Skills Lab: Presenting Skills

We talked to Dr. Claire Chewapreecha and Dr. Kate Baker on tips on effective communication, presentation skills and how they have both adapted to the new zoom environment. Resources Ted talk by Marcus Alexander Velazquez on effective communication: https://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_alexander_velazquez_the_art_of_effective_communication_jan_2020 Forbes Article on effective communication within a company by Naira Velumyan: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/09/04/how-to-develop-effective-communication-within-a-company/ Guest information Dr. Claire Chewapreecha is a Wellcome Intermediate and Sanger International Fellow based at Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok, Thailand. She works on melioidosis, a grossly under-recognised tropical disease, caused by a soil bacterium. Her team investigates the relationship between the host and bacterial genomics that determine melioidosis susceptibility and severity. Connect with Claire on twitter @chewapreecha Dr. Kate Baker is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool who leads a research group on the genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance. She has won over £8m of research funding, published prolifically, and influenced public health policy and practice. Connect with Kate on twitter @ksbakes. More info on Kate: https://baker-lab.github.io/ Acknowledgements Editing by Mariana Vaz, https://www.marianacpvaz.com/ Research: Christine Boinett Producers: Christine Boinett (Creator and Executive producer), Alice Matimba (Senior Producer), Isabela Malta (Producer and Research Lead), Emmanuela Oppong (Producer), Catherine Holmes (Marketing Lead). Host: Christine Boinett Media and Marketing: Catherine Holme Music: https://freesound.org/s/477388/ Contact us Email: [email protected] Twitter: @mentor_podcast Support WCS: https://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/ WSI: https://www.sanger.ac.uk SESH: https://www.seshglobal.org/