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Getting work done efficiently & with style

In supporting UI scholars and artists, the Obermann Center organizes dozens of events each year, including a major humanities symposium that is planned two years in advance and pop-up events organized in a week or less. We have developed many strategies and worked with scores of campus and community partners that help us to get things done. These workshops often feature campus experts discussing a particular resource or skill, such as how to use the Pivot database to find funding for humanities projects or how to write a compelling conference abstract. Whether you're a faculty member, staff member, or student, we hope you'll find these lunchtime workshops valuable.

Bring your lunch, pull up a chair, and let's get things done! 

Upcoming Workshops

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Recent Workshops

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Be on Point with PowerPoint — An Obermann Get It Done workshop

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Do you struggle with how to create an engaging PowerPoint presentation? Are you concerned that your PowerPoint puts people to sleep? What’s the right balance of text and images? What color schemes work best? Come to this Obermann Get It Done workshop with graphic designer and scholar Jeremy Swanston (Associate Professor and DGS, Graphic Design, School of Art and Art History) to learn how to create effective PowerPoints for all kinds of audiences and talks. Free and open to all, but registration...
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Get Concrete About Abstracts — An Obermann Get It Done Workshop

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
The conference abstract is a surprisingly difficult academic genre. How do you explain your project and entice your reader with only a couple hundred words? In this Get It Done lunchtime workshop, Hyaeweol Choi (Professor, Religious Studies & Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies) and E. Cram (Professor, Communication Studies & Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies) will discuss how to write a compelling conference abstract that will grab the attention of conference selection committees. Both...
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Creating Engaging Event Communications Plans — An Obermann Get It Done Workshop

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm
111 Church Street
Are you planning academic events—symposiums, conferences, or public lectures—and don’t know where to start with your communications strategy? Where are the best places to publicize your event around the UI campus and Iowa City? What tools should you use? Join Lauren Cox (Assistant Director, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies) and Jenna Hammerich (Communications Specialist, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies) for an in-person Get It Done Workshop to learn about strategic communications for...
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Recent Collaborators

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, UI Faculty Ombudsperson, Professor in GWSS and Journalism & Mass Communication
Carrie Schuettpelz, Associate Professor in the School of Planning & Public Affairs
Mary Blackwood, Senior Sponsored Research Specialist at the UI Division of Sponsored Programs
Kristi Fitzpatrick, Director of the Grant Support Office in the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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All Past Workshops

A list of Get It Done Workshops from 2017 to the present, along with speakers' presentation materials and video recordings when available. 

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