This event was planned to be a get-together of the SPIE Student Chapter community and enjoy one of the last summer days in a relaxed atmosphere, while also working on their soft skills. To this end, we organised a BBQ to take place in the beautiful gardens of Leckhampton in Cambridge.
Once everybody had settled in and grabbed a drink and a burger (feature committee members: don’t forget veggie options! There was a big demand for it and luckily, we were prepared.), we started a workshop on science improvisation, led by Dr. James Dolan. He is as scientist with background in nano-photonics who worked on metamaterials in the past, but now also is the first Junior Research Fellow in Science Communication in Cambridge. In the workshop we could all learn a great deal of how to pitch our research out of the blue to people without a science background, but also in general how to engage with a newly made contacts in a more natural way and picking up what they tell you about themselves in order to make them listen to what you have to say more actively as well. Overall it was a great afternoon with lots of networking, good food and fun and we received very positive feedback from participants asking us to organise such a workshop again in the future.
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