PROMISE Public Speaking Workshop with Scott Morgan
Deliver that presentation, seminar, or defense like a pro!
Location
University Center : Ballroom lounge
Date & Time
February 27, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Description
Graduate students and postdocs, we are fortunate to be bringing back to campus Scott Morgan, President of The Morgan Group of Washington, DC, to provide a workshop in Public Speaking. In particular, this workshop will be useful in preparing for and presenting your research for a longer talk such as a conference presentation, department seminar, or even a dissertation defense. This workshop will be useful for all disciplines. Light refreshments will be provided. Please click "Going" below to RSVP for this event.
About Scott Morgan: Scott has been teaching communication skills for 20 years. His clients include the National Institutes of Health, the Mayo Clinic, Merck, NASA, EPA, City of Hope Cancer Center, and several universities: Harvard Medical School, UNC Chapel Hill, Cornell, Maryland, Ohio State, Minnesota, Duke, Nebraska and NC State University, and Texas A&M. He has 25 years of broadcast experience and teaches media and communication strategy to many think tanks in the Washington DC area. Specifically, as a Senior Associate with the Abshire Inamori Leadership Academy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://csis.org/expert/scott-morgan). Scott graduated with honors from the University of California, Davis and authored the book Speaking about Science published by Cambridge University Press. For more about Scott Morgan, click here.
For more about Morgan's sessions and clients, click here.
Email Yarazeth Medina, Program Coordinator at yarazeth@umbc.edu to note any dietary restrictions by Friday, February 21.
Lunch will be provided to all registered participants, please click "Going" below to reserve your seat for this session.
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