{"id":50356,"date":"2019-07-30T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.embl.org\/events\/?p=735"},"modified":"2022-07-29T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:15:36","slug":"fostering-friendly-collaborations-across-organisations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/2019\/07\/fostering-friendly-collaborations-across-organisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Fostering friendly collaborations across organisations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guest blog post by J\u00fcrgen Deka, Head of External Scientific Training, EMBL<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The International Day of Friendship (annually on 30th<\/sup> July) got me thinking about our friends in the scientific training field, and our collaborations with them which enable us all to deliver our high-level scientific conferences and courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important to have a goal to work towards, and at EMBL Events<\/a> we generally benchmark ourselves against Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory<\/a> and Keystone Symposia<\/a> in the US, and the Wellcome Genome Campus<\/a> in the UK. A bit of healthy competition is good for the soul, and I think we all thrive on challenges! It allows all four of us to provide top-class training to benefit as many scientists as possible throughout the world, and in this sense we all have the same aim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCompetition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.\u201d     <\/em><\/p>

– <\/em>Franklin D. Roosevelt <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you are looking to establish and foster friendly collaborations in scientific training, here are 6 tips that can help you achieve your goal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Keep in regular contact<\/li>
  2. Align your goals with each other<\/li>
  3. Be aware of what the other organisations are doing and talk to them openly so you can adapt your plans accordingly<\/li>
  4. Don\u2019t arrange meetings with the same audiences too close together. If people are going to attend both meetings \u2013 either as speakers, participants or sponsors \u2013 there needs to be some space in between<\/li>
  5. Find ways to work together in order to highlight and complement your strengths<\/li>
  6. Learn from each other, but don\u2019t try to be like the others \u2013 work on developing your own strengths<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Here\u2019s how we work with our counterparts to allow us all to offer the best science possible worldwide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n