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Prepare ahead of workshop:

Youtubes to load up

• http://www.cags.ca/3mt_videos.php

Specifically Gah Jone Won or find it at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&v=Fn94F0ofwig

Roseanna Stevens, Australia 2014

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epT-OpWDImE

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http://www.cags.ca/3mt_videos.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&v=Fn94F0ofwig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epT-OpWDImE

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3MT: 3 minutes, 1 slide, ~390 words

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The Three Minute Thesis

Linda Williams, Learning Strategies AdvisorStudent Academic Success Services

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What do participants say about 3MT?

Boosted my confidence

Learned to self-promote

Shared my research with broader community

Improved my public speaking Succinct

Non-technical language

Memorable

“Joy in describing why my research matters!”


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Winning 3MT presentations

3MT Lecture, talk, paper

Core ideaConclusions

“Why?”

Also …Lay languageLittle/no data

Schema in sspeaker’s mind

Breadth, depthMethodResults

Also …Scientific jargon

Analysis, dataOrganize in ppt


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Elements of a Memorable 3MT?

Understandable: accessible language

Spark curiosity: personal, social, academic implications?

Engage emotion: through story-telling, or personal anecdotes

Intellectually sophisticated: concepts over details

Purposeful slide: image of key message or essential info



3MT Examples

Gah Jone Won, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo. 2016 Canadian winner

Rosanna Stevens, Depts. Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University. 2014 1st place and Peoples’ Choice winner



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Think “brief but bright”

WHY?

Start? Surprising Result?

Public value?

Important to

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Constructing the talk

Main Body: WHAT “take home message”- details of your research only as needed to understand conclusions. Why important to scholars?

Introduction: Why start? Why surprising?

Closing: Why significant to public? circle back to initial WHY’s

challenge the audience to think

clear take-home message


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Constructing the slide• Use all the space

• Arrange content meaningfully

• Guide reader’s eyes if multiple images

• No busy background

• Choose font (min. 28) and colour wisely

• Text vs image, graphic

Judge’s criteria: clear, legible, concise, value added



Maximize Slide ReadabilityAssess your Language

• Verbal expression– Volume

– Vary speed

– Vary pitch

– Clear language

– Conviction

• Non-verbal style– Reduce distractions

– Meaningful gestures

– Engage audience

Assess your Language

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• Volume

• Speed

• Pitch

• Clarity

• Conviction

Verbal

• Distractions

• Meaningful gestures

• Engage with audience

Non-verbal


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Your title matters!


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Asleep at the switch: Effects of impaired vigilance on psychomotor reaction times


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photo credit: Melissa A Hines



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From:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 March 16; 101(11): 3747–3752. Published online 2004 March 8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400087101 Fig. 7.


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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/core/lw/2.0/html/tileshop_pmc/tileshop_pmc_inline.html?title=Click on image to zoom&p=PMC3&id=374315_zpq0080439150007.jpg


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC374315/


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What made this 3MT a winner?

Understandable

Sparked curiosity

Emotionally engaging

Intellectually sophisticated

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Sample 3MT presentations, group debrief

• http://www.cags.ca/3mt_videos.php

2016 Canadian 3MT® Finalist - Gah Jone Won

2016 Canadian 3MT® Finalist - Joshua Smee

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epT-OpWDImE

2014 Australian 3MT Winner ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences - Rosanna Stevens



http://www.cags.ca/3mt_videos.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epT-OpWDImE

Exercise: Draft Your Framework

-draft

-present as much as you have completed to someone OUTSIDE your area

-debrief:

Speaker: What did I learn?

Listener: Did I understand the presentation? 1 helpful comment?

-switch roles, debrief



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1. Understand your target groups

Audience

Judge’s criteria

Communication

Comprehension

Engagement


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2. Practice, practice, practice

Logical flow

Are you trying to do too much/too little?

Practice all gestures, jokes, examples…

Get feedback: understandable?

Video tape, friend, mirror…

TIME YOURSELF


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3. Presentation style

Voice

tone

pace

projection

Body

eye contact

gesture and move intentionally


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Troubleshooting

Going blank

Over-practice

Prepare a clear, visual schema or map

No expectation of word-for-word memorization

BREATHE in the moment, take a pause

Return to last point, repeat for emphasis (and to buy time)

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Troubleshooting

Accent or English as a second language

Accent tends to increase when you’re anxious

Anticipate this and practice pronunciation

Slow down

Look for friendly face and speak to them

Consider slide content: more key ideas than emotion?


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Troubleshooting

Speaking too fast

Honour the periods at the end of each sentence

Breathe between ‘paragraphs’ or sections

Include pauses and breath marks into your script and practice them

You may have to cut information!


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Your action plan

What is your first/next step to prepare for 3MT?

3 new strategies you will try

2 ideas you will learn more about

1 bad habit you will STOP now


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Resources• Resources for 3MT Participants• Judge’s Scoring Sheet• CAGS 3MT 2017 videoshttp://www.cags.ca/3mt/index_videos.php

Thank youLinda Williams

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http://www.cags.ca/3mt/index_videos.php

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