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- Our seminar programme-

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www.naturalscience.careers 1

Seminar programmes- overview

Our team 3

Career development seminars

Hello academia! Off to a great start 4

Goodbye academia? – It has been a pleasure* 6

Women & career* 8

Company visits* 10

(Self-) management

How to row the boat? - Leadership skills* 11

How to build a lab 13

Negotiation* 15

Time- and career management* 16

Communication

Convincing & debating 18

Oral presentation 20

Poster presentation 22

Self-presentation, networking and small talk* 24

Intercultural communication & genderlect* 26

***NEW*** Storytelling for scientists 27

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* Seminars marked with an asterisk can be tailored to a gender-specific audience if desired.

All ATP-XX seminars can be given in German or English.

As part of the seminar material, which is included in the price, the participants receive a

book (DIN A4, 172 pages for Career development seminars, 148 pages for Communication,

84 pages for Time- and self-management and 60 pages for Leadership skills).

All ATP-XX seminars will be fully customised to the wishes and needs of the particular

customer.

Our seminars can be integrated into settings like flipped classroom, in which the participants

receive e.g. a webinar before the seminar, so they can hit the ground running. A structured

follow-up with the participants can be used to increase the sustainability of the learnings.




Our team

Dr. Karin Bodewits comes from the Netherlands where she studied Biology. She completed

a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Edinburgh and moved to Munich thereafter. Here,

she founded the company ScienceMums, a network for natural scientists. In this function,

she became book author, speaker and trainer and published a wide range of articles around

the topi Wo e & a ee . Al ost th ee years later, she founded the career platform

NaturalScience.Careers. ScienceMums then

became part of this broader platform. She

specialises in the topics communication and

career development, which she can put into

gender- and intercultural perspectives.

Dr. Philipp Gramlich has studied and

researched chemistry at various universities in Germany, Australia and Scotland. After

experience at baseclick, a biotechnology start-up and as Teamleader R&D, QC and Analytics

at Eurofins Genomics, he is now fully focusing on his work as co-founder of

NaturalScience.Careers. He specialises in seminars and talks about career development,

leadership and gender in science.

Together, they wrote books and regularly contribute to Naturejobs, Chemistry World,

Nachrichten aus der Chemie and Laborjournal.




Hello academia! Off to a great start

...best before 01. 07. 18

You recently started your PhD full of enthusiasm. However, an uneasy feeling creeps up

whenever you walk past one of the senior PhD students, who are just writing up. Do you

hea the sa , If I k e that efo e o I ish I ould ha e thought of a d thi k fo ou self, I hope this does ´t happe to e, I hope I a get a ou d thei istakes self.

A PhD is too complex to ever be without complications. However, in this course we´ll try to

o k o ou sta te pa kage to su i e i this e e i o e t and to get a broad set of

experiences and networks from your PhD.

Duration: 1-2 days

Course type: 30% theory, 70% practical examples

Trainer: Karin Bodewits or Philipp Gramlich

Number of participants: Max. 12




Communication

- With your boss: lead the leader

- With ou olleagues: e a good colleague without being taken for a ride

- With students: you as leader

Career planning

- Which qualifications to seek during your

PhD?

- Can I determine my development?

- How to get in touch with future employers

Good scientific practice- basics

- Documentation standards for publications

and patents

- Your roles and duties as researcher

- Scientific misconduct

Your PhD: more than just lab

- Conferences

- Outreach

- Networking

Present yourself and your results

- Basics of presentation skills

- Self-marketing




Goodbye academia? – It has been a pleasure

Have you enjoyed research and teaching in the past years, but now you think it is time to

change? Or you are just fed up, but are aware that frustration alone will not lead to a

smooth transition out of academia. Maybe you are not sure yet whether to stay in academia

or not, but would like to learn more about other possibilities before making any decision? In

this course, which has been specifically developed for PhD students and postdocs in the

natural sciences, we will not only broaden your view about everything you can do with your

qualification, but also give you practical tips on how to reach your personal goals.

Duration: 2 days




This seminar can be tailored to a gender-specific audience if desired




Introspection: making plans based on a

closer look at yourself

- - Your skills, interests and values

- - Idealism vs. pragmatism

- - Postdoc or not?

- - How to get on track? Changing

professional directions

-

Career options within...

- The private sector

- - The higher education system

- - Governmental institutions

- - Patent law

- - As freelancer

- - Consultancies...

...and many more

Job applications

- CVs and cover letters

- Recruiters, job ads and open applications

The job interview

- Self-presentation

- Body language

- Your elevator pitch

- Questions and answers

- Legal aspects

Salary negotiations

- When to negotiate?

- - What to negotiate for and how?

- - Hard vs. soft: do I trade off relationship

vs. results or is there a better way?

Networking

- Expanding and keeping your network

- Address tricky questions with strategic

networking

- Networking for introverts

- Social media

This is an interactive course with exercises and real-life examples. There is a special

emphasis on shaping your professional career and how you present yourself to future

employers.




Women & career

Since a few decades the rights of women and in particular of working women have changed

dramatically. But does this also translate into a world full of possibilities or are we still stuck

in the process of climbing the various ladders under the glass roof? This seminar will give

you guidance on how to navigate your life as a working female scientist.

Duration: 2 days


Trainer: Karin Bodewits (optionally + Philipp Gramlich)


This seminar is for female-only audiences




(Family-friendly) work environments

- U i e sit o i dust … o so e he e else?

- Working cultures in Europe

-

Getting a job

- The importance of networking,

collaborating and presenting your research

- Your application

- How to prepare yourself

- Dress code

- The job interview

- Salary negotiations and gender wage gap

- Legal aspects

In the job

- You made it! What to expect

- Have a good start

- Where is my seat? Gender-specific

behaviour

- Leadership as a woman

- Hormones: legal highs for women?

- Setting targets

- Work-life balance

Mothers at work and in our society

- Dead-end street motherhood? Is there the

perfect time to have children?

- Social pressures and norms

- Practicalities: nursery places and more

- Double career couples

- Legal aspects

- Political framework

- What about my partner?

- Communication towards your employer

Work-life balance

Taking care of your job, yourself and your

family- how to get it all done?

Internal and external factors

How you and others see yourself and how

this can make you stronger or weaker




Company visits

What is it like outside of academia? What is the difference between working for a small or

large company? Is working for a start-up or maybe a not-for-profit organisation supporting

local biotechnology clusters an

interesting alternative?

We aim to visit 2 - 3 companies/

organisations during a day trip.

The participants have the ability

to get to know the organisations,

get a better understanding of the

career opportunities in several

representative work

environments and establish

valuable contacts outside of academia. We select and brief our hosts to provide you with

relevant career info but abstain from blunt corporate advertisement. We travel around by

mini-bus with a lunch stop on the way.

Typically, the visits will include a presentation, site visit and Q&A session with professionals

from the company. We tailor our visits to the specific labour-market situation of the target

group.

The company visits are ideally suited for a combination with (parts of) the se i ar Good ye a ade ia? or “elf-prese tatio , et orki g a d s all talk .

Duration: 1 day

Course type: Excursion

Trainer: Philipp Gramlich

Number of participants: 8-20





How to row the boat? - Leadership skills

Leadership has undergone changes- in parallel with changes to our work environments.

Flatter hierarchies, project work in a matrix structure and more rapid changes of

assignments, locations and colleagues are but some of the new challenges we all face.

Interpersonal skills become ever more important when leading a team or a project: for

motivation, conflict resolution or work delegation.

Duration: 1-2 days








Depending on the wishes of the group, different aspects of this wide and highly important

skill set will be emphasised. Examples for topics that are often requested:

- Hire for quality! How to get the best team and not just clones of yourself.

- Leading a diverse team: age, gender, cultural background... We´re all individuals and so are

our teams. Can we find a leadership style that fits them all and is this even desirable?

- Conflict management

+ Prevent conflicts by your lab set-up: communication and practicalities

+ Deescalate and resolve conflicts by mediation and through fair negotiations

+ Escalate professionally if necessary




How to start your own lab

The toolkit for academic success: Funding, Science and People

I as trai ed to do e erythi g ut ru a la …

This workshop aims to show you all the tools you need to start your own academic research

group.

Funding will show you how to pick the right funding type for your plans and how to

effectively write applications and proposals.

- Funding opportunities in Germany, Europe and worldwide

- Stipends and faculty positions: pros and cons

- Planning and managing my start

- Planning my career

Science will enable you to structure your own group and position it within the environment

at your institute and beyond.

- Scientific exchange between peers: other participants face the same challenges as you

- Finding good collaborations

- How to get independent from your supervisor

- How to perform interdisciplinary research

- How to find mentors

Duration: 2-4 days

Course type: Interactive seminar

Trainer: Philipp Gramlich and Alexander Schiller





People is all about leading; yourself and your team. Topics can include:

- Situational leadership

- Team structures and hierarchies

- Hiring and firing staff

- You la o stitutio

- Feedback

- Conflict management

- Time management

The workshop is highly interactive, mostly based on discussions and interactive exercises.

We aim to bring together the skills and experiences the two trainers have gathered in

academic and industrial settings.

Our collaborator

Dr. ès sc. habil. Alexander Schiller was a junior professor for inorganic chemistry at the

University of Jena (Germany). As inorganic chemistry professor he broadened his portfolio in

ith the p oje t „“ hille & Me te s : tea hi g ad a ed research skills, such as communication in science, team

building and leading competences and didactics and

methodology in university teaching. As former researcher and

group leader Dr. Schiller knows the challenges of natural

scientists and addresses them in an interactive setting.

www.scientistsneedmore.de

Reference

Dr. Susanne Hennig, Managing Director Center for NanoScience, LMU Munich

G eat o kshop ith a ell-balanced mixture of knowledge transfer and interactive tasks.

The trainers were very enthusiastic and close to the target group, and they did a great job in

add essi g the audie e’s spe ifi uestio s.


http://www.scientistsneedmore.de/



Negotiation

Negotiation does not only happen on the flea market. It is one of the most important

professional skills for virtually every type of profession. And it gets more important the

further you move up the ladder. Look at the gender wage gap as an example. While working

in a minimal wage job is a showcase for gender equality, management isn´t! The gender

wage gap, adjusted for professional

choices and working hours, grows as you

change from a chicken costume into

finer dress! At higher positions you can

and should negotiate! And salary is by

far not the only thing you´ll negotiate

about throughout your (professional)

life: how to distribute the work in your

lab, how to handle noise in your office

and how to get your kid to eat his

veggies. All these more or less fierce

conversations constitute negotiations.

But is there anything you can do about

your negotiation skills? Yes! Negotiating

is a matter of practice alike many others skills and can be learned. Many of the

characteristics of a good negotiator are actually quite sympathetic ones and have nothing to

do with ripping people off in shabby deals. The skills you need are building relationships,

good communication and a solid preparation.

Duration: 1 day








Time- and career management (for part-timers)

E e eek has da s, hou s o i utes…. a lot of ti e to do a lot of thi gs! “till, many of us suffer from the feeling of always having too little of it. You might not give it enough

thought on how you actually want to spend it and how to distribute it between your career,

family, friends and hobbies. These are also no easy questions with answers to be found in a

text book- the ideal ti e s hedule is si pl too diffe e t f o o e pe so to the othe . During this seminar we will analyse the individual schedules of the week and provide tools and

ideas to optimise your time investment. Furthermore, we will discuss how to balance science

and life in different contexts and how to plan your days in a flexible work environment.

The ai is ot o l to o k o e effi ie tl a d to edu e pe so al st ess , ut also to e more satisfied and successful in your career and your personal life.

Duration: 1-2 days

Course type: 50% theory and 50% practical examples


Max. No. of Participants: 12





Time management in general

- - What do I want to achieve this year

professionally and personally?

- - Your 168 hours: How much do you

actually work? How much of this is towards

your goals?

- - For what to spend time?

- - How to (not) schedule your calendar?

- Software, calendar, post-it & Co.: your

toolbox

-

Science-life balance

- - Parenthood/ care giving & career

- - Who is doing the laundry anyway?

- - My Nature paper and my social life: two

antipodes shake hands

Time management for part-timers

- - A oidi g the pa t-ti e t ap

- - Getting paid for ALL the hours you work

Flexible working: Your boss will love you!

- - Communicating your individual schedule

- - A working structure that benefits all

-

Efficient working

- - How to manage your day efficiently?

- - Your core competencies

- - The not-to-do list

- - Prioritising

-




Convincing & debating

Scientists are often in the situation that they need to discuss their findings or their need for

extra funding or resources with other members of the scientific community or with the

general public. The ability to express yourself in a concise and clear manner, using strong

arguments, is therefore of utmost importance.

This interactive seminar with real life scenarios, public speaking exercises, argumentation

examples and debates, will help participants to successfully engage in various interactions

with other scientists and non-scientists. Your Q&A sessions will never be the same again. You

will convince your boss to buy this fantastic Mass Spec. You will disarm other people´s

arguments against you now that you can look behind their facade. And last but not least, you

will win on paper (e.g. research- and grant- proposals)!

Duration: 2 days



Number of participants: 6-12




Public speaking

- Fear of (public) speaking

- Resistance

- Feedback, eye contact, group size

Strategy statements

- How to convince that the current strategy

MUST change!

- Interpretation & differentiation

- Problem, cause(s), plan, solutions,

consequences, conclusions

Structuring your argumentation

- Head, body, tail

- 3 is it!

- Style figures (draw the attention)

Targeting the audience

- Laymen vs. specialists: what changes?

- Understand and address their interests

Debating

- What is debating?

- How to use debating skills in your

professional life?

- Good arguments & fallacies

Variations: Practice makes perfect, and there is always more to learn. Therefore (on request),

this course can be expanded by 1 or more extra days.

This ourse a e o i ed ith the ourse Oral prese tatio or Negotiatio .




Oral presentation

There are many ways in which scientists communicate their work, publications, poster or oral

presentations or via individual conversations. In terms of leaving a deep impression about

your work and yourself, oral presentations are a very powerful way. However, many scientists

are scared of the prospect to stand in front of a large and potentially critical audience to

present their work. They rush through the presentations, clinging onto overloaded slides and

miss a crucial chance to show themselves in a positive light.

Duration: 1-2 days







In this interactive workshop, we´ll cover the following topics:

- Preparation: target your audience

- Stage fright: how you can enjoy the adrenaline rush

- Body language: how you can make a good first impression

- Personality types: can you score well as an introvert? How authentic can/shall you be?

- Slide design

- Pace, voice, interaction

- C aft a ou d sto

- F o sta t to fi ish. Cla p ou p ese tatio

- Q&A sessions: and you just thought it´s over already...

This is a highly interactive workshop with the possibility for video feedback. The participants

can get the chance to work on short pitch-presentations and/ or their own slide presentations

about their own research.

This ourse a e o i ed ith the ourse Co i i g a d de ati g a d Poster prese tatio .




Poster presentation

An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, an appropriate use of

language and special techniques for presenting. This course will give you the skills you need

to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters and give you the opportunity to

practice the communication skills needed to make your research interesting and accessible

for your audience.

Duration: 1-2 days







In this course you´ll be able to:

- Perform a context analysis (who, when, where, why, what)

- Learn to design posters - structure, layout, visual impact and best/ worst-practice examples

- Optimise the impact of illustrations and graphs

- Craft the sto of ou poste

- Practice your communication skills

- Acquire poster presentation skills – presenting yourself, your research and the poster itself

- Receive a video feedback on your poster pitch

- Learn to interact with the audience (leading with questions, answering questions, discussion)




Self-presentation, small talk and networking

Do you find yourself at conferences drinking coffee alone or only with your own colleagues?

Do ou see to iss e e ha e to et o k? O do ou ha e the feeli g ou a ’t keep the o e satio goi g o a ’t e e sta t it i the fi st pla e? No atte if ou a s e o e of

those questions ith a lea es o ou si pl ha e the feeli g that ou ould pe fe t ou self-presentation skills, then this seminar might be just right for you!

From the first impression you leave, the conversation that follows to a successful or friendly

follow-up… e ill o e it du i g this se i a .

Duration: 1 day








Networking

- Tips & tricks

- Expanding your network

- Keeping your network

- Networking for introverts

- Social media

Small talk

- Starting conversations, keeping them going

and finding your exit

- Small talk at conferences & meetings

Self-presentation

- You are a brand! Self-marketing

- Your own behaviour at work

- The message you should (not) bring across

for success

- Dress for success

Your personal pitch for:

- Job interview

- Trade- and job fairs

- Conferences and meetings

- After work

Body language

- Clear communication without words

- The first impression

This is an interactive course with role-playing, exercises and real-life examples. There is a

special emphasis on communication, networking and body language and how to make your

colleagues and superiors aware of your qualities.




Intercultural communication & genderlect

A more global economy, international work environments and the increase of women

holding leadership positions, all have an impact on our work environment as well as our

society as a whole. This diversification of teams brings a lot of advantages, but also

halle ges. He e, a good u de sta di g of ea h othe ’s o u i atio st les a d

behaviours is one of the keys to professional success.

Do men really not listen and do females really always complain? And, why does this foreign

olleague sa es , he he ea s o ? Ho can I collaborate effectively around the

globe? And, are misunderstandings really inevitable? In this seminar, cross-cultural barriers

and gender-specific communication will be discussed and practised.

Duration: 1 day








Storytelling for scientists

We all enjoy a good story, whether it's during a presentation, a job interview, a conference

coffee break, or simply during a pub night. Why? It activates the same areas of our brain that

would be activated during the actual event. Consequently, audiences feel so much more

engaged when they hear a narrative about your real-life experiences as researcher or how

you finally chased that superbug down. Much more than if you monotonously talk them

through a list of bullet points on a power point slide. But to be understood when talking

about one's own research work, let alone to speak about yourself, is not easy for many

researchers. During this seminar, you learn to enchant a wide range of audiences with

s ie e sto ies a d to apti ate a la audie e ith o ple esea h esults. Be ause… speaking science can be magical!

Duration: 2-3 days

Course type: 10% theory, 90% practical work

Trainer: Karin Bodewits and Simon Hauser





Content

- The power of storytelling

- Great storytellers of our time

- Bringing science across using stories

- True, personal stories

- Research & stories

- Craft a narrative

- Conflict and resolution in stories

- Real science by humans vs. dead science by robots: the emotions in your story (from

heart-breaking to hilarious)

- Engage the general public

- Translating complicated concepts that are jargon-heavy into terms and ideas a lay

audience can understand

- The message: from transmitter to receiver

- Head-Body-Tail model

- Story transportation vehicles: emotionality, humour, curiosity and surprise up to the

climax/ main message

This is a 2 to 3- day course that can be followed by a lively evening programme (e.g. at a

retreat) with personal- or science story contributions from all course participants. The

evening programme will be moderated by us with wittiness and absurdity.

Our guest

Simon Hauser (M.A.) has been moderating Science Slams since

2012. He has been slamming himself since 2015 and won the

second prize at the German Science Slam in 2017. He studied

History and Literature in Heidelberg and Berlin. After gaining

experience at a Berlin communication start-up he founded his

own company Hauser-Kommunikation. Currently he's not only

writing a doctoral thesis in Marburg, but also works as a

seminar leader for scientists of all disciplines, helping them to

translate and to transport their findings to any kind of audience.

Photo: ©WISTA Management


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