{"id":6183,"date":"2022-03-10T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/summit\/?page_id=6183"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:47:38","slug":"writing-and-speaking-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/summit\/help-for-presenters\/writing-and-speaking-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"need-help-developing-or-refining-your-poster-or-presentation\">Need Help Developing, Writing, Refining, or Practicing Your Poster or Presentation?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Peer Learning Commons you have access to a trained cadre of your peers\u2013Writing <em>and<\/em> Speaking Tutors\u2013who are excited to hear about your Mt. David Summit research and ready to help you start, write, refine, and even practice your presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-writing-language-center\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-writing-language-center\/\">Student Writing &amp; Language Center <\/a>(SWLC) Writing Tutors are eager to help you draft, write, and revise your Mt. David presentations and slides. Our Writing Tutors are deeply invested readers who get to know you and your goals by asking you personalized questions that help you become clearer on what you want to say and how you want to say it to your Mt. David audience. These Writing Tutors can help you in whatever stage of the writing process you are, working closely with you to help you brainstorm ideas, outline ideas, write out your script, work on your slides, or revise whatever you\u2019ve written thus far. You might even do a first-run read-aloud with a SWLC Writing Tutor before practicing or recording your presentation live\u2013with a Speaking Tutor, if you wish\u2013in the PLC\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/peer-learning-commons\/public-speaking-and-presentation-support\/\">Public Speaking &amp; Presentation Support Studios<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few ways to access <strong>writing <\/strong>or <strong>speaking <\/strong>support for your Mt. 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