Keys to Public Speaking: January 31, 2015 CHANGE TO COMM 329
Preparing for Presentations and Interviews with Scott Morgan
Location
The Commons : 329
Date & Time
January 31, 2015, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Description
Join us for a special seminar on public speaking:
"Keys to Public Speaking"
Guest Speaker: Scott Morgan
Saturday, January 31, 2015
10 AM - 12 PM
Commons 331
The topics covered will include the interests of participants from all disciplines, and all of UMBC's colleges: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (CAHSS); Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS); and Engineering & IT (COEIT). Please RSVP to the event by logging in through your UMBC account, and clicking the green "I can attend" button that will appear below.
This seminar will provide some preparation for UMBC's Graduate Research
Conference (GRC). All graduate students are strongly encouraged to
participate in the conference. The deadline for the GRC's
pre-registration was Thursday, Jan 15, however, they still have some spots available. Please see details for the GRC here:https://umbcinsights.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/graduate-research-conference-facultystaff-reviewer-sign-up-ends-jan-15th/
Conference (GRC). All graduate students are strongly encouraged to
participate in the conference. The deadline for the GRC's
pre-registration was Thursday, Jan 15, however, they still have some spots available. Please see details for the GRC here:https://umbcinsights.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/graduate-research-conference-facultystaff-reviewer-sign-up-ends-jan-15th/
Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and staff are welcome to attend. A light brunch will be served.
Scott Morgan and others from "The Morgan Group" have been training UMBC's graduate students for many years.
- Website: http://morgangp.com/http___MorganGp.com/Welcome.html
- Author of "Speaking About Science"
Scott Morgan, President of The Morgan Group of Washington, DC, provides media training and public speaking tips to a variety of organizations, and universities. Morgan is a Senior Associate of the Abshire Inamori Leadership Academy, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in DC.
Scott Morgan 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 Morgan's sessions and clients, click here.
