Communicating Your Value in a Way That Works

Learning how to pitch yourself is a vital skill in the job market, where ‘tell me about yourself’ and ‘what do you do?’ are common questions that arise during the job search. In this session, participants will work on developing and delivering compelling personal statements that spark interest so they can answer these and other questions in a professional setting.

This will be an interactive working session in which participants will be encouraged to actively participate. Participants will participate in small groups and may also deliver a brief pitch to the larger group. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Communicate their value in a way that will create curiosity
• Create impactful personal value statements
• Deliver an elevator pitch that speaks to their ‘why’

This will be a very interactive session, and some pre-work may be required in advance of the session.

FACILITATOR

Ivan Wanis Ruiz

Ivan Wanis Ruiz is a communications expert like no other. He has been a guest lecturer at not only the University of British Columbia but also the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, University of Guelph and many more. He has travelled across Canada twice as the official spokesperson for both the PanAm Games and most recently the Invictus Games.

Here are some fun facts about Ivan

• He is a top-rated instructor on Coursera with over 140,000 learners
• He is a top-rated instructor on Udemy with over 50,000 students
• He was the official host for 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
• The largest crowd he ever spoke in front of was 40,000
• He wrote a book called "End Boring"
• He can teach you how to salsa dance"

You can also check out his trailer: https://youtu.be/MeqKbFnXQT4

Visit Ivan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/publicspeakinglab/

registration

Please email the PDFO at postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca if you would like to register in the session. Those successfully registered will receive a registration confirmation within one week of the session date.

NO-SHOW PENALTY: If you register and do not attend or cancel after 3pm on the day before the event, it may affect your eligibility to join future events. To avoid this no-show penalty, please cancel by at least 3pm the day before the event by e-mailing postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca.

Accessibility

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca in advance of the event.

This session will be held in-person at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on the UBC - Point Grey Campus. The room is located on the third floor and is accessible by elevator.

PDFO EVENT COMMUNITY AGREEMENT

The PDFO has created a community agreement for our events in order to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment in which all event attendees feel safe and supported.

By participating in a PDFO event, we commit ourselves to:

• Treating one another with kindness, courtesy and respect in all interactions;
• Engaging in gracious, active listening and valuing others’ opinions;
• Not dominating discussions so that others can share during the session;
• Ensuring that any potentially confidential or sensitive information shared as part of the session is not shared outside of the session;
• Actively participating in the session; and
• In online sessions, when possible and if comfortable sharing audio and/or video to create a greater sense of community and participation.
• if comfortable sharing audio and/or video to create a greater sense of community and participation.