Photo on your CV or not? – the complete guide
Should you include your photo on your CV or not? This guide is a follow-up to The Crastina Column of March 2016, “The CV controversy: maybe you are asking the wrong question?”.
Author Archive for: Olle Bergman
Entries by Olle Bergman
Improving your public speaking skills – some advice from Daniel Wendler, social skills guide
Daniel Wendler is a doctoral student in clinical psychology, as well as the founder of ImproveYourSocialSkills.com – an online social skills guide. Here he gives some advice on how to improve your public speaking skills. The theme of Crastina this month is “neurodiversity and communication”. In 2013 Daniel gave a TEDx talk at University of Arizona with the title […]
Toolbox from Karolinska Institutet inspires bioentrepreneurs to create and collaborate
You don’t have to be a genius to spark ideas, turn concepts on their heads or inspire groups to work in the same direction – you just need tools! A collection of such tools was newly published in English by the Unit for Bioentrepreneurship, UBE, at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The Unit for Bioentrepreneurship conducts research […]
How to use a mailing list to present science stories—and give your readers “Piece of Mind”
Julia Turan, neurobiologist with a passion for science communication, has chosen a special format to present worthwhile science stories: a mailing list.
The Science Presentation Checklist helps you stay focused and succinct
How do you present your research poster effectively when you have a distracted conference visitor in front of you? The freelance science Atlant Bieri communicator gives some great advice on YouTube. In the video, Atlant presents a checklist which he has developed and uses it in his courses in science communication at the Universität Zürich and […]
Organising useful meetings online – some advice from a webinar host
How do you create the best preconditions for a succesful webinar? ”Know your audience, be prepared with your content and know how to do the marketing” are some of the advice from Andrew Juurinen, seasoned webinar host at XTalks.
2 sides of a coin: differences between academic and SciComm conferences
A conference is like a dinner or a party: it’s the responsibility of the participants to make it memorable. Carolina P. Gómez, molecular biologist, is astounded how different conferences can be, depending on the internal culture of the attending group of people.