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1 Leadership and Outreach Amy L. Chang Director, Education American Society for Microbiology achang@asmusa.org

2 Leadership: Motivating Colleagues Supportive Environment – people grow, thrive and advance Communities of Shared Responsibilities – equal members, diverse expertise, common needs What to change? Why to change? Who will benefit? When to change? How will change?

3 Leadership Start Small – conduct an experiment Surround yourself with like-minded folks Common vision, goals and expectations Change what matters – work on a genuine problem Communicate often and clearly Build on successes Refine and repeat

4 Boyer’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning GOING PUBLIC Publishing in BEN libraries and collections Presenting on campus and at regional and national meetings Mentoring current and future faculty (post- docs) Sharing best practices, expertise and evidence thereby advancing the cause

5 Audiences Continuum of understanding Examples –Have something to share – lack patience –Curious, convinced but not started – lack inertia –Curious but reluctant – lack trust –Not interested ACTIVITY: Develop 2-minute elevator response to Why Use BEN?

6 Marketing Digital Libraries and Resources NOT EFFECTIVE Sessions on Digital library resources Digital libraries Internet resources EFFECTIVE BECAUSE BASED ON NEEDS More engaging presentations More investigative laboratories More student- centered problems

7 Examples – Start Small and Build on Natural Venues Coffee with the dean, dept or division chair Lunch with colleagues, graduate students and post-docs Seminar at teaching and learning center Regional or national meeting poster, workshop or other presentation Stories for newsmagazines Serve as reviewer and contributor

8 Recognition Promotion and Tenure –National service in the discipline –Institutional mission –Currently collecting evidence Media and Communications – –Letters and news releases Citations

9 (VISUAL) SEM of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. © Kim R. Finer and John J. Finer, authors. Licensed for use, ASM MicrobeLibrary (linked to http://www.microbelibrary.org if used on a website). http://www.microbelibrary.org (CURRICULUM) Activities for Understanding Gene Regulation. © Linda E. Fisher and Gail E. Rowe, authors. Licensed for use, ASM MicrobeLibrary (linked to http://www.microbelibrary.org if used on a website). http://www.microbelibrary.org

10 Citations (Article) Benson, S. A. 2001. Defining the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Microbiology. Focus on Microbiology Education Newmagazine. 7(3): 1-6. (linked to: http://www.microbelibrary.org if used on a website).http://www.microbelibrary.org

11 BEN Support PDF’s promotional ads –Who, what, when and how –Logo’s Powerpoint presentations about BEN –Partner lists –Survey results –Trend data National studies


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