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Home   |   Programs   |   Women in Physics   |   Workshops & Meetings   |   Professional Skills Development

Professional Skills Development

Free Workshops at March & April Meetings

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What are the Free Workshops About?

Professional Skills Development workshops are designed to provide women physicists with professional training in effective negotiation, communication and leadership skills, as well as a special opportunity for networking. The primary workshop goal is to produce more women leaders in physics and to help these women achieve their full potential in the top ranks of their profession.

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What's Included?

  • Travel to and from the March or April Meeting
  • 1-2 nights in a hotel

Workshop Testimonials

These quotes are from post-workshop evaluations.

"The workshop had a huge impact on my professional life, and I just wish more women physicists could have the opportunity to participate in such a workshop."
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Professional Skills Workshops

Supported by NSF
 
Ernestine Taylor and Jane Tucker
Ernestine Taylor and Jane Tucker
 

Workshops in 2012

February 26, 2012
Boston, Massachusetts

Application Deadline:  November 18, 2011

March 30, 2012
Atlanta, Georgia

Application Deadline:  December 16, 2011

"You should keep this effort going: it really boosts our self-confidence. It gives us the feeling of being part of a community and gives us the mentoring that some of us are lacking."

"I can’t count the number of meetings I’ve attended in 15 years.  This is the only one where I was 100% engaged from the very first minute to the very last minute.  This has been life-changing."

"I gained tangible skills and tactics which I will take back and put into practice in my next department meeting."

"This has been the most effective discussion of issues and problem solving techniques that can be implemented and useful. It was not a gripe session that most of these sessions devolve into and the facilitators were very skillful and personable.  I enjoyed this experience very much and I sincerely hope that more people can be exposed to this quality of workshop."

Sponsor

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Support for this program has been received from the National Science Foundation under Award No. PHY-1012585.


Further Information

Email Deanna Ratnikova, Women & Education Programs Administrator.

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