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Advice for anyone wanting to share their specialty with a general audience! Astrophysics PhD student Sean McGraw provides an introduction to the Three-Minute Thesis competition; shares his award-winning presentation “Black Holes: Little engines that control the evolution of galaxies;” and concludes with tips on how he prepared. 0:00 min - About the 3MT® Competition 1:03 min - McGraw’s 3MT® Presentation 3:50 min - Tips for Preparing a Successful 3MT® Presentation At Ohio University the event is sponsored by Graduate College. https://www.ohio.edu/graduate/ Established by The University of Queensland, Australia (UQ) in 2008, The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is held annually in at least 200 universities across more than 18 countries worldwide. www.threeminutethesis.org

Ferdinando Sereno (Engineering Sciences) at UCL presents his winning Three Minute Thesis presentation: "Development and production of a stable encapsulin-based mRNA vaccine". An 80,000-word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit… 3 minutes! The 3MT competition asks Doctoral candidates to present their research in just three minutes, in language appropriate to non-specialists, and with only one single presentation slide to support them. Can it be done? Scroll down and find out. Doctoral candidates competed in faculty heats from February to May 2024 with the winner and runner-up from each Faculty Heat progressing to the UCL 3MT® Institutional Final, which took place on Wednesday 5 June as part of the Doctoral School Showcase Day.

Rebecca Butler, 2023 Three-Minute Thesis Competition at the University of Minnesota.

Planning on doing a three-minute thesis (3MT) or a Famelab presentation? Not sure what makes a good a compelling pitch? Then today's video is for you! I'm discussing nine common mistakes I've frequently see when PhD's are doing a 3MT/famelab style presentation. These include: 1. Lack of Preparation (1:04) 2. No Hook (2.25) 3. Uneven Structure (3.40) 4. Too much content (4.34) 5. And, and, and (5.23) 6. not seeking feedback (7.15) 7. Using too many Analogies (8.31) 8. Bad props (9.46) 9. Finishing weak (12.04) Want to see my Famelab presentation at the 2017 Australian National Finals in Perth, Western Australia (mentioned at 3:13): see here: https://vimeo.com/217774907 4:23: Don't feel like you need to be locked into the specfic structure here, or in the order I said. It really depends on what hook you go with or how you can present the most compelling story. It may make sense to mix the order up. Main point here is to make sure you touch on all aspects of the project. You don't want to leave the audience wondering key aspects of what, why, or how you did the research. 11:00: On props. I should clarify that sometimes using the actual item of your research can be a good idea. Particularly if its very interesting, unusual, not-common or left-of-field. The point I was trying to make here was when your using a prop to talk about something that the audience would be well familiar with. Like using a DNA helix to talk about genetic research (most people will know what a helix is or have seen it before). Unless there's some way your planning on using it to explain your research, just holding it up as a show and tell isn't adding much value. Instead get creative! For an example, see my famelab video above. I use body postures to explain genetic findings. Nothing ventured, Nothing Gained. Stemventurist credits Content Curation and Direction: Ken Dutton-Regester Producer and Editing: Dave Dutton-Regester Thumbnail and Social Media Assets: Lisa Dutton-Regester Content created for PhD, graduate students, postdocs, academic researchers or those looking to understand the skillsets to succeed within or outside academia.

On April 14th 2023, ten finalists competed in Yale's seventh 3-Minute Thesis Competition, which challenged PhD students from Yale's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences to clearly and engagingly present their research to a diverse panel of judges - in 3 minutes or less! This video is from the People’s Choice Award in Humanities & Social Sciences, Kathryn Graves (5th year, Psychology) entitled “Minds in Motion: How the Human Brain Gives Rise to Real-World Navigation”.

"My PhD encapsulates the combination of music, mirror therapy, and virtual reality, for stroke rehabilitation. As a Biomedical Engineer with a specialisation in Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology, I believe everyone, irrespective of disability, should be able to access the joys and benefits of playing music. I also believe that rehabilitation can and should be enjoyable, and that virtual reality provides an accessible, cost-effective, and immersive medium to deliver it in a novel and fun way." Find out more: https://flinders.edu.au/3mt

Learn about how to design a single slide for UW-Madison Graduate School's 3-Minute Thesis Competition with these five easy guidelines. More Details about the 2020-21 Competition: https://grad.wisc.edu/professional-development/3-minute-thesis/ Make an Appointment with DesignLab: http://designlab.wisc.edu/make-an-appointment Chat with DesignLab: http://designlab.wisc.edu/chat Design Tips and Tricks: http://designlab.wisc.edu/resources/design-tips-and-tricks

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2011 Winning presentation "Suspects, Science and CSI" by Matthew Thompson from the University of Queensland