[Nfbf-l] Fw: Information on OSA's upcoming Speaker, Dr. Jean-luc Doumont

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From: "Patricia Brinkman" <pbrinkma at MAIL.UCF.EDU>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:40 PM
Subject: Fwd: Information on OSA's upcoming Speaker, Dr. Jean-luc Doumont


> Forwarding....
>
> The Optical Society's upcoming speaker, Dr. Jean-luc Doumont. Dr.
> Doumont is an expert on effective communication, particularly from the
> scholar, engineer, and scientist point of view, and will be speaking on
> the subject of effective presentations. This topic will certainly be of
> interest to any student or faculty member challenged with presenting
> their work at a conference!
>
> Speaking from personal experience, Dr. Doumont is an engaging and
> entertaining speaker, and those who attend will not be disappointed! He
> has given presentations world-wide, including US universities such as
> MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Caltech, Harvard, and Penn
> State.
>
> Everyone is invited to attend the talk, but especially students
> -undergraduate and graduate. The talk description is below, so please
> feel free to forward this email to whomever you see fit. And I would be
> happy to answer any questions you may have.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chuck Williams
> President
> OSA, The Optical Society at UCF
> charles at creol.ucf.edu
>
>
>
>
> Making the Most of Your Presentation" by Dr. Jean-Luc Doumont
> February 26th, 4-6pm
> CREOL, Building 53, rooms 102&103
> Event Listing:
> http://www.creol.ucf.edu/TheCollege/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=479
>
> ABSTRACT
> Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers,
> scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to
> tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they
> go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but
> seldom good results. Based on Dr Doumont’s book _Trees, maps, and
> theorems_ about “effective communication for rational minds”, this
> lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations.
> Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as
> stage fright.
> BIOGRAPHY
> An engineer from the Louvain School of Engineering and PhD in applied
> physics from Stanford University, Jean-luc Doumont now devotes his time
> and energy to training engineers, scientists, business people, and other
> rational minds in effective communication, pedagogy, statistical
> thinking, and related themes.
> Articulate, entertaining, and thought-provoking, Dr Doumont is a
> popular invited speaker worldwide, in particular at international
> scientific conferences, research laboratories, and top-ranked
> universities. For additional information, visit www.principiae.be (
> http://www.principiae.be/ ).