{"id":6751,"date":"2016-01-04T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=6751"},"modified":"2016-01-04T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T16:29:05","slug":"engaging-with-neuropharmacology-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=6751","title":{"rendered":"Engaging with neuropharmacology research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Ellie Dommett<\/p><\/div>\n

The Science Matters<\/a> talk towards the end of last year (2015) was important for me to do for two reasons. Firstly, it was the first \u2018TED-style\u2019 talk I\u2019d be asked to. I spend a lot of time giving talks to schools but these are often much longer so I have more time and slides to explain tricky concepts. <\/p>\n

This was just a handful of slides to explain neuropharmacology. I had been on a course earlier in the year on presentation skills and have been trying to put this in to practice all year in my undergraduate lectures but this felt like a good opportunity to test out the same skills to a new audience (not in the unpopular 9am lecture slot). <\/p>\n

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Dr Ellie Dommett, Kings College London and the Open University. Photo: Dr Kate Bradshaw.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The talk did not take as long as I had thought to prepare, probably because I knew what I wanted to say and already had a bank of relevant images but I did have to avoid trying to squeeze too much in and I had a number of dry-runs talking to myself in my office. <\/p>\n

We then had a dress rehearsal at the Open University on the Berrill Lecture Theatre stage which was helpful. Following feedback from members of the organizing team, I spent some time tweaking my slides again. You can watch the results of my efforts in the short video below.<\/p>\n