<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099"><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Diana Kenney" <dkenney@mbl.edu><br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>The MIT-WHOI Broader Impacts Group (BIG) is pleased to announce <br></div>tomorrow's lecture entitled Creating effective presentation slides, by <br>Dr. Jean-luc Doumont. A communication professional specialized in <br>technical fields, Dr. Doumont provides advice on professional <br>speaking, writing and graphing worldwide (more at www.principiae.be).<br><div><br></div>Dr. Doumont speaks annually at MIT, Harvard and BU, and this winter <br>BIG is thrilled to bring him to Woods Hole this winter. In a <br>competitive academic world, learning how to effectively communicate <br>ideas is crucial to stand out from the crowd and make the most of each <br>opportunity to present yourself in a professional context.<br><div><br></div>This lecture will discuss how to optimize communication skills during <br>presentations, including effective slide layout and how to use slides <br>appropriately when delivering the presentation.<br><div><br></div>Date: Tuesday, 1/28/14<br>Time: 2-4pm<br>Place: Redfield auditorium, WHOI<br>FREE and open to the entire Woods Hole community<br><div><br></div>Brought to you by the Broader Impacts Group<br>Thank you to our generous funding sources: WHOI APO, WHOI Student <br>Organization, Guy N. Evans, and The Houghton Fund<br><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><span></span><div>Diana Kenney<br>Science Writer/Editor<br>Marine Biological Laboratory<br>7 MBL Street<br>Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>508-289-7139<br>dkenney@mbl.edu<br><a href="http://www.mbl.edu" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.mbl.edu">MBL Homepage</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mblscience" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/mblscience">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/MBLScience" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/MBLScience">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://blog.mbl.edu/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://blog.mbl.edu/">Blog</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKUBiBDXmMg" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKUBiBDXmMg">Video</a><br></div><span></span><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>