BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251109T093247EST-06817TwkHA@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251109T143247Z DESCRIPTION:Do you get nervous before giving a speech? Want to feel more co nfident while presenting? Or just want to make your presentations more int eresting\, rather than reading verbatim from slides?In this workshop\, per suasion researcher Jay Olson will cover the communication skills necessary to give an effective presentation. Topics include handling nervousness\, enhancing clarity\, improving body language\, and holding the audience’s a ttention. These tools will help presenters engage and persuade their audie nces\, in both academic and business settings.By the end of the workshop\, you will:1. Know practical methods to deal with nervousness.2. Know how t o engage audiences from the beginning of your speech.3. Be able to identif y strengths and weaknesses in presenters\, including yourself. Jay Olson\, M.Sc.\, is a Ph.D. candidate in Psychiatry at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ. He studies suggesti on and effective persuasion. Spending most of his life as a professional m agician\, Jay has won several international awards for both performing and public speaking. He now helps companies\, organizations\, and students ap ply the science of public speaking to become more persuasive\, engaging\, and confident speakers. -----------------------------------------We are co mmitted to making our events as accessible and barrier-free as possible. P lease let us know if you have any accessibility needs or require accommoda tions to participate by contacting careers.caps [at] mcgill.ca or 514 398 3304 ext 0321. Scent-Free Policy: Help us keep the air we share healthy an d fragrance-free. Chemicals used in scented products such as hair spray\, perfume\, cologne\, and deodorant can make some people sick and trigger re actions such as respiratory distress and headaches. Please do not use thes e products\, or choose unscented versions\, when coming to events. RSVP th rough myFuture DTSTART:20200120T223000Z DTEND:20200121T003000Z LOCATION:Brown Student Services\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G3\, 3600 rue M cTavish SUMMARY:WYBA 2020 - The Art of Public Speaking URL:/channels/channels/event/wyba-2020-art-public-spea king-303565 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR