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Contents CHAPTER 6 FINDING AND WORKING WITH SPEAKERS 47 Finding Good Speakers 47 Places to Look for Speakers 47 Improving the Odds That You’ll Have a Good Speaker 48 Narrowing Your Choice 49 A Bit About Speakers’ Fees 49 Communicating with Speakers 50 Inviting Speakers 50 Speaker Confirmation 50 Preparing Your Speakers 51 The Importance of Science-Speak 52 Avoiding Overlap Among Speakers 53 CHAPTER 7 RECRUITING AND REGISTERING PARTICIPANTS 55 Announcing the Event 55 Two Obstacles to Attendance 56 The Challenge of Obtaining Release Time 56 The Challenge of Childcare 57 Registering Participants 58 Registration Form Basics 58 Additional Information You May Want 58 When Demand Exceeds Supply 59 The Problem of No-Shows 60 Participant Confirmation 60 What You Might Ask Participants to Bring 61 CHAPTER 8 MAKING IT HAPPEN 63 Staying Organized 63 Logistics at a Glance 63 Strategies for Keeping on Track 64 Several Months Before the Event 65 Hotel Accommodations 65 Travel Arrangements 66 Meeting Space 66 The Role of Refreshments 68 Working with a Hotel or Conference Facility 68 Typical Components of a Contract 69 Give Detailed Instructions to the Facility Liaison 70 Training Materials and Giveaways 70 Training Materials: How to Distribute? 70 Reproducing the Training Materials 71 Storing the Materials for Easy Access 71 Troubleshooting: Develop a Contingency Plan 72 v
Training Scientists to Make the Right Moves The Run-Up to the Event 73 Prepare Nametags and Tent Cards 73 Prepare Welcome Packets 73 Arrange Ground Transportation 74 A Few Days Before the Event 74 The Day of the Event 75 What You Need to Double-Check 75 What You Should Have On-Site 76 What You Can Do to Manage the Event Better 76 After the Training Event 77 CHAPTER 9 EVALUATING THE TRAINING 79 What to Budget for Evaluation 79 Where to Find Evaluation Expertise 80 Finding Low-Cost Evaluation Expertise 80 Hiring an Evaluation Consultant 80 Working with an Evaluation Consultant 81 What to Evaluate 82 Feedback from Trainees 82 Feedback from Speakers 82 Data for Stakeholders and Funders 82 Designing the Evaluation Instrument 82 Quantitative Versus Qualitative Data 83 Tips for Developing an Effective Evaluation Questionnaire 84 How to Gather Evaluation Information 86 On Paper 86 In Person 86 Through E-mail 87 Via a Web-Based Survey 87 When to Evaluate 88 Establishing a Baseline: The Pretest 89 Immediate Impressions: The Exit Survey 89 Time to Ponder: A Week-Long Delay 90 A Longer Perspective: Measuring Change 90 Analyzing the Data 90 Reporting the Data and Applying What You Have Learned 91 The Evaluation Report 91 Continuous Improvement: The Feedback Loop in Operation 91 Sharing What You Have Learned 92 vi
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Page 10 and 11: PREFACE In July 2002, the Burroughs
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Page 20 and 21: INTRODUCTION Preparing postdoctoral
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