Student Training - SEDTalks! Presentation Skills Training The SEDTalks! Presentations Skills Training is a platform for graduate students to share their sustainability research, develop professional skills in public-speaking and communication, expand their academic and industrial networks, and work with other researchers to make an impact on sustainability through engineering and design. Delivered in partnership with SkillSets and led by oral communication professionals, from Teaching and Learning Services (TLS), the training includes workshops, small group coaching sessions with feedback, and explores strategies to design research talks that are both accessible and impactful. The 2020-2021 cycle marked the 5th anniversary of the SEDTalks! Training and this year, the program was revamped and adapted to the virtual setting, due to the cancellation of all in-person extracurricular activities and events at the university. The primary focus of the fall 2020 workshop was for the students to deliver a virtual 180-second talk on their research to a multidisciplinary audience at the SEDx180S event that was held in December. We had the largest, and most diverse cohort of participants during the Fall 2020 training.
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Training workshop participants from all units in the Faculty represented
Students presented 180-second research talks at the SEDx180s
At the conclusion of SEDx180S, a selection committee chose 3 students, our 2021 ChangeMakers, who proceeded to the winter training and delivered full presentations at the annual SEDTalks! Event, which was held virtually on March 24, 2021. TISED is also pleased to report that the 2021 SEDTalks! Event was sponsored by WSP, one of the world’s leading professional services firms. Mr. Eric Peissel, Executive Vice President, Advisory & Innovation gave the welcoming address and spoke about WSP’s commitment to sustainability and to support the SEDTalks! Initiative the ongoing demand in the global marketplace for engineers, urban planners and architects who have a strong understanding of sustainability and the challenges that face the global community in the coming decades.
