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Workshop: Networking and making an elevator pitch

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https://onwardsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Networking-and-Making-an-Elevator-Pitch.mp4 Learn to identify professional communities and confidently approach new contacts in Part 3 of the ONWARDS Career Transitions Series. This session helps you develop a concise, adaptable self-introduction (elevator pitch) that communicates your value across diverse cultural and professional contexts. By the end of this session, you will be able to: Create a clear, […]

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Workshop: Redesigning your professional materials

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https://onwardsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GMT20251023-212610_Recording_1686x768.mp4 Learn how to turn your experience into marketable language in Workshop 2 in the ONWARDS Career Transitions Series. This practical workshop supports you in reshaping your professional materials to communicate your value effectively to diverse audiences. You will analyze examples and practice translating specialized experiences into clear, outcome-focused language that aligns with target roles.

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Workshop: Rethinking your professional self

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https://onwardsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Rethinking-Your-Professional-Self.mp4 In Part 1 of the ONWARDS Career Transitions series, facilitator Kimberly Kenyon invites you to explore your core values, strengths, and motivations as you navigate professional transitions. The focus of the session is on self-awareness and purpose rather than application materials. Click the buttons below for a slide deck and worksheet. Kimberly Kenyon has

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Info session: Improving your digital security

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This session provides a basic introduction to digital security for individuals involved in human rights, academia, the arts, and media. Facilitator Mykola Kostynyan guides you on how to assess and manage your risks in communications, information storage, and other digital spaces.  Mykola Kostynyan is coordinator of RESIDENT.ngo and co-founder of the Eastern Partnership Digital Security

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Discussion: Exiled Scholars in Western Academia

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Sociologist Alfred Babo and theater scholar Burcu Yasemin Şeyben led a discussion of the 2025 book, Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals? The volume, which Dr. Babo co-edited with Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, includes first-hand narratives from scholars from around the world working in political sciences, international studies, anthropology, law, philosophy, and the humanities.

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