Professional Development
Professional development is the ongoing process of learning, training, and building skills to advance your career. See the below tips and resources from the community on handling different scenarios.
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🔥 Don't let the awkwardness marinate
Small annoyances can become big collaboration blockers. Talk about problems while they're still little adjustable things.
📱 Leave the tech behind
Science communication skills can be so important to learn how to distil your knowledge into the key concepts for others. Move away from the technical intricacies and think 'What do they actually need to know?'
📚 Revisit the plan
A good collaboration plan is not fixed forever. Check in regularly: are your goals, timelines and ways of working still helping you move forward?
✨ Save the coffee chats
Some of the best ideas appear when you're not staring at a shared document. Make time for the informal conversations where you make friends with your collaborators.
🔍 Share goals!
Collaborate with those people who share your same interests
🎯 Archive your talks
Upload slides and scripts to Zenodo to get a DOI. It makes your presentations citable, permanent, and easy to reuse or reference later.
📝 Notion for everything!
I love using Notion to keep all my notes in one place. I recommend keeping a long-term future to do list so nothing gets forgotten, while keeping your day-to-day mental space clear
Best Practice Guidance for Reviewing
This guidance is intended to support reviewers in providing fair, respectful, and constructive feedback on submissions
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Basic Template for Meeting Minutes
Easy template to reuse for minutes
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Ten simple rules for scientists engaging in science communication
A journal exploring science communication and 10 simple rules for planning, developing, and evaluating science communication activities.
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