Design & Deliver Grad Studio

Welcome to Design & Deliver Grad studio, a workshop series that takes you through the process of planning and designing a spoken academic presentation. If you’re working on a specific presentation, we encourage you to attend all three: start by organizing your ideas in “Planning for and preparing presentations,” learn how to create engaging slides in “Slide Design,” and practice strategies for confidently answering questions in “Defending and Answering Questions.”  

Each workshop will take place over 2.5 hours (with breaks) to build on each other and cover different elements of an effective academic presentation: planning out your messages, supporting your messages with engaging visual support, and answering questions about your work clearly and concisely. You are welcome to attend any workshop you feel is most relevant to you, but we encourage you to attend all three workshops so that you can learn about and plan for all three elements. 

In all three workshops, you’ll be expected to brainstorm, plan, and discuss your own presentation, so it’s best to come with a specific presentation you're working on. If you don’t have a presentation coming up, come prepared to work on an academic presentation (such as a conference presentation or thesis defence) you’re likely to deliver.  

• Thursday, April 23, 2026 - Planning for and preparing presentations 
• Thursday, May 7, 2026 - Slide design 
• Thursday, May 21, 2026 - Defending and Answering Questions 

Register for one or all three on Portal.