It is becoming more and more important to be able to tell people about your work in easy-to-understand language in a short amount of time. The 3-minute Slam showcases these skills. One PowerPoint slide and one prop is allowed. The idea is to have fun, be creative, and get the audience excited about your project.
- Sessions will be Face-to-Face in the Royal Arbutus Room (main cafeteria on the Nanaimo campus).
- One or two Slam hours will be coordinated depending on numbers and scheduling
- There will be time for one question following the Slam
- Presentations are a combination of oral and visual presentation
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Sessions will be open to the public
- SLAM is 3 minutes in length
- One PowerPoint slide may be used
- One prop may be used
- The point of the Slam is for it to be Fun and Informative
- Language must be for a general audience - but keep it clean!
- Try not to read from a script and make sure you are not speaking too fast
This is not about how much info you can cram into 3-minutes, it is about letting your audience know what you did, why you did it, and why it matters. Leave them understanding what you did, and wanting to learn more about your topic.
Best Slam: $250 (if 10+ entries) $100 (if <10 entries)
There are also a number of other awards you may be considered for.
This is the problem when you have a researcher in charge of this site...
Apparently Science Slams followed in the footsteps of Poetry SLAMS and began in Germany a few years back. This is taken from an article on Science Slams:
The format started in Germany in 2006, as a way to encourage scientists to not just focus on sharing the results of their immediate research, but also on the topic as a whole, in "an understandable, entertaining, and concise way", according to the movement’s official webpage in Germany.
We at CREATE encourage all manners of project Slam - Arts and Humanities, Science and Tech, Social Sciences, Education, Management, Health, Trades - if it is a project, it can be shared via a Slam.