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Scientific Thinking and Reports Writing (201 AAP) Effective Communication Dr. Mohamed Naguib El Helaly Animal Science Department [email protected]  Syllabus of Scientific Thinking and Reports Writing (201 AAP) Fall 2024 Objective of the course: To help and...

Scientific Thinking and Reports Writing (201 AAP) Effective Communication Dr. Mohamed Naguib El Helaly Animal Science Department [email protected]  Syllabus of Scientific Thinking and Reports Writing (201 AAP) Fall 2024 Objective of the course: To help and support student with understanding scientific papers, poster and presentation, in addition encourage and inform them with important sections and methods of preparing most adequate ones. Plus give hands one practice of preparing reports that are being useful for their future studies and carrier path. Sessions : Monday Lec. 10.15 – 11.30 am Practical 5.00 - 6.30pm Grades: Excellent : 100 – 90 % Very good : 89 – % 80 Good : 79 – % 70 Fair : 69 – % 60 Exam: ✓ Practical assignments : 20 points (CV, Report, Poster and Presentation) ✓ Mid-term exam: 10 points ✓ Oral Test: 10 points ✓ Final Exam : 60 points ✓ Total of 100 points Practical Sessions: ✓ Introduction to Communication ✓ Research & Review papers VS Thesis Dissertation ✓ Scientific and Business Report Writing ✓ How to Write Successful Resume ✓ How to Prepare Scientific Poster ✓ Tips and Tricks for Presentation Communication Theory Why Communicate? To Improve Your Organization’s Performance Are We Really Communicating? Communication Principles Have an agenda Anticipate questions Stay within your boundaries Take control Keep your cool Delivery Channels What we say Verbal How we say it Vocal, visual Delivery must be effective and professional Material presented must be solid and convincing It’s How You Say It – What Matters? What We Say Verbal ________% 30 Language The words we choose How we put our words together to create meaning Appropriateness of our words How We Sound ________% 40 Speech Sounds, tones, volume, pitch, articulation Resonance – richness, fullness, quality Variation – emphasis How We Appear Visual ________% 70 Language Gestures and movement Facial expressions and eye contact Presence - body stance and posture It’s Not So Much What You Say Our behavior affects the perceptions and attitudes people have about us. Communication impact: What you say 30% Content, Words What they see 40% Pictures, Graphs Engage, touch 70% Models, Products, Tools What We Say - Content Less is best The words we choose Use colorful language Use pauses effectively Eliminate paralanguage Know your audience Appropriateness of our words Run a sensitivity check Avoid jargon How we Vertical and horizontal communication organize Message mapping our words Understanding the Audience Hostile, friendly or neutral? How favorable towards my point of view? How willing to accept new ideas? Body Language Eye Contact Look at audience individually “Thank you for listening to me” Rotate audience attention make each person in audience of 20 believe presentation involves them personally 2-3 seconds of sincere, natural and sustained eye contact with a large audience, pick several people in different parts of the room Body Language Gestures Descriptive and specific visual pictures of words Illustrate key points 55% of impact comes from what people see Avoid random hand movements Emphasis Use when describing: numbers, location, size Get out of your body space Body Language Facial Expressions A simple smile - Best way to comfortably connect Part of “how” we say things Automatic response to help illustrate words, feelings Carry yourself as a success--express it with your face pride for topic, happy to be here, etc. Body Language Posture and Movement Convey conversational attitude to put people at ease Posture should be professional and comfortable Stand up straight Keep head up Move with purpose, then STOP--don’t pace (feet and hands) Sit? Voice Relax – (If you can’t, go to next bullet) Breathe (don’t gasp) Project Your voice Your self Quality Rate of speaking Volume Inflection Articulation Hearing Vs Listening Verbal vs. Non-verbal communication  ‫كل اصمك سنمقلث‬ ‫ت‬‫د‬ ‫و‬ ‫‪Verbal‬‬ ‫كلقم‬ ‫‪% 35‬‬ ‫ت‬ ‫م‬ ‫‪Non-‬‬ ‫‪verbal‬‬ ‫‪% 65‬‬ What If It’s Not a Crisis/Presentation? Performance appraisal Job interview Communicating with children/parents School Board meeting Community volunteer activity REMEMBER -----------------------------------→ Communication Principles Apply Have an agenda Anticipate questions Take control Keep your cool Stay within the boundaries Communication Training Assignment? Each group (10-15 students) will select a topic to be presented as a PowerPoint presentation. Each group should determine the individual role of each person in the group. To be submitted: 1- Title or the topic of the presentation. 2- Role of each member in preparations of presentation. Assignment? Each one has to search for a research paper (Library, internet) and briefly extract the following information: 1- Title 2- Purpose or objective 3- Research question or problem 4- Main idea of the work 5- Conclusion 6- Implications Thank You!