Please note that this event has been postponed and will be rescheduled in May 2020.
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Are you intimidated by using social media to talk about your science? Or confused by how to use social media in general?
Join our speaker Ian McLaughlin (@_anthropoid), Twitter Scientist, Periscope host, and host of the podcast Wired to be Weird, as he discusses tips and tricks for using social media within the scientific community and with the public.
The workshop will focus on getting the most utility out of social media platforms to interact with fellow scientists and the public by making your posts more effective and boosting engagement.
Friday, February 21, 2020
12 PM – 1:30 PM
BRB 252
Register: https://tinyurl.com/SC5Register
Scientists are excellent at making
judgment calls based on primary evidence. We do it every day when we read papers
and incorporate new findings into our experiments or review a study and think
“That experiment wasn’t well controlled at all!”. These skills are
worth their weight in gold in the halls of Congress, the PA State Capitol, and
City Hall. What scientists need, though, is the ability to translate that into
a form that policymakers can use when they’re writing laws. That’s where
PSPDG’s 2020 Science Policy programming comes in!
Join PSPDG, winners of the national 2019 NSPN-JSPG
Memo Competition, as we discuss the currency of the policymaking world: policy
memos. We’ll explain what they are, how
they work, how to make one, and how to make it as effective and useful as
possible! We’ll go over examples and guide participants in group exercises.
Interested participants are encouraged to join a small memo-writing team
afterwards to participate in the 2020 NSPN-JSPG competition with mentoring from
our award-winning 2019 team.
Workshop held in BRB 253 (Biomedical Research
Building II/III, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104) Tuesday, February
18th, from 12pm-1:30pm.
Food will be served! Feel free to come with your own policy memo topic ideas; we’re also happy to provide examples. Please RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/MemoRSVP
We’re pleased to invite you to participate in a CHOP/Penn Research Mentor Training Workshop. Please choose the session that aligns best with your role:
- Mentor Training for Clinical Research Faculty
Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 3:00pm-5:30pm
CHOP Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC (1st Floor)
Register and add to calendar
- Mentor Training for Translational/Basic Science Faculty
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 8:00am-10:30am
CHOP Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC (1st Floor)
Register and add to calendar
- Mentor/Mentee Training for Research Trainees
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 11:30am-1:00pm
CHOP Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC (1st Floor)
Register and add to calendar
Grad Students, Postdocs, and Physician Fellow Researchers are encouraged to attend
The workshops, which will leverage training materials from the highly regarded Entering Mentoring program, will be facilitated by trained faculty from both Penn and CHOP. Topics will include effective communication strategies, aligning expectations and promoting self-efficacy.
This collaborative effort is intended to promote a culture of effective research mentoring practice on the CHOP/Penn campus.
Please be sure to save the date, and register using the links above. Please direct questions to atop@email.chop.edu.
See the full syllabus here and sign up today!
Improv is not stand-up comedy, it is acting without a script.
- Do you want to improve your science communication skills?
- Do you wish you had the confidence to ask questions in a crowded seminar or at a conference?
- Do you want to become a better networker?
FREE BGS Improv Workshop (6 sessions)
Wednesdays Feb 19th – Mar 25th 5:30-7:30PM
Room 425 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
This course offers a supportive and fun environment to:
- Learn improv techniques
- Improve communication skills
- Facilitate teamwork
- Problem solve
- Alleviate worry about making mistakes
- Practice thinking on your feet
Sign up at the following link:
https://forms.gle/Z7cMXtvPvqH1cHDv5
Space is limited, so make sure to sign up soon!
Dear Research Trainees,
We’re pleased to invite you to participate in a CHOP/Penn Research Mentor Training Workshop for research trainees.
- Mentor/Mentee Training for Research Trainees
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 11:30am-1:00pm
CHOP Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC (1st Floor)
Register and add to calendar
Lunch will be provided
Eligibility is limited to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and physician/medical fellow researchers on the CHOP/Penn campus.
The workshops, which will leverage training materials from the highly regarded Entering Mentoring program, will be facilitated by trained faculty from both Penn and CHOP. Topics will include effective communication strategies, aligning expectations and promoting self-efficacy. Discussions will also focus on how to be an effective mentee while in research training.
This collaborative effort is intended to promote a culture of effective research mentoring practice on the CHOP/Penn campus. Both basic science and clinical research trainees are encouraged to attend this event.
Please be sure to save the date, and register using the links above. Please direct questions to atop@email.chop.edu.
Sincerely,
Emma Meagher, MD, Michael Robinson, PhD, and the CHOP/Penn Mentorship Training Working Group
Penn and CHOP Program Partners:
Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) Office, University of Pennsylvania
Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs (BPP) Office, University of Pennsylvania
Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, University of Pennsylvania
Office of Faculty Development, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Want to share the joy of robotics or sewing? Have a foolproof method for research poster design? Want to introduce others to R or animation? Apply to be a workshop leader.
Level Up student workshop leaders teach other students how do something they are skilled at in one of three tracks:
- Design and Digital Media (e.g. animation, research posters, podcasting, branding, palette design)
- Making (e.g. robots, games, apps, buttons, sewing, 3D modeling)
- Research Tools and Technology (e.g. archival photography, visualizations, R, Excel, Zotero)
Library staff will provide students with all the necessary support for a successful workshop — training, promotion, workshop space, and pay for the time preparing and conducting the workshop. All you need to start with is a great idea! For more information, go to: guides.library.upenn.edu/levelup.
The Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (PGWISE) will host a Networking Workshop on Thursday, January 16, 2020, from 4:30-5:30 PM in the Wood Room of the John Morgan Building.
Penn Career Services advisor Dr. Joseph Barber will be leading this session on the in’s and out’s of networking with working professionals.
Additionally, PGWISE is recruiting members for open Executive Board positions. Join them from 5:30-5:45 PM to learn about exciting opportunities with the Board! Light refreshments will be provided.
“If an experiment is done in the lab but no journal ever publishes it, did it really happen? Writing scientific articles and grants is critical for communicating our work to other scientists and advancing our fields, but scientific writing is often indecipherable, even to other scientists. Join Dr. Judith Swan, Assoc. Dir. for Writing in Science and Engineering at Princeton and renowned scientific writing expert, as she teaches students to clarify their writing, anticipate the expectations of readers, and make persuasive arguments.
This workshop will be held in two back-to-back parts. Part 1 (10am-12pm) will focus on “Clarifying Cause and Effect in Writing,” and Part 2 (12:30-2:30pm) will focus on “The Art of Persuasion”.
Students can attend Part 1, Part 2, or both, as parts 1 and 2 will be related but distinct. There will be interactive group exercises to encourage retention, as well as an optional take-home assignment . Food will be served! Registration will open on Jan 6, 2020.”
Event description via the PSPDG website.
Date:
January 21, 2020
Time:
10AM-12PM – “CLARIFYING CAUSE AND EFFECT IN WRITING”
12:30-2:30PM – “THE ART OF PERSUASION”
Location:
JMEC 516EW (5th fl Smilow Center for Translational Research, West Pavilion)
3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104
