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PG and ECR Public Speaking Workshop: Preparing for conferences

Overview

Levelling up your presentation skills is a great way to make your research more accessible, more impactful, and more engaging.

It will help you stand out from the crowd and, most importantly, it will help you to have more confidence when speaking in public – whether that’s in the classroom, at a conference, or in a board room.

This public speaking workshop will give you the encouragement and guidance you need to prepare for your next academic presentation, including how to:

  • Identify the features of a great presentation;

  • Develop your opening ‘hook’;

  • Craft your narrative; and

  • Deliver an engaging presentation, including managing nerves, preparing your slides and managing Q&A.

There will also be opportunity for targeted feedback on your opening statement in Session 5.

Workshop Preparation

Participants are requested to prepare and share the first 1-2 minutes (your “hook”) of your forthcoming presentation as part of this workshop.

We recognise that this might sound intimidating, but we warmly encourage you to participate in this part of the workshop and to benefit from the supportive and constructive feedback that will be offered by workshop facilitators. This part of the program will not be recorded.

Speakers

  • Dr Natali Pearson is President of Indonesia Council and Senior Lecturer in Heritage Studies at the University of Sydney

  • Dr Elly Kent is Treasurer of Indonesia Council and Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language in the college of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University

  • Ms Tamara Megaw is Postgraduate Representative of Indonesia Council and a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney

  • Dr Myra Abubakar received her PhD from the Australian National University in 2024, and is currently undertaking a Fellowship in the Asian Urbanisms Cluster at the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute.

Rundown

Please join 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. We recommend you sign in to Zoom before you join. Please note that sessions 1-4 of the workshop will be recorded.

Eligibility and registration

  • Participants must be a financial member of the Indonesia Council. Not sure? Send us an email: iclistdata@gmail.com

  • Please contact Indonesia Council at iclistdata@gmail.com by Monday 26 May to register and receive the Zoom login details.

Next
7 July

Indonesia Council Open Conference 2025