Outreach and Outreach and LeadershipLeadership

Amy L. ChangAmy L. ChangEducation DirectorEducation Director

American Society for MicrobiologyAmerican Society for Microbiologyachang@asmusa.orgachang@asmusa.org

Leadership: Motivating Leadership: Motivating ColleaguesColleagues

Focus on the goal Focus on the goal Why to change? What to change? Who Why to change? What to change? Who

will benefit? When to change? How will benefit? When to change? How will change?)will change?)

Provide supportive environment Provide supportive environment Share responsibilitiesShare responsibilities

LeadershipLeadership

Start small – conduct an experiment Start small – conduct an experiment Surround yourself with like-minded folks Surround yourself with like-minded folks Common vision, goals and expectationsCommon vision, goals and expectations Change what matters – genuine problemChange what matters – genuine problem Communicate often and clearlyCommunicate often and clearly Build on successes Build on successes Refine and repeat Refine and repeat

Outreach – Know the Outreach – Know the AudienceAudience

Continuum of understandingContinuum of understanding Recognize differencesRecognize differences

– Have something to share – lack Have something to share – lack patiencepatience

– Curious, convinced but not started – Curious, convinced but not started – lack inertialack inertia

– Curious but reluctant – lack trustCurious but reluctant – lack trust– Not interestedNot interested

Outreach – Best Outreach – Best PracticesPractices

Listen respectfully and equallyListen respectfully and equally Admit when you don’t know Admit when you don’t know

somethingsomething Trust your peers Trust your peers Involve in community of practice Involve in community of practice

– real talk and real work– real talk and real work

Start Small and Build Start Small and Build on Otherson Others

Coffee with the dean, dept Coffee with the dean, dept Lunch with colleagues, graduate Lunch with colleagues, graduate

students and post-docsstudents and post-docs Seminar at teaching centerSeminar at teaching center Regional or national meeting Regional or national meeting

poster, workshop or other poster, workshop or other presentationpresentation

Review and contributeReview and contribute

BSP SupportBSP Support Resources Resources

– wiki.biologyscholars.org wiki.biologyscholars.org – www.biologyscholars.orgwww.biologyscholars.org– http://twapperkeeper.com/bioscholar/ http://twapperkeeper.com/bioscholar/

PDF’s promotional ads, logos, reports PDF’s promotional ads, logos, reports – Logo on everything Logo on everything – Ads at every event that attendAds at every event that attend

Powerpoint presentations Powerpoint presentations – Who, what, where, when and howWho, what, where, when and how– Impacts – curriculum changes, publications, Impacts – curriculum changes, publications,

presentations, leadershippresentations, leadership

Sponsoring Sponsoring OrganizationsOrganizations

American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Institute of Biological Sciences American Institute of Biological Sciences

American Physiological Society American Physiological Society American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular

Biology Biology American Society for Cell Biology American Society for Cell Biology

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingCarnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingEcological Society of America Ecological Society of America Genetics Society of America Genetics Society of America 

Managed by: American Society for MicrobiologyManaged by: American Society for MicrobiologySupported by: National Science FoundationSupported by: National Science Foundation