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Informal PersonalIntroductions
Gail P. Taylor, Ph.D.
UTSA MBRS-RISE/MARC U*STARPrograms
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Science Is Communication
Many formsPapers, talks, etc
Begins with Introductions!
New colleagues New labmates
Scientific Conferences
Involve both exchanging name ANDinformation about your research
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Introductions
Will introduce yourself to many people
Very important for networking
People will EXPECT this Need different lengths
5 second
15 second
~1-3 minute
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Confidence and Introductions
Everybody is nervous and unconfident at times, butmask in different ways
Confidence and warmth impress people and drawthem to you
Dont show nervousness The more you do something, the more confident you
feel
Intro will look more confident if you
Have a firm handshake Look people in the eye
Speak fluently
PRACTICE!
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If you Practice YourIntroductions You Will be
More Fluent!
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Aside about Imposter Syndrome
Some people may persistently disbelieve thatthey deserve to be in a position, level ofeducation, etc. Someone has made a mistake
Everyone else is smarter
All successes are an accident or luck
Women, minority, first generation college
students often fall preyLies in their headsbelieve that they are less
smart than everyone
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Handshakes
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Posture
Important for first impressions!
Always stand up for a handshake andintroduction!
http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/How_does_one_give_a_proper_handshake
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Components of a an WesternHandshake
Eye contact
Grip
Position Shake
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Handshake Overview
Establish eye contact
Cheat on eye contact, to extend yourhand to meet theirs
Meet hand webs and engage grip.
Tiny shakes two or three times, for aduration of ~1-2 sec
Break off smoothly
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Eye Contact
Establish before shake
Smile
May break eye contact to find hand Once your hands have met, make and
maintain eye contact throughout shake
NOTE: May be cultural problems here Chinese- Eye contact- you are interested in
the person
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Grip
One hand
Both hostility or romance or over-sincerity
Whole hand (not the Gwenevere!) Firm, but not crushing
Loose or limp weak or wimpy person
Too strong Challenge, hostility,compensation
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Position
Bodies two forearm distances away
Shaking arm bent with elbow at about 135angle
Forearm is level with the floor Hands straight up-and-down, even with each
other
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The Shake
Should be smooth
Not limp
Not over-enthusiastic
Shake from the elbow, not the wrist or theshoulder
2-3 shakes
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The Introduction Itself
Smile
Initiate Handshake with Hello, Im GailTaylor (Listen to theirs)
End handshake
Proceed into rest of introduction
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Very Short Introduction
Something like. Hello, Im Gail Taylor. Im an undergraduate
Biology student at UT San Antonio. I work inDr. Martha Lundells laboratory on serotoninneuron differentiation in Drosophila.
If at ABRCMS or SACNAS and talking to faculty,
add in that you are in the MARC or RISEProgram
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Longer Introduction of your Work
I have worked for the last year in a half, in Dr.firstname lastnames laboratory on neuronaldevelopment in drosophila. Ive worked onseveral projects. The one that Im presentinghere involvedPut smoothed abstract titlehere. Say something about why yourexperiment was important to the world. Wehypothesized that . We used . (briefly put
methods, techniques used here). We found(results here). We expected/didnt expect thisbecause. Next I will do ___________.
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Follow up
Make sure to ask them aboutthemselves!!!!