96-3.02 Rhetorics and presentation skills

Course offering details

Instructors: N.N.

Event type: Practical course/lab

Displayed in timetable as: 96-3.02

Credits: 2,0

Language of instruction: German

Min. | Max. participants: - | 27

Comments/contents:
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Abraham Lincoln


Being able to present important topics i a pleasing and appealing manner is pne of the most important skils in international politics. The right word at the right time can cause major consequences and decide about fundamental developments.


This not only includes preparations of content and didactical structure, but also a convincing presentation and the ability to react confident and flexible to critical questions.


All this is part of the seminar Rhetorics and Presentation Skills and will be analysed and trained on you and combined with theoretical rhetorical models.

Learning objectives:
Delivering convincing presentations and dealing with unplanned events during the presentation situation.

Didactic concept:
The course content will be delivered on practical examples and worked out together with the group. The demo presentations will help to intensify the learning process and will be analysed together as well.

Literature:
You do not need to read any books before this course. If you want to read more about rhetorics or presentation, you can read these books:

Coucoulis, Thomas: Untersuchung von Techniken des neurolinguistischen Programmierens zur Optimierung öffentlichen Sprechens. Hamburg 2022
Dilts, Robert: Die Magie der Sprache. Sleight of Mouth. Angewandtes NLP. Paderborn 2016
Braun, Roman: Die Macht der Rhetorik. Besser reden, mehr erreichen. München 2018
Pabst-Weinschenk, Marita: Reden im Studium. Ein Trainingsprogramm. Berlin 1995
Birkenbihl, Vera F.: Kommunikationstraining: zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen erfolgreich gestalten. Landsberg am Lech 1998

Additional examination information:
Please prepare a short demo presentation for the seminar with a maximum length of 5 minutes. Please make sure you will finish your presentation within that time window to make sure, every student has the possibility to present. You can pick a topic of your choice, it can be but is not limited to the topics of your studies. The presentation may be held in German or English.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Th, 13. Oct. 2022 09:00 19:00 Digital, Zoom N.N.
2 Fri, 14. Oct. 2022 09:00 19:00 Digital, Zoom N.N.
Exams in context of modules
Module (start semester)/ Course Exam Date Instructors Compulsory pass
96-403 Practice-Oriented Learning (WiSe 22/23) / 96-3.02  Rhetorics and presentation skills 1  Completed coursework Time tbd N.N. Yes
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Mandatory
1. Completed coursework Time tbd Yes
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