Strong Educaton at the Annual Meeting: Symposia and more

Section Q

Last Year’s Success• Building National Capacity in Science Communication for STEM Graduate

Students• Use of Digital Games To Support Youth's Engagement with Science and

Technology• Women Poised for Discovery and Innovation: Resolving the Remaining

Hurdles• Creating an Ecosystem for Science Learning In and Out of School• Rebooting Our Approach to Increasing Indigenous STEM Participation:

Lessons from Hawai`i• STEM Education Policies and Policymaking: Pushing in the Same

Direction• Analogical Processes in STEM Learning• Thinking Skills for the 21st Century: Teaching for Transfer• Beyond the Pipeline: New Strategies to Build a Competitive and Diverse

Workforce• The Central Role of Energy Concepts in K-12 Science Education• Leveling the Playing Field: Why Cultural Relevance Matters in Computer

Science

Opportunities at the Meeting

• Symposia – 50% success rate overall, select 1– Good titles are important– International and interdisciplinary are strengths– Strong, well known speakers– Reviewers

• Career development workshops – needed• Pre-conference activities • Seminars• Topical and plenary speakers

Career Development Workshops• Scientists’ Role in Policymaking: Communicating How Legislation Affects

ResearchScientists’ Role in Policymaking: Communicating How Legislation Affects Research

• Knowing Your Worth: The Art (and Etiquette) of Negotiating a Job Offer• Bad Presentation Bingo: Please Lose this Science Communication Game• Those Who Can, Teach! Explore Teaching at the College Level• Manage Your Online Profile, Maximize the Visibility of Your Work and Make an

Impact! • Getting Started in Social Media• Sharing Science: Presenting Yourself and Your Work, Live• Fight the PowerPoint! Become a Science Presentation Superstar• Fulbright and Your Future: Discovery and Innovation• Working for Human Rights: Communicating for Effective Engagement• Reaching OUT- LGBTQ and Allies in STEM: Mentoring and Resources• Have You Heard About the Higgs? How to Share Your Science Globally• Work-Life Satisfaction: Developing Your Own Personal Action Plan• Promoting Science Through Storytelling: A Case Study • AuthorAID: A Service to Use and a Chance to Serve• Grant Skills Are Career Skills: Integrate to Accelerate• Improvisation for Scientists• Working with Congress: Communicating in Difficult Fiscal and Political Times• Ask for Evidence

For 2015Innovation, Information, Imaging

• Symposia?• Other?