Skills Series

The PhD+ Career Design series for postdocs aims to help participants engage in self-and career exploration.

The PhD+ Career Design series for postdocs aims to help participants engage in self-and career exploration.

This is the fifth and final session of the 5-week PhD Plus Fall 2023 Foundations Series. 

This is the fourth session of the 5-week PhD Plus Fall 2023 Foundations Series. 

This is the third session of the 5-week PhD Plus Fall 2023 Foundations Series. 

This is the second session of the 5-week Ph.D. Plus Fall 2023 Foundations Series. 

This is the first session of the 5-week PhD Plus Fall 2023 Foundations Series.

Humans make sense of their world through stories. By using story structure to communicate your research, you can engage your audience’s curiosity and emotions, taking them along with you on your journey of discovery.

In this session, we will learn and practice basic principles of writing in plain language. 

"Plain language" is a way of communicating information simply and efficiently to your audiences. By using plain language, you relieve your reader (or listener) of the extra effort required to interpret jargon or process long sentences.  

Now that you know your audience – their interests and motivations – what message do you want to communicate to them? In this session we will learn how to determine your own goals and find the best medium through which to achieve that goal. We will use the Message Tool to frame your messages in ways that connect with your target audience.