To Do List:

• 1. Work on CV
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    From the COACh's Corner

    - Update and polish your CV on a regular basis

    - Having several versions tailored for different purposes is wise - especially when job seeking

    From COACh's Career Building Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner
    Common format:

    • Name and contact info
    • Education
    • Professional Appointments
    • Awards and Honors
    • Publications and Patents
    • Other Accomplishments

    (use reverse chronological order)

• 2. Clean office
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    From the COACh's Corner

    WHY?

    Is it a fire hazard yet?

• 3. Answer email
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    From the COACh's Corner

    Time saver tip:

    Schedule your email time. Set aside time each day to deal with your inbox and ignore it for the rest of the day.

• 4. Prepare for my Skype interview
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    From the COACh's Corner

    • Hard-wired connection?
    • Camera set at eye level?
    • Professional dress and setting?
    • IT trouble shoot and practice?
    • Sign-on early?
    • Calm and collected? Right...

    COACh Communication Workshop for Career Building

• 5. Get agreement on $$
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    From the COACh's Corner

    Remember that a negotiation is not a one shot deal.

    It's a 10 act play.

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Have your figured out your BATNA and ZOPA?

    Do you know theirs?

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Got all necessary Data?

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Ready to be relentlessly pleasant.

    It's good for everybody!

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

• 6. Buy shoes for dinner party
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    From the COACh's Corner

    "Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world." -Marilyn Monroe
    
    "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go."- Dr. Seuss
    
    "I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl." - Amy Adams
    
    
• 7. Finish research paper
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    From the COACh's Corner

    Never seem to have time for this?

    Discipline yourself to set aside 15-30 minutes of "writing time" each day - or a full day/week.

• 8. Talk to chair about needed release time - stay calm!
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    From the COACh's Corner

    Remember your tactics for high drama conversations

    "Silence is golden"

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    If the drama gets high, remember that you can always say-

    "I'll think about it and get back to you."

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Put the agreement in writing.

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Be relentlessly pleasant,
    It's good for everybody!

    From COACh Negotiation Workshop

• 9. Get quotes
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    From the COACh's Corner

    "There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo."

    - Erma Bombeck

    From the COACh's Corner

    "I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn't itch."

    - Gilda Radner

    From the COACh's Corner

    "Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas."

    - Paula Poundstone

    From the COACh's Corner

    "Thanks giving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."

    - Erma Bombeck

    From the COACh's Corner

    "Women have to be active listeners and interrupters-but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about."

    - Madeleine Albright

    From the COACh's Corner

    "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."

    - Marilyn Monroe

    From the COACh's Corner

    "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia."

    - Charles Schulz

    From the COACh's Corner

    "Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow women."

    - Groucho Marx

    From the COACh's Corner

    "I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don't."

    - Madeleine Albright

    From the COACh's Corner

    "You make the beds, you wash the dishes, and six months later you have to start all over again"

    - Joan Rivers

    From the COACh's Corner

    "Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use."

    - Charles Schulz

• 10. Prepare talk for meeting
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    From the COACh's Corner

    Talk Tips:
    SIMPLIFY YOUR SLIDES:
    The audience must be able to grasp content quickly.
    Don't force them to decide between listening to you or reading busy slides

    From COACh Communication Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Make the slides quickly comprehensible

    • Use simple fonts (Arial, Gill Sans)
    • No more than 4 bullet points/page
    • No more than 1 graph per page
    • No more than 1 slide per minute

    From COACh Communication Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Use images and pictures as much as possible:

    - as a roadmap for topics to be covered
    - to emphasize points addressed
    - to provide a visual summary of the main conclusions of your presentation

    From the COACh's Corner

    Fancy colors and fancy fonts are fine for carnivals

    But not for scientific talks.

    From COACh Communication Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Remember:

    - Up to 93% of communication is nonverbal.
    - Use a strong and open posture,
    - Make good eye contact with audience
    - Use strong voice projection

    COACh Communication Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    Keep your audience engaged

    - Don't read your slides.
    - Don't talk to your slides
    - Don't apologize for your slides

    COACh Communication Workshop

    From the COACh's Corner

    If you feel you have to apologize to the audience because a slide is too full of stuff-

    Then it is.
    REDO and REDUCE

    COACh Communication Workshop

• 11. Chair departmental review
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    From the COACh's Corner

    Remember leadership tips for women from the COACh workshop.

    - Minimize heirarchy
    - Maximize output
    - Be inclusive
    - Build a strong supportive team

    From COACh Leadership Workshop

• 12. Get some exercise!!
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    From the COACh's Corner

    "The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again." - Erma Brombeck
    
    "Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit." -Lillie Langtry
    
    

• 13. Check the Chat Room
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    From the COACh's Corner

    Check the Chat Room