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<h2 style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal">HMPA (Harvard Medical Postdoctoral Association) elevator pitch competition - also open to MIT postdocs!</span></h2><h2 style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong style="font-size:small">This Weekend - Abstract Deadline for the 2018 HMPA Elevator Pitch Competition!</strong><br></h2><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6em">In an era of waning public confidence in science, the call on researchers to make their voices heard, and communicate the importance of their work CLEARLY has never been greater.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6em">Whether chatting with a civilian with no background in science, interviewing for a position or speaking with a potential donor, an elegant, compelling elevator pitch could help elevate your profile, captivate the listener’s imagination and propel your career.</p><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="line-height:1.6em"><font color="#ff2600">The HMPA Elevator Pitch Competition is designed to help you craft the perfect pitch!</font></strong></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6em"><strong><i>‘You’ve got 2 minutes – Give us your best shot’</i></strong></p><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px"><div></div><div style="font-size:11px"><strong>Date: </strong>Wednesday<strong> </strong>6 June 2018</div><div style="font-size:11px"><strong>Time:</strong> <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3.00 - 6.00 pm</span></span><br><strong>Location: </strong>Cannon Room, HMS Quad</div><div style="font-size:11px"><strong>Abstracts Due: </strong><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">11:59 pm Sunday, 20 May</span></span> </div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:11px"><em>Pitch Perfect: We are looking for a brief speech (2 mins or less) that captures your reason for being a scientist, your research mission and goals. The speech should captivate and entice the listener to learn more. Aim for a conversational narrative, using passionate and exciting language, rich in analogies and metaphors, free of science lingo and acronyms, that tells the listener what you do and why you do it.</em></div><div><em><br></em></div></div></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px"></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:11px">Top 20 abstracts will be invited as competition finalists for oral presentations</li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:11px">Awards and CASH prizes will include professional headshots and a feature on the winners on the HMS website</li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:11px">Judges will include HMS faculty, members of the media and communications professionals from the HMS Office of Communications</li></ul></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px">______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>___________________________</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><strong>ABSTRACT SUBMISSION (Deadline <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">11:59 pm Sunday, 20 May</span></span>)</strong></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px">Please submit your Name, Department and Field of Study, along with a 150 word summary of your elevator pitch to <a href="mailto:hmpaelevatorpitch@gmail.com" id="gmail-m_-8102871303779561308LPlnk920497" class="gmail-m_-8102871303779561308OWAAutoLink" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">hmpaelevatorpitch@gmail.com</a></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px">______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>___________________________</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:11px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:11px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>REGISTRATION REQUIRED via the following link (Please register to confirm your attendance if you are submitting an abstract or plan to attend to support your colleagues):</strong></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="https://hmpa_elevator_pitch_competition.eventbrite.com/" id="gmail-m_-8102871303779561308LPlnk158693" class="gmail-m_-8102871303779561308OWAAutoLink" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://hmpa_elevator_pitch_co<wbr>mpetition.eventbrite.com</a> </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px">______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>___________________________</div><div 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style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For Questions Contact: </h5><h5 style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lillian Matthews, PhD</h5><h5 style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Chair, HMPA Professional Development Committee</h5><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"></span></p><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"></div></div></div></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android 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<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Aviad Hai, Ph.D.,<br>t: 617-253-0989 | f: 617-253-0760 | MIT 56-638 Cambridge MA 02139</div>
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