This is a special event for Students and Early Career Professionals. Check back soon for more information.

Opening remarks from the Board of Early Career Professionals and the Opportunity to Interact with Fellow Early Career Professionals.

We will learn how to choose the proper format, content, and tone of a presentation for a given setting.

We will explore why good decision making is key to writing effectively, and discuss tips for navigating the process.

In this session, we will discuss the importance of tailoring communication to your audience, and a blueprint for doing so.

Implicit bias is an overlooked topic within the field of science and can impair one's ability to communicate or to objectively provide input or received information.  This panel will define implicit bias and how this subtle topic affects everything from receiving a forecast by the public to how journals/proposals can be reviewed differently based on the author or reviewer.

Conflict comes in many forms.  This session provides tips and actions one can take to resolve a disagreement to unify a team, or help each side understand the differing viewpoints.

This panel will discuss where the job market currently stands and future directions jobs related to meteorology (and science in general) are trending.  The discussion will also include skills that an early career scientist should be working toward that are not typically taught in the classroom.

Brief remarks from incoming President Dr. Roger Wakimoto and the opportunity to network with other AMS professionals prior to the Presidential Keynote.

Please join Roger Wakimoto, AMS President-Elect and Acting President, for his review of major events from the past year.

The annual American Weather and Climate Industry Association (AWCIA) will be held Sunday, January 7, 2018, from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm.  This year in honoring Matt Parker, the AWCIA Reception will also include the Early Career Professionals (ECP).  This year, more than any prior year, we wish to celebrate our successful efforts in building a strong, healthy and capable American Weather Enterprise, and our reception will be a great opportunity to visit with old friends.  Please plan to join us in Austin!

This session will focus on the development of an effective resume that stands out during the job application process.

This Joint Session with the AMS Leadership Academy will focus on the development of leadership skills related to early career professionals.  Both Presentations and a panel discussion will take place during this brand new session.

2018 Haurwitz Lecture

For broadcast and digital meteorologists, engaging with audiences on social media has become an indispensable part of the job. Social media platforms are critical for communicating up-to-the-minute weather information and interacting directly with readers and viewers. Meteorologists can greatly benefit from audience-generated content, including photos, videos and reports which they can share to enrich their own coverage. But social media also presents many challenges. How do you build a following and what content is most engaging and appropriate to post? How much time should be spent on social media and which platforms reach the most people? How do you sustain a strong social media presence when you have other more pressing responsibilities? Can you monetize social media content? Should you confront bad information published on social media from amateurs and even colleagues? This panel will attempt to address many of these challenging questions.

The Speed Networking Event allows students and early professionals to network with mentors via ‘speed networking’, similar to ‘speed dating’, where the mentors (meteorology professionals) roam between tables at set intervals introducing the students and early professionals to a wide array of professions in the field of meteorology. The speed networking will be followed by a social with light hors d'oeuvres, proving a great time for open networking. This allows the students and the mentors of their selected discipline to have extended conversations after their speed-mentoring introductions.For additional information, please contact Elizabeth Nolan elizabeth.nolan@noaa.gov