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Science Sunday Funday bliss at the Sandwich Public Library

Personal branding maintenance, some assembly required

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SYMPOSIUM:  The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn and  Getting Paid for It Accepted for presentation at the American Chemical Society's Spring 2020 national meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 22-26, 2020. ABSTRACT SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM AREA NAME:  WOMEN CHEMISTS COMMITTEE PROGRAM TRACK TITLE: PERSONAL BRANDING MAINTENANCE, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED AUTHORS (FIRST NAME, LAST NAME):  Jennifer L. Maclachlan 1 INSTITUTIONS (ALL):  1. PID Analyzers, LLC, Sandwich, MA, United States. ABSTRACT BODY: Abstract:  This presentation will illustrate how to create your personal brand and how to amplify your personal brand using Linked-In, Facebook (personal, Pages and Groups), Twitter, Instagram, Blogs, SnapChat, VSCO, and TikTok. Attendees will learn how to leverage and fuse social media networking and in-person networking skills for career advancement. There will be an emphasis on personal brand consistency throughout the digital landscape as well as how to manage your personal brand when y

CAPE COD CELEBRATES THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE PERIODIC TABLE AT SCIENCE SUNDAY FUNDAY

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The Cape Cod Science Cafe and the Sandwich Public Library present Science Sunday Funday in celebration of The International Year of the Periodic Table on Sunday, December 15, 2019, from 1pm-3pm. This is a FREE event for everyone. Students in grades K-8 will enjoy and learn about the importance of the Periodic Table through hands-on activities while older students and adults will learn from the lecture by the American Chemical Society's Dr. Jens Breffke Photo by Brian D'Amico International Activities Committee Chair, Dr. Jens Breffke , as he discusses the history of the Periodic Table, the interdisciplinary use of the Periodic Table of the Elements in the sciences and how scientists around the world have celebrated this 150-year-old discovery by Dmitry Mendeleev during 2019, the International Year of the Periodic Table.  There will be two seatings for the lecture portion of the event: 1pm and 2pm . You must RSVP using the Eventbrite to reserve a spot for either of th

And ACTION: AIHA announces their Young Worker Health & Safety Policymaker Meeting Request Campaign

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E very minute, a young worker is injured on the job, and every day, a young worker loses their life as a result of an incident at work. By working with policymakers we can help protect young workers. One of the first steps on the road to protecting workers is meeting with policymakers, which is also one of the most effective forms of advocacy. T he American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has launched an action alert titled Young Worker Health and Safety Policymaker Meeting Request  with a pre-written letter to your LOCAL policymakers. All you have to do in click on the link below, fill in your name and address and click on START WRITING, which opens up a letter to your policymakers (you can select the letter as is or customize it if you wish), then click SEND. T he letter requests a meeting. The AIHA Teen Workplace Health and Safety Task Force can assist you with the next steps in this advocacy process by providing preparatory materials for your meeting/visit. Cont

Wicked Cool Science Cafe: How Cape Cod Celebrates National Chemistry Week

Science in Your Swimsuit (3rd annual)

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Teen Workplace Health & Safety Education: Isn't It Every IH's Responsibility?

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Pop-Up Education: Teen Workplace Health & Safety Education: Isn't It Every IH's Responsibility? Mon, 5/20: 9:30 AM  - 9:55 AM  Education Session  Minneapolis Convention Center (MCC)  Room: Level 2 Lobby/Landing (200 Level)  Description The Teen Workplace Health & Safety Task Force has served the IH/OH profession well since its formation in 2018. They have developed materials for all IH/OH professionals to use for community outreach, lobbied their state legislatures, and are now posing a challenge to all IH professionals… isn't education about teen workplace health and safety our professional responsibility to undertake? Come out to learn more about the progress of the task force; check out the free, ready-to-use tools they have developed; and hear why your peers challenge you to help this movement. Presented by: Jennifer Maclachlan, PID Analyzers.

ACS CIEC Roapmap to programming and social events for industrial and entrepreneurial chemists by Jennifer Maclachlan

    ACS CIEC Roapmap to programming and social events for industrial and entrepreneurial chemists  posted by Jennifer Maclachlan on Scribd

Symposium in honor of Dr. Jack Driscoll, 2019 American Chemical Society Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success recipient

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Date: Monday, April 1, 2019 Location: Hilton Orlando, Room: Orlando V Time: 1pm-4:30pm Reception immediately following the program Award Address (Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success sponsored  by the Kathryn C. Hach Award Fund) Photoionization detector for gas  chromatography: From inception and PPB analysis of VOC’s to PPT analysis of  heavy metals John N. Driscoll, pidguy@aol.com, Jennifer L. Maclachlan, pidgirl@gmail.com. PID Analyzers, LLC, Centerville, Massachusetts, United States The 2019 Kathryn C. Hach awardee, Dr. Jack Driscoll will share his experience with photoionization, which began in 1967 with a program on a NASA project, "A Photoionization Mass Spectrometer for Contaminant Gases in Space Cabin Atmospheres”. The project was successful but was not renewed. The technique was very interesting to Driscoll and he felt that it had excellent potential as an analytical tool. The work continued a number of years later when he

Connecting Safety, Education, Training & Productivity in Analytical Laboratories

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Safety is a core value of the American Chemical Society and in order to create what ACS Immediate Past President, Peter Dorhout, calls "an ethos of safety", this symposium will illustrate success stories of various analytical laboratories that effectively connect safety, education, training, and productivity. Speakers included representatives from academic, government and industrial research (both large and small) laboratories. This symposium was housed on the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Division of Analytical Chemistry Program Track with a collaborative co-sponsorship from the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety during the ACS Fall National Meeting in San Diego, CA August 25-29, 2019. Symposium organizers: Chris Incarvito and Jennifer Maclachlan .

SCHB is the hub for entrepreneurs in ACS

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ABSTRACT SYMPOSIUM NAME:  Chemical Business Poster Session ABSTRACT SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM AREA NAME:  SCHB CONTROL ID:  3112722 PRESENTATION TYPE:  Poster Only : Consider for Sci-Mix TITLE:  SCHB is the hub for entrepreneurs in ACS AUTHORS (FIRST NAME, LAST NAME):  Peter C. Lauro 1 ,  George W. Ruger 1 ,  Abhishek Kantak 1 ,  David J. Deutsch 1 , Mukund Chorghade 1 , Janet L. Bryant 1 , Carlyn A. Burton 1 , Joseph E. Sabol 1 , Jennifer L. Maclachlan 1 , Justin Crotty 1 , Niteen A. Vaidya 1 , Anis Rahman 1 INSTITUTIONS (ALL):  1. ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses, Boston, MA, United States.  ABSTRACT BODY:  Abstract:  Do you have a chemical business or are you interested in starting a small chemical business? ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses is for you! SCHB helps chemists working in small enterprises, including self-employed, with the legal, social, educational, legislative, regulatory, economic, and social aspects of their unique professional status. SCHB serve

Growing up the daughter of the father of photoionization: Perspectives on life with a serial entrepreneur

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Photo by A. Wilcoxx Dr. Jack Driscoll is the 2019 Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success awardee and his daughter and business partner, Jennifer Maclachlan, will share anecdotes of growing up Driscoll: With a father who pioneered the life saving hand-held photoionization detector in the 1970's, acquired numerous analytical instrumentation companies including European businesses, started and remains on the board of directors of the world's largest privately-held in-vitro diagnostics company, a passionate advocate for education, an avid science fiction fan and a beloved volunteer to the Northeastern Local Section of the American Chemical Society. Monday, April 1, 2019 ACS Spring National Meeting Orlando, FL Hilton Orlando, Room Orlando V Event runtime: 1pm-5pm In-room reception immediately follows this program Growing up the daughter of the father of photoionization: Perspectives on life with a serial entrepreneur talk time: 1:45pm-2:15pm

See it first at #Pittcon 2019

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