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Welcome to the new COACh Website!

May 1: Kudos to COACh Cameroon on your meeting today. Glad to hear your network building is growing strong! Les meilleurs voeux jusqu'à ce que nous vous voyions en août.

April 26: Korean Chemical Society Meeting in Seoul: Special session on Women in Nanoscience highlighted the exceptional talents of women in this field in Korea.

April 24,25: COACh in Korea! Special thanks to Ewa University for hosting our visit!

April 18: COACH career development workshops for graduate students conducted at Ohio State University went great! Thanks to all that attended. It was fun!

April 7: COACh is looking forward to meeting with women chemists at the upcoming Korean Chemical Society meeting in Seoul. If you have friends going, please let them know.

April 3: Do you want to get involved in COACh international activities? Application forms are on the COACh International page.

April 1: Great turnout at the COACh workshops at the American Physical Society in Boston and Atlanta Meetings. Put those skills to good use!

March 29: Looking for any COACh members that speak Portuguese. Please email us as we can use your help!

Mar 26: COACh had two successful and fun workshops at the Spring ACS meeting in San Diego! Thanks to all the fantastic attendees. Keep in touch.

Mar 24: COACh Nora Berrah is working with the directeur General for Research in Algeria to bring COACh activities to their women physicists and materials scientists. Watch for updates!

Mar 19: Skyping with our friends in Cameroon: Great to hear you all! And how wonderful to hear your stories about how you have used the training from the COACh workshop last fall in Yaounde to accomplish great things! Looking forward to our visits in May and August! Thanks Barbara and Edith for organizing the call.

Mar 14: COACh in Brazil: Wonderful visit with women scientists in Brasilia where we discussed bringing COACh leadership workshops to Brazil and our upcoming research workshops with women geoscientists in Latin America on natural environmental hazards.

Mar 1: Interested in being a Cyber-COACh and helping other women with their careers? Applications on the Cyber-COACh page. Its an easy way to connect to and help others.

Feb 24: COACh Advisory Board hosted Dr. Harriet Okatch (Botswana) and Dr. Simiso Dube (S. Africa). Looking forward to partnering with you and other SEANAC members on advancing Analytical Chemistry on the African continent. Sign up on iCOACh if you want to get involved.

Feb 21: COACh met with Chancellor Salih Al Najim, Vice Chancellor Ali Al Attar of Basrah University and Hassan Al Mudhaffer of BP (Iraq) and discussed future plans for COACh programs to assist women scientists in Iraq.

Feb 1: Welcome to the new COACh website! Become a member. There's lots of opportunities to get involved in our mentoring, networking and international activities. Check out all the new programs and join in the discussions.

And to the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and Basic Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy - A huge 'thank you' from the over 6000 women scientists and engineers who have benefitted directly from your support of COACh activities over the past 15 years.

Upcoming Events

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference
July 8, 2012

COAChing Strong Women in the Power of Persuasion

Fall 2012 National American Chemical Society Meeting
August 18, 2012 Philadelphia, PA
COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion
*Open to current faculty and industry

Powerful Postdocs: Maximizing Your Opportunities in that First Academic Job

National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
September 27, 2012 Washington, DC
Professional Skills Training for Minority Graduate Students and Postdocs

COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
October 14, 2012 Seattle, WA
Professional Skills Training for Minority Graduate Students and Postdocs

COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion

Past Events

American Physical Society April Meeting
March 30, 2012 Atlanta, GA

Spring American Chemical Society Meeting
March 24, 2012 San Diego, CA

"Developing a Balanced Career Portfolio"

"Career Launch and Acceleration: Making the Most of those First Faculty Years"

American Physical Society March Meeting
February 26, 2012 Boston, MA

"Professional Skills Development Workshops for Women Physicists"

Materials Research Society Annual Meeting
November 28, 2011 Boston, MA

Joint Meeting of Women Chemists from the United States and China
October 24-28, 2011 Beijing China

Workshop for Women Scientists in Cameroon
October 5,6, 2011 Yaounde, Cameroon

"Effective Negotiation for Career Advancement"

American Chemical Society Fall Meeting
August 27, 2011 Denver, CO

"Powerful Postdocs: Maximizing your Opportunities in that First Academic Job"

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting
July 11, 2011 Pittsburgh, PA

National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
April 19-22, 2011 Houston, TX

"Professional Skills Training for Minority Graduate Students"
"COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion"

American Chemical Society Spring Meeting
March 26, 2011 Anaheim, CA

"COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion"
"The Chemistry of Leadership"
"Making the Most of the Moment: The Art of Getting your Message Across"

American Institute for Chemical Engineers Conference
November 10, 2010 Salt Lake City, UT

"COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion"

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference
October 3, 2010 Anaheim, CA

"COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion"
"Professional Skills Training for Minority Graduate Students"

American Chemical Society Fall Meeting
August 21, 2010 Boston, MA

"Powerful Postdocs: Maximizing your Opportunities in that First Academic Job"
"COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Performance"

COACh Workshops at the Women in Combustion International Conference
July 31, 2010 Beijing, China

"COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion"

To Do List:

  • 1. Work on CV

    • 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

    • From the COACh's Corner

      WHY?

      Is it a fire hazard yet?

  • 3. Answer email

    • 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

    • 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 $$

    • 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

    • From the COACh's Corner

      "Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."

      Marilyn Monroe

  • 7. Finish research paper

    • 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!

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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!!

    • From the COACh's Corner

      "The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."

      - Erma Brombeck

  • 13. Check the Chat Room
           
 
           
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