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| Our Vision | Members of all NWA disciplines always learning from each other to provide and employ the most effective professional tools and techniques that make a significant and positive impact on producing world class operational environmental products and services. |
| Our Mission | To enhance NWA members' awareness of and participation in professional development opportunities to create and encourage a learning environment where we improve our individual and organizational weather, water, ocean, climate, and other operational environmental analysis and prediction products and services. |
Professional Development
Topics
Resume Mistakes That Keep Hiring Managers Amused But Cost You the Interview Be ready for the interview and read the article from Barbara Safani on the AOL Jobs web site! |
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Preparing and Delivering an Oral Presentation — Part II We offer specific considerations pertaining to the five W's: Who, What, Where, Why, and When? A sixth point, How?, determines the appropriate methodology for your presentation and ultimately, its content. Read more from Carl Thormeyer, John Scala, and Ken Carey in the NWA Newsletter! |
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Recent News from COMET Since the last update from COMET we have published eight English modules in a wide variety of topic areas, updated the ESRC to Version 2.0, and also published two Spanish language modules. Read on for additional details and direct web links of items that may be of the most interest to you! |
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Your Growing Role as a TV Station Scientist A recent online survey of AMS television broadcasters shows that even with your crazy workload, the majority of you are welcoming your new role as "station scientist" and comfortable with the responsibility. And that's great news, because your viewers want to hear and learn about important science and environmental information and they prefer to hear and learn about it from someone they trust...you. Read more from Kristine Kahanek and Greg Byrd in the NWA Newsletter! How to be a Weather Idol...Thoughts on Broadcaster Professionalism Graphics are to the
weathercast what the melody is to the lyrics of a good song— |
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PowerPoint Slides — Examples of Good and Bad Ones
If you are presenting at the National Weather
Association Annual Meeting in Norfolk, take a look at these
good and bad slides from previous meetings
for guidance on the best types of content for this venue!
Above: Some scenes from the National Weather Association 2009 Annual Meeting in Norfolk, Virginia.
Professional Development Opportunities and Quick Links
Do you have an idea or suggestion to improve
the Professional Development Committee's web pages?
Please feel free to submit feedback to our committee chair, Ken Carey, via
e-mail at kcarey@noblis.org.
Thanks!
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