March 2017 Event
George Benedict
#Winning: Persuasive WritingThursday, March 23, 20176:30 PM
Location: Primal Food and Spirits in Durham, NC
George Benedict is a Senior Proposal Manager with RTI International who supports proposal, capture, and pre-proposal projects. He is an accredited proposal manager and technical communicator, with over 25 years of experience in proposal management and development, technical writing, project management, and technical training. Attendees will be responsible for the purchase of their food and beverages.
February 2017 Event
Frank Church, PhD, FAHA
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
Presentation title: “From Proteases and Protease Inhibitors to Parkinson’s Disease and Paperback Writer”
Dr. Church will discuss navigating academic life from point A to point Z and will give his perspective on grant writing, manuscript/review article writing, and book chapter writing. He will talk about his vast experience regarding lecturing vs writing (ie, having natural born talent vs learning to become a good writer or teacher). He will also talk about the creation and writing of his blog “Journey with Parkinson’s”, a blog for Parkinson’s education, research advances, new treatment strategies, and personal reflection. Finally, Dr. Church will touch on his experience as a newspaper editor/writer and member of the Communications Committee for the National Parkinson’s Foundation World Congress.
February 7th, 2017 6:30pm
Tobacco Road Sports Cafe (Tobacco Road-Chapel Hill)
1118 Environ Way
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
January 2017 Event
Chapter members discussed the presentations they made at the AMWA National Conference in Denver this past Fall. You should have joined us for drinks at happy hour at Frontier and listened to a recap of some great presentations!
January 26th, 2017 5-6:30pm
Happy Hour at the Frontier in Durham, NC (Happy Hour at the Frontier)