<html><head><base href="x-msg://52/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Colleagues,<div> Mike Khonsari has asked the LA-SiGMA community (faculty, students, and postdocs) to participate in the upcoming NSF-sponsored workshop "Science: Becoming the Messenger", scheduled for Nov. 17. Please see his note below and the following note from Amber with details on registration. Hope to see many of you there.</div><div>rwh</div><div><br></div><div>________________________<br><div>Folks,<br>Just as a reminder, our NSF Program Officer will be present at this workshop and she would like to meet the LA-SiGMA team. We need to make sure that students (grad and undergrads)/postdocs and the faculty participate. Please plan on attending. <br>Thanks.<br>Mike</div><div>__________________________<br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Amber King <<a href="mailto:Amber.King@REGENTS.LA.GOV">Amber.King@REGENTS.LA.GOV</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "></span></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2) We previously sent you a <i>Save the Date</i> card for the NSF’s Nov. 17 communications workshop, "Science: Becoming the Messenger," and we have just heard that </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">registration is now open! </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please take a moment to register and/or forward the invitation to your colleagues and students that would benefit from attending.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The NSF has provided the following workshop invitation and registration information for the event:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">[You can also view this invitation on the NSF website at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121922&org=NSF" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121922&org=NSF</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The National Science Foundation (NSF) will be holding a workshop, "Science: Becoming the Messenger" on November 17, 2011, at the Baton Rouge Marriott, 5500 Hilton Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">We are extending an invitation to principal investigators (PI), early career researchers and engineers, graduate students and postdocs from institutions and universities in Louisiana who would like to learn to communicate effectively to a broad audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">We are also extending an invitation to public information officers (PIO) communicating on behalf of the institutions and universities in Louisiana.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Today, across academia and the research community, there is a growing interest in science communication. Scientists are asking how they can share their knowledge and findings across an increasingly challenging information environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Seminars and training workshops are, accordingly, springing up to meet this need. But never before has there been a team like the one NSF has assembled to help members of the scientific community at all levels become more effective messengers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Featuring three accomplished communicators and trainers--Emmy award winning television producer Joe Schreiber, former PBS executive Dan Agan and bestselling science author Chris Mooney--the NSF workshop "Science: Becoming the Messenger" provides one-stop shopping for those seeking to reach a broader public about their work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Over the course of this full day of training, participants will learn how to craft a message and deliver it to a variety of audiences. They will also have the opportunity to experience live interview training, to develop writing and new media skills, to hone their public presentations and even to produce video.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Public information officers (PIO) will participate in all aspects of day one of the workshop and be able to participate with the researchers. They will attend a special breakout session designed to collaborate with NSF Public Affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For a specially selected group of researchers, there will be a second day on November 18, 2011.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>During this second day, they will refine their message further, train to talk to their colleagues, public audiences and the media. If you are interested in participating in the second day of the workshop and would like to be considered, please complete the questions on the registration form. If you are not interested or a PIO, simply type N/A in the box on the registration form.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">There is no registration fee to attend but pre-registration is required. Please complete the registration form.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The registration deadline is November 9, 2011.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">PLEASE BE PREPARED TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP FOR THE ENTIRE DAY SINCE THE SESSIONS BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">IF YOU ARE CHOSEN FOR THE 2ND DAY, YOU MUST ALSO COMMIT TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/events/registrations_forms/index.cfm?wkshop_id=81&cntn_id=121922" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(60, 117, 207); ">Register for this event.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; position: static; z-index: auto; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Core Attachments</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/attachments/121922/public/Agenda_for_Day_One_in_Louisiana.docx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(60, 117, 207); ">Agenda for Day One</span></a><br><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/attachments/121922/public/Agenda_for_Day_Two_in_Louisiana.docx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(60, 117, 207); ">Agenda for Day Two</span></a><br><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/attachments/121922/public/Bios_for_Louisiana.docx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(60, 117, 207); ">Speaker Bios</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div>
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