Presenting Your Paper at a Conference: Don’t Freak Out
Please note this event is exclusively for current Junior Fellows at Massey College.
Join Massey alumnus, Chris Graham from TellPeople for an interactive session focused on performance and public speaking. Participants will take turns asking their questions about how to become a better public speaker. Chris will lead a group discussion in response to each question. In this way you can get support from Chris but also your colleagues at Massey.
You can ask about anything you want in the session.
Examples of the kinds of things you might ask about include:
– I have so much to share and only a small amount of time—what should I do?
– How can I keep people engaged while also reading from my notes?
– What happens if people ask questions and I don’t know the answer?
– What if no one asks any questions?
– How can I avoid just reading from my slides?
Kim Kierans is an Inglis professor (emerita) at the University of King’s College, Halifax and a Senior Fellow and resident at Massey College.
Her book Journalism for the Public Good: The Michener Awards at 50 was published in May 2024 by Bighorn Books, University of Calgary Press.
Chris Graham is a public speaking and communication coach, keynote speaker, storyteller, and sometimes comedian. Chris teaches lawyers and other professionals how to connect with their clients and teams.
Since 2016, he’s trained over 15,000 people at North America’s leading law firms, large and small companies, non-profits, and government agencies.
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Speaker
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Kim KieransSenior Fellow; Inglis Professor JournalismKim Kierans (DCL hon) is Inglis Professor emerita in the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing at the University of King’s College, Halifax, where she taught for twenty-four years following a career in journalism. She is former King’s vice-president (2010-2017) and Director of the School of Journalism (2003-2010). Kierans is vice-chairperson of the federal Independent Advisory Board on Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures. She sits on the advisory board of OxCo Academic Video in Oxford, UK, and the board of the Asian Center for Journalism at Ateno de Manila University. Kierans is a Senior Resident at Massey College.
