<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear DDI Community,<br><br></div>This is just a reminder that the deadline for applications for the DDI trainer opportunity is June 22. Below is the full text of the invitation.<br><br></div>Mary<br>
<br>***<br><div><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
the past eight years, GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
has organized intensive five-day DDI training workshops at Schloss
Dagstuhl in Wadern, Germany. (Dagstuhl is a computer science research
center that focuses mainly on a highly acknowledged seminar series.) <a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/2014-ddi/" target="_blank">This year’s training workshop</a> will take place on <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">October 13-17, 2014</span></span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Joachim Wackerow (GESIS) leads the training workshop along with co-<span class="">trainers</span>
Arofan Gregory (Metadata Technology) and Wendy Thomas (Minnesota
Population Center). To plan for the workshop, Arofan and Wendy spend the
week before the workshop in Mannheim (one of the two GESIS locations)
where the three <span class="">trainers</span> prepare the syllabus and the schedule for the upcoming workshop. This has worked well and has been a successful model.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In an effort to diversify and supplement the pool of qualified DDI <span class="">trainers</span> and to start to build the next generation of instructors, this year GESIS together with the Dagstuhl <span class="">trainers</span> is offering a "train the <span class="">trainer</span>" opportunity, funded by the DDI Alliance. This will enable a new <span class="">trainer</span>
to attend the preparation week in Mannheim and the workshop at
Dagstuhl. The goal is that this person could then conduct similar
training in the future either alone or with others.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Alliance will fund the cost of the new <span class="">trainer</span>'s travel, accommodation, and food for two weeks, and will provide a stipend of Euro 1000.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We
are looking for a highly motivated individual who has an interest in
DDI and in training others in its use. This person will need to be
available for the full two weeks (Week 1 in Mannheim, <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">October 6-10</span></span>, and Week 2 at Dagstuhl). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To
apply for this opportunity, please send a letter of interest, a resume
or set of qualifications, and a vision for future DDI training to the <a href="mailto:vardigan@umich.edu" target="_blank">DDI Alliance Director</a> by <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">June 22, 2014</span></span>. The <span class="">trainers</span> will select a person for the position and he or she will be informed by <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">July 7</span></span>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Joachim Wackerow</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mary Vardigan</span><span class=""></span></p>
<div class=""><div id=":11x" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div><br>-- <br>Mary Vardigan<br>Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)<br>
P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106<br>Phone: 734-615-7908<br>Fax: 734-647-8200<br>
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