Verbal Skills For Social Sciences
Our Verbal Skills programs help you prepare talks, defuse professional conflicts and establish useful contacts. We offer books, online resources, workshops and appointments to help you become better speakers and communicators.
How We Serve You...
Prepare and Practice an Oral Presentation
Through workshops with communication professionals, experienced faculty and staff, you can learn how to compose clear and informative slides or posters, speak with confidence and engage your audience.
Prepare for a Challenging Professional Conversation
Ever fretted before asking a professor for a recommendation letter? Ever found it difficult to communicate with a co-author? Wondering how to negotiate time off with your advisor? That's understandable. Stress, power imbalance and a lack of experience make it challenging for trainees to ask for what they need and get what they want.
- Through appointments and workshops, we help you clear your head and develop a strategy to prepare rationally for an important conversation.
- For additional support in conflict resolution, contact the UCSF Problem Resolution Center.
Learn to Network and Find Mentors
Good mentors and a strong professional network are key to your success. They help you develop your professional skills, find jobs and make career decisions.
- Whether you're a PhD student or a postdoc, whether you are interested in academic or non academic careers, we can help you personalize a strategy to identify and approach potential contacts and mentors, and maintain your professional network.
- Make an appointment or come to one of our workshops.
Practice Your Interview and Negotiation Skills
- Visit our Social Sciences Job Search section to learn more.