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Outreach and Leadership. Amy L. Chang Education Director American Society for Microbiology achang@asmusa.org. Leadership: Motivating Colleagues. Focus on the goal Why to change? What to change? Who will benefit? When to change? How will change?) Provide supportive environment
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Outreach and Leadership Amy L. Chang Education Director American Society for Microbiology achang@asmusa.org
Leadership: Motivating Colleagues • Focus on the goal Why to change? What to change? Who will benefit? When to change? How will change?) • Provide supportive environment • Share responsibilities
Leadership • Start small – conduct an experiment • Surround yourself with like-minded folks • Common vision, goals and expectations • Change what matters – genuine problem • Communicate often and clearly • Build on successes • Refine and repeat
Outreach – Know the Audience • Continuum of understanding • Recognize differences • Have something to share – lack patience • Curious, convinced but not started – lack inertia • Curious but reluctant – lack trust • Not interested
Outreach – Best Practices • Listen respectfully and equally • Admit when you don’t know something • Trust your peers • Involve in community of practice – real talk and real work
Start Small and Build on Others • Coffee with the dean, dept • Lunch with colleagues, graduate students and post-docs • Seminar at teaching center • Regional or national meeting poster, workshop or other presentation • Review and contribute
BSP Support • Resources • wiki.biologyscholars.org • www.biologyscholars.org • http://twapperkeeper.com/bioscholar/ • PDF’s promotional ads, logos, reports • Logo on everything • Ads at every event that attend • Powerpoint presentations • Who, what, where, when and how • Impacts – curriculum changes, publications, presentations, leadership
Sponsoring Organizations American Association for the Advancement of Science American Institute of Biological Sciences American Physiological Society American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology American Society for Cell Biology Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Ecological Society of America Genetics Society of America Managed by: American Society for Microbiology Supported by: National Science Foundation