{"id":1697,"date":"2020-07-06T17:57:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.embl.org\/events\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T09:12:42","slug":"meet-the-embl-events-team-rebecca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/2020\/07\/meet-the-embl-events-team-rebecca\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the EMBL Events Team: Rebecca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week we meet Rebecca Nicholl, Events and Marketing Officer at EMBL-EBI. Rebecca is responsible for the marketing of the EMBL-EBI Training<\/a> programme as well as running some of the on-site (and now virtual!) training courses. She also attends exhibitions to represent EMBL-EBI Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca on Rebecca Street in Hamilton, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At EMBL since:<\/strong> April 2019
Number of organised conferences\/courses:<\/strong> 11-ish! Some of these I had started but sadly had to cancel as they were due to run during the early stages of lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite place in Hinxton:<\/strong> It\u2019s got to be the Red Lion<\/a> pub just outside the campus gates. Especially the beer garden in May\/June when the wisteria is in full blossom. We usually have one dinner at each course here, and the delegates love the history of the traditional 16th-century British pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wisteria in bloom PHOTO: Red Lion, Hinxton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Since lockdown began. EMBL has had to change the way we offer events. What are the challenges\/differences of organising a virtual conference?<\/strong>
For me, it’s the constant video calls that are involved in preparation, tests and meetings involved in virtualising a course. I never really paid much attention to the way my face looks or my mannerisms in face-to-face meetings, but now I am going over the top to show I am enthusiastic and engaged in the content, which felt very unnatural at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How have you adapted your role during lockdown?
<\/strong>I am lucky to have a split role, and so during this time, I have focussed more on my marketing skills rather than my events role (especially when my first few events got cancelled during the early part of lockdown in the UK). I ended up joining a cross-EMBL comms channel to help support each site during the #EMBLatHome<\/a> social campaign, and met some colleagues (virtually of course) I hadn’t previously worked with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca celebrates World Chocolate Day during her virtual course<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And the other challenge of working from home I am sure we have all found, is the endless eating, snacking and grazing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t help tucking into this chocolate box selection to celebrate #WorldChocolateDay<\/a> during our Cancer genomics course tea breaks! (Don’t tell my husband, these were part of his birthday present!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in the time before virtual courses were the norm, what was the first thing you did before a course started and the first thing you did after it finished? <\/strong>
First thing I did is fill up my water bottle and put on my Fitbit \u2013 with such long hours it\u2019s important to stay healthy. No longer can I survive on coffee and carbs alone! Although since lockdown, those have been my diet staples… Last thing \u2013 catch up on the all-important sleep I missed out on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you weren\u2019t an event and marketing officer what would you be?<\/strong>
At school I wanted to train to become a town council planner; I guess I always wanted to organise something!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the strangest\/funniest thing that has ever happened in a course?<\/strong>
I did have a phone call from someone asking for a refund for an upcoming course her mum had signed her up for without her knowing as a surprise birthday present. The girl was still studying for her A-levels rather than the masters’ students audience we are advertising at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were a superhero what power would you like to have?<\/strong>
The ability to be in two places at once; so I can be in the room making sure my speakers are keeping to time, as well as being at the event desk or checking catering, coaches and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite TV show?<\/strong>
The Great British Bake Off, and I do try to bake along with the show. But in the 2019 series, I bowed out at the quarter-finals, who wants a savoury Tarte Tatin anyway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming virtual events in 2020 Rebecca is organising:
<\/strong>Cancer genomics<\/a>
6-10 July<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathematics of life: Modelling molecular mechanisms<\/a>
28 Sep – 02 Oct 2020
Applications now open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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