This was a unique opportunity for me, even as a senior scientist, to experience training by a person familiar with the secrets of acting and proper projection. Elena had many insights that were new to me, and went far beyond the usual advice given to young scientists about giving presentations. I’m certain that practice with the resources provided will improve my future results, we are never too old to learn.
Rinat Kedem, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Courses like this should be an essential part of our Ph.D. studies. Throughout the course, there was a lot of interaction and exercises related to different aspects of a good talk – e.g. to enhance one’s vocal power or to get more energetic. The team work was encouraged and brought a lot of fun.
Mikhail Isachenkov, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Our group (mostly PhD students) had a workshop on vocal power and physical presence lead by Elena. It was useful for our future careers and at the same time fun. Elena made a real effort to understand each participant’s individual issues. We were very satisfied and we plan to host such a workshop again.
Maria Podkopaeva, Science Officer, NCCR SwissMAP, University of Geneva
We worked in groups to do activities on the voice (e.g. volume, tone, pitch, pace), and the physical presence (e.g. gestures, position), with a focus on our own individual weaknesses. Our group was so satisfied that we had a continuation workshop by her.
DESY participant, Xinyi Chen-Lin
Elena has good knowledge of the topic and a great way of teaching.
Women’s Career Days participant, DESY 2014
The workshop was active, live, intense with a lot of feedback.
workshop participant
The trainer is friendly, approachable and connects well with participants.
Women’s Career Day 2014 participant
Elena was well-prepared, positive, and attentive to everybody.
