Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

Want to make better use of Powerpoint? This one-page PDF from the Oral Communication Program offers seven quick tips on how to use Powerpoint to get your point across most effectively. Each tip offers questions and advice on how to make the best use of Powerpoint for a broad range of oral presentation scenarios.

Want to make your own podcast, or need to record something for a class or your research? With just a quick online training session, you can gain access to the Learning Hub Recording Studio. Learn more at the link. 

Hume's Writing Consultants and Oral Communication Tutors are trained, experienced tutors, many of whom have advanced degrees in different disciplines. They will assist you at any point in the writing or speaking process on any type of speaking or writing task. Additionally, you can find support for work you do with digital media and developing presentations. Tutors can help you to brainstorm, focus, as well as organize or integrate your ideas and materials. Consultations are drop-in or by appointment. 

Teaching a class this year and looking for ways to enhance your students' speaking skills? This resource from the Hume Center provides ideas and support for integrating speaking components into your class. If your students will be giving oral presentations, prepare them ahead of time with a workshop from Hume. Or, arrange to have your students meet with Oral Communications Tutors to hone their skills. Being an effective teacher means getting your students the right tools; visit this website today!

Giving presentations and engaging in public speaking can be intimidating, but it is a necessary part of graduate school, as well as many careers. Learn to control your speech anxiety and develop effective speaking habits with these resources from the Hume Center.  

Stanford's Alya Raphael offers straightforward, actionable tips to present your research effectively–to any audience, in any setting–in this Fellows Forum. Follow the video with the session's slides and explore more resources below. (recorded October 2015)