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SWET Workshop: Problems with Presentations? The Doctor is In! (Tokyo)

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Via the e-mail list for the Tokyo-based Society of Writers, Editors and Translators:

Problems with Presentations? The Doctor is In!

If you usually work with words, but are wondering how to make the most of your presentation software, this hands-on seminar is for you.

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:15 – 16:00 (lunch break 12:00-13:00)
Place: Sophia University, Library room 524
Price: 10,000 (SWET members), 15,000 (non-members)
Presenters: Hugh Ashton & Shuji Yoshida
Language: English
Participants: Up to 12

• The morning session will cover the content and structure of effective presentations, and will include a question and answer period.
• Lunch will not be provided, but there are many places to eat near the Sophia campus, or participants may bring their own lunch.
• For the afternoon session, participants will be expected to work on on a problem presentation that they have brought with them, using their own notebook computer. The presenters will work with participants, coaching, answering questions and to helping to solve problems.
• Finally, participants will be encouraged to show to the class some of what they have achieved in the afternoon session.
• Participants should therefore bring to the seminar their own presentation, notebook computer and presentation software. Microsoft PowerPoint (all versions) and Apple’s Keynote software will be supported, as well as the OpenOffice Impress presentation format.
• Please register through events at swet dot jp, giving details of the presentation you will be bringing, including the software used to create it, the kind of computer operating system you work on, and any particular problems with which you require help.
• Note that Internet access will not be available at the venue.

Hugh Ashton lectures at Sophia University on Presentations, and on Hypermedia, and works as a consultant in documentation and communications with various companies in Japan and overseas.

Shuji Yoshida is an associate professor in earth sciences at Chiba University, and is a passionate advocate of clear communication by scientists, a subject about which he is currently writing a book.