Career Development
Attention Grad Slam participants! Want to get a leg up on the competition? Join us for an interactive workshop with Bri McWhorter. This workshop is perfect for those participating in Grad Slam but is also useful for anyone wanting to become better at pitching complex ideas in short formats (such as at cocktail parties, during job interviews, and for entrepreneurial presentations).
Attention Grad Slam participants! Want to get a leg up on the competition? Join us for a workshop on â"Crafting Your Grad Slam Pitch"! Bri McWhorter from Activate to Captivate will lead participants in an interactive 2-hour workshop designed to help you boil down the basic ideas of your research, âpackage them in an accessible way, and âpresent them confidently and concisely. This workshop is perfect for those participating in Grad Slam but âis also useful for anyone wanting to become better at pitching complex ideas in short formats (such as at cocktail parties, during job interviews, and for entrepreneurial presentations).
Bri McWhorter is a trained actor and the founder of Activate to Captivate, which is a communications company that specializes in using drama techniques to provide coaching in presentation skills, interview techniques, and interpersonal communication. Bri earned a BA in Theater and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley and went on to receive an MFA in Acting from UC Irvine.
Sign up for one of two identical sessions:
Wednesday, February 28
1-3 p.m.
Flying A Studios (UCen)
Thursday, March 1
9-11 a.m.
âESB 1001
This workshop is open to all UCSB graduate students and postdocs (whether you are participating in Grad Slam or not), but space is limited. To RSVP, click here.
For more information on this workshop or other professional development programming, please contact Shawn Warner-Garcia.
