Engage your audience with O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ formula
eCourse on successful ERC Interview sessions based on O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M. Formula
A little more about O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ Formula
Are you a Principal Investigator that you have been invited to defend your ERC proposal in front of an ERC panel?
First of all, congratulations for passing the first stage. As you know, as soon as the PI is invited for an interview after applying for a CoG/StG/AdG , you have approximately 40% chances to receive the grant. Since it is still 60% possible to fail to receive the grant mainly due to the fact that you haven't impressed the panel members during your interview. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to get prepared for winning the impressions. It is not unusual to see an expert trying to convince the rest of the panel that their favourite project is more deserving than your favourite project. In the ERC you have a unique chance to help out the experts on your side, by pitching your talk to the non-experts. We will train the Principal Investigator (PI) on what to say (their words), how to say it (their voice) and how to look (their body language) based on our O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M. formula.
Furthermore, some ERC panels do not allow any presentation slides now for the first time in interviews. This makes it now even more critical for the PI to master the 3 Vs, vocals and visuals of their body and what they say (verbals).
The O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ Formula is for promising Principal Investigators. It is based on scientific findings from UCLA research team but also on my personal PhD on engagement as well as on personal experience after presenting and speaking in thousands of researchers and professionals as a Research and Innovation Coach and Trainer the last 12 years.
Presenting and engaging your audience such as your ERC or EIC panel
Our O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ approach
Our O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ approach comprises the following two parts. You can either select either
- part 1 which is the live eCourse about the O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ Formula,
- part 2: One-to-one coaching (3 hourly sessions) or
- the whole package, i.e. including both Part 1 and Part 2.
Part 2 mainly involves three coaching sessions specifically on making you an engaging presenter of your specific topic that we will work together.
Interested in organizing this training on-site for your team or institution?
Contact us at info@keyinnovations.co.uk for more details and availability.
Part 1: Live eCourse on O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ Formula
Duration/Participants: 3 hours for one-to-one training, 1 full day for a larger audience Mode: Face-to-face training or remote training in real time via zoom.us Learning Goals:
- Building the right mindset and confidence for presenting and impressing (Before your session]
- Understand what to say for impressing with your presentation
- Realise how you should sound (your voice, pace, tonality and silence) for impressing with your presentation
- Master how you should use your body, gaze, gestures, posture, movement and facial expressions for impressing with your presentation
- Deal like a pro with any questions raised by your audience (e.g. ERC Panel, EIC accelerator, pitching investors, event audience) and impress with your answers and approach
Approach:
- We will familiarise you with the O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ formula based on the course workbook and live demonstrations by the trainer.
- Follow-up one-to-one session. We will video record you presenting for 2-5 minutes before and also after this one-to-one session for you self-assessing your progress
- You will master the O.W.N. T.H.E. R.O.O.M.™ approach for delivering engaging presentations of any context
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Part 2: One-to-one coaching on your specific topic
Duration: 3 hourly coaching sessions per individual Mode: Remote coaching in real-time via zoom.us Coaching Goals:
- Analysing specifically your content (ERC StG, ERC CoG proposal, speech, etc)
- Identifying the key messages that your panel/audience should understand
- Working on specific words that have to be used along with your presentation script
- Finalising the content of your presentation script
- Preparing you and making you comfortable with any questions to be raised by the panel
- Working on your sound (voice, pace, tonality and silence) in your presentation script
- Working on your body (gaze, gestures, posture, movement and facial expressions) for your presentation script
- Making you look and sound like an engaging and confident leader in your specific presentation topic
Approach:
- We will video record you at the beginning and at the end of the coaching service for you self-assessing your progress
- In our first coaching session, we will video-record you presenting your ERC StG, ERC CoG proposal, speech, etc). We will then identify the key messages for your panel/audience as well as specific phrases/words that you should highlight
- In our second coaching session, we will finalise your presentation script and make you comfortable in dealing with the questions expected from your panel
- In our third/last coaching session, we will work on your voice and body language for each slide in order to present as an engaging and comfortable presenter with a clear leadership mentality
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Trainers
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Nikolaos Floratos:
Nikolaos has a multidisciplinary education with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from City University London, a Bachelor of Humanities in Greek Civilisation from Open Hellenic University, a master of science in Telecommunications and Signal Processing from Imperial College, London and he is recently awarded his PhD in Humanities on student engagement in massive open online courses from Open University of Catalonia. After his undergraduate and postgraduate studies with distinction as an engineer in London (Imperial College, City University), UK, has been working for a number of consultancy and Information Technology companies as a consultant and project manager across Europe. He has also an MBA (Master in Business Administration from the National Technical University of Athens and Athens University of Economics and Business) and the last 25 years he is involved in planning, managing and evaluating large and small projects in the area of research, education, ICT (Information Communication Technologies), social inclusion, entrepreneurship, standardization and consumer issues. As a funding expert, personal trainer and coach, he has supported thousands of individuals and organisations mainly from Europe but also from all over the world in managing state funding (e.g. from the European Commission, National Funds, etc) and receiving support for deploying their business idea or mission.
Recently, he came across of AI in proposal writing and he became thrilled with it. He considers that AI will bring the same revolution as PC (Personal Computers). PCs changed the way that business is conducted and today is the only norm and in the same way, he believes that AI will do so and no one should stay behind.
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