<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="">Hi All,<br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This is a reminder of the professional development event on how to prepare effective Job Talks,<b> to<span class="gmail_default" style="">day at</span></b> <b>9:30 - 10:45 am (MT). </b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Please register for the meeting if you haven’t done so.</font></div><div><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdO2rrDojE9TR1XsdDby49GDrFGSwDYRI" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdO2rrDojE9TR1XsdDby49GDrFGSwDYRI</font></a></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Before the event, you may also use Slido to post or vote for questions to the panelists<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> (see examples below).</span></font></div><div><div style=""><a href="https://app.sli.do/event/gnwnzi9m" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">https://app.sli.do/event/gnwnzi9m</font></a></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Have a nice evening and hope to see you <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">soon</span>.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Best,</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Val</span></font></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span id="m_6551595617957032899docs-internal-guid-654eeeab-7fff-a889-d593-0b31813ba521"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date: </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, June 10, 9:30 am - 10:45 am (MT).</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Register</b> <b>in advance</b> for this meeting: </span></span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdO2rrDojE9TR1XsdDby49GDrFGSwDYRI" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdO2rrDojE9TR1XsdDby49GDrFGSwDYRI</a></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facilitators: </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nick Lybarger, Kangning Huang</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Panelists:</span></div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Christiana Stan, Associate Professor at George Mason University</span></div></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.3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