{"id":1730,"date":"2026-11-05T11:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2026-11-05T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:53:12","slug":"small-talk-workshop-for-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/small-talk-workshop-for-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Talk Workshop for Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 4 November 2026, the SWEB project team at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (ISSP UL), organised a practical Small Talk workshop<\/strong> led by Viesturs Meik\u0161\u0101ns from Runas skola, a Latvian public speaking and communication training organisation.<\/p>\n

The workshop focused on developing researchers\u2019 communication and networking skills in professional and scientific environments<\/strong>. Rather than traditional lectures, the session emphasised hands-on learning and active participation. Working in small groups and with different conversation partners, participants practised initiating conversations, asking meaningful questions, actively listening, and keeping discussions going in various situations.<\/p>\n

The workshop contributed to strengthening interpersonal communication skills that support knowledge exchange, professional networking, and future scientific collaboration.<\/p>\n

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On 4 November 2026, the SWEB project team at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (ISSP UL), organised a practical Small Talk workshop led by Viesturs Meik\u0161\u0101ns from Runas skola, a Latvian public speaking and communication training organisation. The workshop focused on developing researchers\u2019 communication and networking skills in professional and scientific… Read More »Small Talk Workshop for Researchers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1732,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/1732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}