal stress, but also to be

more satisfied and successful in your career and your personal life.

Duration: 1-2 days

Course type: In-house seminar. Optionally as online course

Trainer: Peter Kronenberg or Karin Bodewits


Number of Participants: Max. 12


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Principles of time-management

- - What do I want to achieve this year pro-

fessionally and personally?

- - Your 168 hours: How much do you actu-

ally work? How much of this is towards

your goals?

- - For what to spend time?

- - How to (not) schedule your calendar?

- Software, paper calendar, post-it & Co.:

your toolbox

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Science-life balance

- - Parenthood/ care giving & career

- - Who is doing the laundry anyway?

- - My Nature paper and my social life: two

antipodes shake hands

• Time-management for part-timers

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- - Avoiding the 'part-time trap'

- - Getting paid for ALL the hours you work

• Efficient working

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- - How to manage your day efficiently?

- - Prioritising

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This seminar can be offered as an in-house seminar or as online course. Available from Janu-

ary 2020 on.

This course can be combined with “Goodbye academia?®” (p. 9) to give the integrated 3-day

programme “Career development” (p. 7-8).

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Storytelling and science communication

We all enjoy a good

story, whether it's dur-

ing a presentation, a

job interview, a con-

ference coffee break,

or simply during a pub

night. Why? It acti-

vates the same areas

of our brain that

would be activated during the actual event. Consequently, audiences feel so much more en-

gaged when they hear a narrative about your real-life experiences as researcher, how you

finally chased that superbug down, or when you explain your research through story. Much

more than if you monotonously talk them through a list of bullet points on a power point

slide. But to be understood when talking about one's own research work, let alone to speak

about yourself, is not easy for many researchers. During this seminar, you learn to enchant a

wide range of audiences with science stories and to captivate a lay audience with complex

research results. Because… speaking science can be magical!

The power of storytelling

- Why do we need story?

- When to use story?

- What we can learn from TED talks

- Explain science through story

Storylines

- Using the ABT model

- Why stories need conflict

Types of stories

From mystery to comedy

1 sentence and 1 paragraph stories

Your key message

5 steps to crafting a narrative

Using story at/ in/ for:

Duration: 2 days


Trainer: Karin Bodewits (and Peter Kronenberg)


Number of participants: Max. 10 per trainer

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- Planning a narrative

- Characters in your story

- Write an outline

- Craft the story´s body

- Networking events

- Scientific presentations

- Publications/ thesis

- Science festivals

- Pint of science/ science slams/ storytelling

shows

Engaging your target audience: Using story

while talking to...

- Journalists

- Scientists

- The general public/ lay audience

- Funding agencies

- HR managers

❖ - Stakeholders

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This is a 2-day course that can be followed by a lively evening programme (e.g. at a retreat)

with personal- or science story contributions from all course participants. The evening pro-

gramme will be moderated by us with hu-

mour and absurdity.

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Convincing & debating

Scientists are often in the situation that they need to discuss their findings or their need for

extra funding or resources with other members of the scientific community or with the gen-

eral public. The ability to express yourself in a concise and clear manner, using strong argu-

ments, is therefore of utmost importance.

This interactive seminar with real life scenarios, public speaking exercises, argumentation ex-

amples and debates, will help participants to successfully engage in various interactions with

other scientists and non-scientists. Your Q&A sessions will never be the same again. You will

convince your boss to buy this fantastic Mass Spec. You will disarm other people´s argu-

ments against you now that you can look behind their facade. And last but not least, you will

win on paper (e.g. research- and grant- proposals)!

Duration: 2 days




Number of participants: 6-12

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Public speaking

- Fear of public speaking

- Establish contact

- Different group sizes

- Stylistic figures

Argumentation strategies

- The right argument for the right audience

and setting

- Scientific proof vs. understandable anal-

ogy: get more versatile

Structuring your argumentation

- Structures for adversarial and neutral au-

diences

- Addressing the 'opponent' or a third party

Interactions

- Learn to challenge the argument

- Reply to challenges and even attacks

This course can be combined with the courses “Negotiation” (p. 28) and “Oral presentation” (p. 36) to give the integrated 4-day programme “Argumentation and presentation“ (p. 7-8).

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Oral presentation

There are many ways in which

scientists communicate their

work: publications, poster or

oral presentations or via indi-

vidual conversations. In terms

of leaving a deep impression

about your work and yourself,

oral presentations are a very

powerful way. However, many

scientists are scared of the

prospect to stand in front of a

large and potentially critical

audience to present their

work. They rush through the

presentations, clinging onto

overloaded slides and miss a

crucial chance to show them-

selves in a positive light.

Duration: 2 days


Trainer: Philipp Gramlich or Karin Bodewits or Lisa

Steinhauser



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In this interactive workshop, we´ll cover the following topics:

Preparation

- Target the audience and setting

- Have or craft a storyline

- From start to finish. 'Clamp' your presen-

tation

Slide design

- No overloaded slides!

- Graphics vs. text

- Best- and worst-practice examples

Your performance

- Stage fright: enjoy the adrenaline rush

- Body language

- Personality types: can you score well as an

introvert? How authentic can/shall you be?

- Pace, voice, interaction

- Stylistic figures

Q&A sessions: and you just thought it´s

over already...

- Be an active scientist: asking questions

yourself

- Counter challenging questions

You have the opportunity to receive a video feedback of your presentation.

This course can be combined with the courses “Negotiation” (p. 28) and “Convincing and de-bating” (p. 34) to give the integrated programme "Argumentation and presentation"

(p. 7-8).

This course can be combined with “Poster presentation” (p. 38) and “Self-presentation and

networking” (p. 40) to give the integrated 4-to 5-day programme “At the conference” (p.

7-8).

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Poster presentation

An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, an appropriate use of

language and the ability to present it in a dialogue. This course will give you the skills you

need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters and give you the opportunity

to practice the communication skills needed to make your research interesting and accessi-

ble for your audience.

Duration: 1-2 days



Target group: PhD students


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In this course you´ll be able to:

Preparation

- Perform a context analysis (who, when,

where, why, what)

- Craft the 'story' of your poster

Conference setting

- Poster as chore or opportunity?

- Poster as catalyst for networking

Poster design

- Structure and layout

- Best/ worst-practice examples

- Optimise the impact of illustrations and

graphs

- graphical abstract

Poster pitch

- Presenting yourself, your research and the

poster itself

- Learn to interact with the audience (lead-

ing with questions, answering questions,

discussion)

You have the opportunity to receive a video feedback of your poster pitch.

This course can be combined with "Oral presentation" (p. 36) and “Self-presentation and net-

working” (p. 40), to give the integrated 4- to 5-day programme “At the conference” (p. 7-8).

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Self-presentation and networking

Do you find yourself at conferences drinking coffee alone or only with your own colleagues?

Do you seem to miss every chance to network? Or do you have the feeling you can’t keep the conversation going or can’t even start it in the first place? No matter if you answer one of those questions with a clear 'yes' or you simply have the feeling that you could perfect

your self-presentation skills: this seminar can be just right for you!

From the first impression you leave, the conversation that follows to a successful or friendly

follow-up… we will cover it during this seminar.

Duration: 1-2 days


Trainer: Peter Kronenberg or Karin Bodewits




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Networking

- Tips & tricks

- Expanding your network

- Keeping your network

- Networking for introverts

- Social media

Small talk

- Starting conversations, keeping them go-

ing and finding your exit

- Small talk at conferences & meetings

Self-presentation

- You are a brand! Self-marketing

- Your own behaviour at work

- The message you should (not) bring across

for success

- Dress for success

Your personal pitch for:

- Job interview

- Trade- and job fairs

- Conferences and meetings

- After work

Body language

- Clear communication without words

- The first impression

This is an interactive course with role-playing, exercises and real-life examples. There is a

special emphasis on communication, networking and body language and how to make your

colleagues and superiors aware of your qualities.

You have the opportunity to receive a video feedback of your poster pitch.

This course can be combined with the seminars “Oral presentation” (p. 36) and “Poster presentation” (p. 38) to give the integrated 4- to 5-day programme “At the conference” (p.

7-8).

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Navigating social media as a scientist

Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, by now, are no longer a new thing. Also for scientists, social

media platforms have become an integral networking tool to connect globally, exchange re-

search ideas and results and advance careers. But, what’s a proper way for scientists to

make use of these platforms?

In this workshop part, you will gain a better understanding on the current state of digital sci-

ence communication. In detail, you will learn how scientists may integrate social media into

their activities — in a helpful and productive way. We advocate a reflected media usage that

keeps a close eye on how and when it is recommended for you to ‘go digital’.

Duration: 1 day


Trainer: Peter Kronenberg,



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Why...?

... should I consider social media usage?

What...?

... are my objectives for engaging in social

media?

Which ..?

... social media platforms are working best

for me?

How...?

... can social media help me further my ca-

reer?

... can I get started? First steps to brush up

my professional online profiles

This course can be combined very well with "Self-presentation and networking" (p. 40).

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Culture at work

A more global economy, international work environments and the increase of women hold-

ing leadership positions, all have an impact on our work environment as well as our society

as a whole. This diversification of teams brings a lot of advantages, but also challenges.

Hence, a good understanding of each other’s communication styles and behaviours is one of the keys to professional success.

The objective of this seminar is to help dealing with the differences in thinking, feeling and

acting of people around the globe. You will experience that though the variety of people’s mind is enormous, we can recognise structure in this variety that can serve as a basis for bet-

ter understanding.

Duration: 1 day


Trainer: Karin Bodewits




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Topics which will be covered include:

- Communication strategies across cultures

- Low vs high context communication styles

- Feedback styles

- Egalitarian vs hierarchical leadership

- 'Masculine' vs 'feminine' cultures

- Time scheduling strategies in different societies

- Case studies

For more information contact:

NaturalScience.CareersDr. Karin BodewitsRennbahnstraße 9981929 München

+49 (0)89 99 016 [email protected]

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