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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 14.399999999999999px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has heard a common refrain from faculty, scientists, government and private sector executives, and everyone in between: Scientists are increasingly responsible for public engagement and business writing, yet they are rarely given the tools they need to succeed.</span><br /><br /></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 16.8px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">AIBS is responding by re-offering our professional development program designed to help scientists, including graduate students, hone their written communication skills to increase the impact and influence of their message. This course complements AIBS's highly successful Communications Boot Camp for Scientists, which focuses on oral communication.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 16.8px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><em><strong><span style="color: #5797a5;">Writing for Impact and Influence</span> </strong></em>provides practical instruction and hands-on exercises that will improve the participant's general writing proficiency. The program will provide participants with the skills and tools needed to compose scientific press releases, blog posts, memoranda, and more, with a focus on the reader experience and the appropriate use of modern writing tools, such as ChatGPT.<br /></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 16.8px;"><span style="color: #5797a5;"><strong>COURSE STRUCTURE</strong></span><br />The course consists of six 90-minute online modules conducted live and subsequently archived online for participant review. Modules are spaced at weekly intervals to allow time for assignment completion. Live attendance is recommended but not required, and the instructor can be contacted by email at any time during the course.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 16.8px;"><span style="color: #5797a5;"><strong>SCHEDULE</strong></span><br />The course will begin on Wednesday, 10 July 2024. The subsequent course sessions will be held weekly on Wednesday, through 14 August. All live courses will begin at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. Recorded programs will be available to participants after the live session.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 16.8px;"><span style="color: #5797a5;"><strong>ASSIGNMENTS</strong></span><br />A writing assignment will be given in each of the first five courses. Students will receive timely feedback on their assignments.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 16.8px;"><strong><span style="color: #5797a5;">COST</span></strong><br />The registration fee covers instruction, materials, and resources.</p>
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<li>$460/person: Individual Registration</li>
<li>$390/person: Individuals nominated to participate by an AIBS Member Society or Organization (MSO)</li>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 16.8px;">For questions regarding the course please contact course instructor James Verdier at <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068a5;" rel="noopener" href="https://t.congressweb.com/l/?NYYNKHSOSREGEQT" target="_blank">jverdier@aibs.org</a>.</p>
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