{"id":5061,"date":"2016-08-17T09:33:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T21:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2016-08-17T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T01:32:06","slug":"what-to-see-do-at-pg-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=5061","title":{"rendered":"What to see &#038; do at PG Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PG Week got off to a rocking start on Monday with the Welcome Breakfast. The breakfast speaker was Maggie Eyre, a presentation coach with stories galore. She apparently coached a CEO with such bad stage fright that he forgot his own name during a speech, and even made Helen Clark cry during one particularly brutal coaching session! Thankfully, her session left us in smiles rather than tears.<\/p>\n<p>Maggie had our breakfast-goers up on their feet, practising presenting themselves with energy and verve. A few brave souls even presented their research using random props with zero preparation time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5065\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PicMonkey Collage\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?resize=750%2C750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maggie&#8217;s top tips for those presenting at PG Week were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practise, practise, practise, especially in front of other people and\/or a camera (bonus points if you practise in front of children and they understand you).<\/li>\n<li>Make seven seconds of eye contact with people in a variety of spots throughout the audience.<\/li>\n<li>Move about the stage if you like, but move purposefully rather than nervously.<\/li>\n<li>Keep slides clean and free of too much text. Ask yourself: is the text for your audience, or for you?<\/li>\n<li>Avoid jargon, unless you explain it first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What&#8217;s up next in PG Week, you ask?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn about literature reviews on Wednesday, EndNote on Thursday, ethics applications on Friday, MS Word on Saturday, and much more. Check out the full schedule and book your place at <a href=\"https:\/\/careerhub.aut.ac.nz\/students\/events\/detail\/278225\/postgraduate-week-2016\">CareerHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poster display<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>View posters of PG research in the WG201 foyer (or the WG306 foyer on Symposium day).<\/p>\n<p><strong>PG Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Thursday for a jam-packed day of PG research presentations on over 40 topics. This year you can learn about using video to track honeybees&#8217; pollen sacs; Buddhism in psychotherapy; marketing sustainable products; the experiences of Kenyan female chefs; robotic swarms; and teaching through dance, to name just a few. Sessions run throughout the day from 10:30am &#8211; 3pm, but don&#8217;t forget to come from 9am for Professor Mark Orams&#8217; keynote address. Click below to expand the full programme:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programme-2016-Postgraduate-Research-Symposium.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5063 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programme-2016-Postgraduate-Research-Symposium.jpg?resize=300%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Programme - 2016 Postgraduate Research Symposium\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programme-2016-Postgraduate-Research-Symposium.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programme-2016-Postgraduate-Research-Symposium.jpg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programme-2016-Postgraduate-Research-Symposium.jpg?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programme-2016-Postgraduate-Research-Symposium.jpg?resize=750%2C530&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3 Minute Thesis finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They competed in the heats earlier this month; now watch the 3MT finalists battle it out for the AUT Masters and Doctoral 3MT championships! The finals take place on Thursday (after the Symposium) from 3 &#8211; 4:30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PG Week got off to a rocking start on Monday with the Welcome Breakfast. The breakfast speaker was Maggie Eyre, a presentation coach with stories galore. 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