[Neuropostdocs] Professional Skills Development at SfN

[Samuel Beshers]

Dear students and postdocs:

These are very good sessions, well worth attending.  If you can't fit in
any of them this time, keep them in mind for future years.  Many of
our professional development ideas come from the people who
run them, Michael Zigmond and Beth Fischer.


Ramirez, Julio wrote:
>  
>  
> *Professional Skills*
> *for Researchers*
>  
> *November 14 -- 15, 2008*
> (Friday all-day; Saturday morning)
>  
>                                                 *     Renaissance 
> Hotel, Washington, DC*
>  
> /Success in today's competitive workplace requires more than excellent 
> scientific training; individuals also need enhanced professional 
> skills. This workshop will provide participants with an introduction 
> to key "survival skills" and opportunities to network with program 
> officers from funding agencies and speakers representing diverse 
> careers. /
>  
> /For over 25 years, the organizers have provided training in 
> professional skills to individuals ranging from undergraduates to 
> faculty. Their training programs have been featured before in 
> publications including /Science/, /The Scientist, Nature 
> Neuroscience,/ and /The Chronicle of Higher Education/./
>  
> *Choose from sessions on:*
>  
> /∙// Grant writing/
> /∙// Funding opportunities /
> /∙// Job hunting /
> /    //∙// Career options /
> / //∙// Career advancement   //∙// Neuroethics/
> / //∙// Conflict management   //∙// Postdoc issues/
> / //∙// Getting into graduate school //∙// Mentoring/
> / //∙// Advocacy & animal research   //∙// Negotiating/
>         / /
>  
> Day 1: $35 in advance/$45 on-site; includes lunch & networking reception
> Day 2: No cost for sessions; lunch available for $20 in advance/$30 
> on-site
> Fees include workshop materials and breaks.
>  
> * **  Register:** *_*www.survival.pitt.edu*_*,* *survival at pitt.edu, 
> 412-578-3716*
>  
> *     **Organizers*:  Michael Zigmond & Beth Fischer, Univ. of 
> Pittsburgh Survival Skills
>           & Ethics Program; Julio Ramirez, Davidson College
>  
> /This workshop is appropriate for researchers in /_/*all*/_/ sciences. 
> It is being held prior to the annual meeting of the Society for 
> Neuroscience, but everyone is invited./
>  
> /* Sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience & supported by NIH/NINDS*/
>  
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-- 
Samuel Beshers, Ph.D.
Neuroscience Program Coordinator
Research Associate, Department of Entomology
318B Morrill Hall
505 South Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL  61801
217-333-4971
217-244-3499 fax

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