Take the Stage! – Making the Most of Performance Situations
A Digital Event for Postdocs, Junior Professors and Newly Appointed Professors. The Event has been Opened for Advanced PhD Candidates
Do you often feel unduly nervous before a presentation? Do you experience self-doubt in pressure situations? Do you sometimes get the impression you don ́t belong on the big stage?
Being at the forefront of research or creating new ideas comes at a cost: at some point you will be expected to communicate your ideas in front of an audience! Although this is often a welcome symptom of success, it also often creates anxiety, feelings of self-doubt and a drop in performance.
Understanding and managing performance anxiety can help us overcome our inner critic, or at least keep them quiet enough so we can focus on maximizing our potential to communicate key ideas!
1. THE ORIGINS OF SELF DOUBT – UNDERSTANDING THE INNER CRITIC
- Voices from the past
- Stress and response
- The impostor syndrome
- Recognising my needs
2. REFOCUSSING – CHANNELLING YOUR ENERGIES
- Inner Teams, Outer Possibilities
- Visualisation
- Mindfulness and Talent
3. PREPARING TO PERFORM – SETTING REALIZABLE GOALS
- Managing expectations
- Inner and Outer Goals
- How to practice
4. PERFORMANCE – TAKING THE STAGE
- The inner checklist
- Preparing for different situations
- Roleplays, Speeches, Presentations
- Debriefing
