<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear LTER Education/Outreach Folks, </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">SciFund Challenge, an </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">outreach-focused nonprofit, is running an online video training class for </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">scientists that may interest you or your colleagues at LTER sites. Please pass this e-mail along to others you think may be interested.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Jai Ranganathan, who runs SciFund Challenge, is a dynamic instructor and he's pulled together an extraordinary team for this class, including wildlife videographer and photographer <a href="http://mrlowndes.com/">Elliot Lowndes</a>. <b>Registration is only $25</b>, but the class is limited to 100 participants, so act soon, if you're interested. </span></div><div><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The class runs for five weeks, from May 15 to June 18, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">2016 and is intended for scientists who are new to outreach </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">and to video creation, but would like to get started with it. S</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">cientists at any level, in any discipline, are welcome to participate. </span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Video production often employs a lot of additional equipment, but this class will </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">focus on </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">shooting great video </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">with the smartphones that we </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">carry in our pockets and editing with freely available tools.</span></div><div><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">The deadline to apply is </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">May 14th</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.8px">, but SciFund classes usually fill up </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">quickly. To learn more, visit: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1V296KS" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://bit.ly/1V296KS</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px">Have specific class-related questions? Find Jai at <a href="mailto:jai@scifund.org" style="font-size:12.8px">jai@scifund.org</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Cheers,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">Marty</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Communications Officer</div><div>LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</div><div>t: @USLTER</div><div>f: USLTER</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Office: 805-893-7549</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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