Of Donuts and Grants
What’s a Donut Shop in Chicago got to do with writing great grant proposals? It’s about giving the “customer” what she wants… Watch this short…
Category: communication
Facts don’t win, passion does!
At the risk of giving you the impression that Idaho is full of backwoods uneducated types, I’m going to mention a recent article about the…
Discovering Love in a great talk
A few years ago I gave a talk in the biochem department at UNC. Afterwards I went out for lunch with my mentor, and he…
Speed Dating for your Proposal
Many of you have probably heard of speed dating, a relatively new (well, 10 years old now) phenomenon where a large group of singles go…
A simple lesson about titles
If you’re a scientist who wants to get your work recognized, then the titles you put on your talks, papers, and grants matter. Today I…
