Professional Development Committee

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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!

John Scala

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!

COMET

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!

Read more from Greg Byrd in the NWA Newsletter!

Weather Idol

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—
perfectly married, helping to support and reinforce (Copyright 2009 KSNW TV).

Read more from Dave Freeman in the NWA Newsletter!

Volunteer Precipitation Observations Volunteer Precipitation Observations

Precipitation (rain, hail, snow) is an ideal weather element for volunteers to measure.
Because precipitation is so incredibly variable — from place to place, storm to storm
and year to year — there is no limit to how many volunteers are needed.

Read more from Henry Reges in the NWA Newsletter!

EJ Paper Image Stay current with the latest research in the field.

Read the new articles submitted to the
online National Weather Association's
Electronic Journal for Operational Meteorology


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


Training Links (open new window):

Committee Activities, Meetings, and Members

Publication Opportunities

Conferences, Meetings, and Other Events

Student Presentation Awards

Newsletter Articles

Best Practices

Previous Hot Topics

MetEd Training Home Page

COMET Home Page

NSSL Briefings Online

Career Basics:  Advice and Resources for Scientists from Science Careers (PDF)

Sundar Christopher's "Positioning yourself for success:  A Career Guide for Graduate Students" (PDF)

Measuring and Mapping Precipitation:  The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network

Charles K. Gatebe's "The Art of Creating and Giving Effective Presentations at Scientific Meetings" (PDF)



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!