This past Thursday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported “Journals Find Fakery in Many Images Submitted to Support Research”.
I was astounded. How could this happen?
In two weeks I’ll be at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center delivering a talk to “young scientists” and I am now wondering if I should add a piece in that says…
Recently, I went to NYC to take (yet another) public speaking training course! When the other training participants found out what I did for a living they asked me…”But why are you here? You could teach this course!”
Yes, I could have taught the course, however, as a participant I was dedicating two full days to improving my craft.
I was preparing for a networking seminar, so I decided to use my own professional network to prepare for the seminar (tricky, huh?). Anyway, while speaking with Julian Lum, Ph.D. he mentioned two great resources aimed at post-docs and early career scientists. These two books can be downloaded for free (for non-commercial use) from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
I can’t tell you how many times, someone will come up to me from behind and say “Are you Lisa B. Marshall? I thought I recognized your voice and wanted to see if it was really you.” I have always strongly believed that our voice is large part of our signature style and has a great impact on our listeners.
“Enthusiasm finds the opportunities, and energy makes the most of them.” — Henry Hoskins
For those that have seen me in person you know that I am BIG on PASSION!! Tonight I was watching NOVA and they had a program on the history of the first flowering plant. There was a scene where the scientists suddenly tells his driver to pull over to the side of the road.
(Note: I originally wrote this article in September 2006. For this post, I made a few minor very minor updates. I think since this writing, some conferences are moving in this direction. Comment below about your experiences and thoughts on this.
I want to encourage you to be not only on the leading edge with your science, but also be leading edge with your communication.
How can you do that? By allowing the form to follow function. What do I mean? Read on!
The basic rule for any design is “form follows function.” If an object has to perform a certain function, its design must support that function to the fullest extent possible.
To be very clear, I am NOT an expert on grant proposals. However, I get asked the question so often, I thought I provide some links (from the experts) on how to do this right.
Here’s a great link for all of the “pre-professionals” reading this blog.
Tip: Always request to use a wireless microphone it helps you to focus and connect with your audience without worrying about being heard.
Recently, I was fast-forwarding through a video tape of a conference proceeding trying to find “my” speaker –the person who had scheduled a one-on-one private coaching session.
