10:59:58 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: Mike - you looked better in your hoody 11:04:45 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: beaver believers... 11:08:21 From Matthew David to Everyone: If you ever need to do a makeup class, let me know! You're welcome to drop in on the Thursday class with the Georgia medical students. Their class time is 11:00 AM Pacific time/ 2:00 pm Eastern and the content of the classes will be the same every week. 11:10:12 From James Ness to Everyone: and in military but retired therefore FAA 11:11:24 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: Hey! I'm retired, can FAA use a plant physiologist? 11:11:47 From The Story Spotters to Everyone: In the past I thought I knew everything about story and could spout chapter and verse to my clients. But then my world was turned on its head because I me Randy and Matt. Therefore I went back to the ABT drawing board. 11:14:22 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: Keisha Bahr 11:14:43 From Keisha Bahr to Everyone: Hi everyone! 11:17:09 From The Story Spotters to Everyone: Drop the But Bomb 11:17:11 From Jen Zamon to Everyone: I feel my inner Bart Simpson coming out 11:18:38 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: Jen...Bart isn't far from this! 11:20:00 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: The BUT bomb is like throwing a stone into a placid lake, causing a lot of waves 11:22:32 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: changed your priorities? 11:22:37 From Matthew David to Everyone: We'll be saying that a LOT in the class: The power of storytelling rests in the specifics. 11:22:45 From Jen Zamon to Everyone: It wasn't a super-pod breaching and tail-slapping, Candi? 11:22:47 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: changed your view of what was truly important? 11:23:07 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: Great! I don't want to live in L.A. either! 11:25:15 From Matthew David to Everyone: BUT/BECAUSE is a very important dynamic. We'll be bringing it up a lot too. 11:26:48 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: As scientists we often want to give the "data" first and then the result...the But-Because is the opposite... 11:27:10 From Carla Hill to Everyone: Hi Carleen! 11:28:37 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: @Carleen - we’ve all started with stumbling into our ABTs. AND - great specifics 11:29:24 From Matthew David to Everyone: Expected vs Observed - another important concept. 11:30:14 From Rick Nelson to Everyone: All of these concepts will become more clear the more you practice the ABT. 11:30:34 From The Story Spotters to Everyone: That's another new one for me Matt. Loving the energy on this screen 11:31:22 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: Especially in the Bering Sea! 11:34:31 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: The sharper the turn the better you'll get the reader's attention... 11:35:04 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: How about, but I missed Seattle... 11:36:08 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: But I left my heart in Seattle (cue Frank Sinatra) 11:39:38 From Jen Zamon to Everyone: Glad this is a remote class….😛 11:39:45 From Keisha Bahr to Everyone: 🤣 11:44:45 From Matthew David to Everyone: The IF/THEN is in the top 5 of most important tools we hope you'll get out of this class. 11:49:08 From Jen Zamon to Everyone: Money is a theme, definitely… 11:49:33 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: @ Julie – Yes, rocks are cool, but fish are way cooler! 11:50:19 From Julia Clemons to Everyone: @Marlis, super cool! 11:51:29 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: @Kevin - great play on words 11:54:00 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: Introduce the subject of echo location as an interest early, but it was not part of your pinniped work therefore... 11:55:09 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: The key to creating a strong ABT is what you are doing here...first just get the information out...then work to reshape it. 11:56:50 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: @Matthew - some grad students might argue that grad school sometimes feels like prison…. 11:58:19 From Jen Zamon to Everyone: or he could type it into the chat… 11:59:19 From Rick Nelson to Everyone: Clear and concise. Arouse and fulfill. 11:59:34 From Mike Strauss to Everyone: Good idea Jen but there is an important dimension to saying it...so better to have him first up next time over the phone. 11:59:42 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: @Sarah - why did you first think you had the greatest job? That would be a specific to add 11:59:53 From Matthew David to Everyone: If I skipped anyone, speak now or forever hold your peace! 12:00:57 From John Kayes to Everyone: gotta go! Ty nice meeting everyone 12:01:41 From Chris Tatara to Everyone: Thanks, fun first session, BUT.... 12:01:50 From Marlis R Douglas to Everyone: Great to meet everybody and now know a bit about your thanks to your ABTs! 12:02:03 From Mary Hunsicker to Everyone: Thanks! 12:02:05 From Carla Hill to Everyone: Thank you! 12:02:11 From Jen Zamon to Everyone: bye