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Welcome to ASC 2022 ELEVATE workshop, Effective Technical Presentation Workshop. More information to soon follow.

In past conference events we have noticed a significant interest from attendees on methods to be a good ally to those under-represented in STEM. Therefore, this year an interactive workshop will be held focusing on providing strategies and intervention methods for allyship in our community. The event will discuss intervention methods for addressing different situations including sexual harassment, racial, ethnic, and/or gender/GBTQ discrimination, and unconscious bias, among others. We feel it is relevant to include a discussion on the legal aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion as it relates to intervention and allyship.

Despite being one of the most crucial steps in the scientific process, scientific writing is rarely taught in educational institutions. In this virtual manuscript preparation workshop we will go through some of the most common elements of style which can make scientific papers more impactful and easier to read. Our workshop will touch many areas: from basic scientific objectivity, to paragraph and manuscript structure, as well as storytelling and flow. We will show various examples of sentences, figures, tables, and paragraphs which can be transformed to create a clearer message—making the key take-aways stand out and, most importantly, be remembered by the readers.

Scientific communication is an essential but often overlooked skill in higher educational institutions. To address this gap, ASC’22 DEI presents a Virtual Abstract Writing Workshop (VAWW) with the aim to help prepare participants, aimed particularly at students and young professionals, to write higher quality abstracts. Great abstracts should be able to capture the readers’ attention with as little words as possible while conveying an effective summary of their scientific processes and results. Given that the language standard for scientific communication is generally in the English language, persons whose first language is not English face additional challenges in the scientific writing process. This event will address this need by providing examples of good quality abstracts and explore the pitfalls of abstract writing and how to avoid them while providing a particular focus on abstract writing techniques for non-native English speakers. This virtual event will be held during the abstract submission window.