July 10th Weekly Update
Next week, I’ll be onboarding the selection committee. I’ll also be hosting the first of two informational webinars with potential applicants to answer questions about the event fund.
Weekly Update
Blog posts summarizing weekly updates from the conference fund manager
July 3rd Weekly Update
We’re in the process of confirming our selection committee members. I’ll be meeting with them in mid-July to review our workflow for reviewing applications. I’ve put together a draft rubric
June 26th Weekly Update
Big thanks to Kari and Tracy for working with me to choose our finalists for the selection committee! Invitations have been sent out and I’ll provide an update next week about who
June 19th Weekly Update
My proposal for a breakout session at [email protected] focused on challenges and opportunities in transitioning meetings online has been accepted! This week was spent finalizing the RFP and application questions. I’ll
June 12th Weekly Update
The website is live! Please share in your communities! This week, I submitted a breakout session proposal for [email protected] focused on transitioning meetings online. I also had a meeting with Erin Becker
June 5th Weekly Update
Joe and I are wrapping up aesthetic changes to the website. Kris read through the RFP and application questions and provided some feedback, which I incorporated. We’ll finalize our plans for wrapping
May 29th Weekly Update
This week, I spoke at an eLife webinar focused on reforming academic conferences. I wrote up my talking points in a blog post. After our committee meeting, I followed up with Danielle to
May 22nd Weekly Update
Next Wednesday, I’ll be speaking at an eLife webinar focused on reforming scientific conferences. I’ve put together a list of nominations for the selection committee. I’d also like us to
May 15th Weekly Update
This week, I submitted our interim grant report to the Moore Foundation. I mentioned last week that I’ve started working on a blog post focused on transitioning traditionally in-person events to online
May 8th Weekly Update
This week, I have been working on our first report for the Moore Foundation, due next week, which outlines our progress and plans. I’ve also been interviewing community members who have recently
April 24th Weekly Update
This week, I put together a write-up about the conference fund for 500 Women Scientists quarterly newsletter and spent some more time on the website. I also started putting together the first progress
April 17th Weekly Update
This week, I did an overhaul of the conference fund website. I’ll continue to work on it with Joe next week so we can make sure that the style and branding are