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The Upside of Failure: How Regional Student Groups Learn from Their Mistakes

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  • Tarun Mishra
  • R Gonzalo Parra
  • Thomas Abeel

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Success is the result of planning, hard work, determination, foresight, and a little bit of luck. Unfortunately, nobody has thought to pave the road to success. Although failure can be discouraging and time-consuming, it presents incredible learning opportunities—the biggest difference between those who succeed and those who abandon their projects lies in their response to adversity. This article reviews events undertaken by the Regional Student Groups (RSGs) in India and Argentina, the problems they encountered, and what can be learned from them. RSG-India attempted to organize an online scientific meeting (also known as a virtual conference) with geographically dispersed stakeholders, a totally new concept for them. RSG-Argentina tackled the challenge of organizing a two-day symposium, their first event ever. Some of the complications they faced were easy to fix, others led to the cancellation of activities, and all of them resulted in valuable lessons. The main goal of this article is to highlight, through their experiences, the universal importance of a healthy panel of contingency plans.

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  • Tarun Mishra & R Gonzalo Parra & Thomas Abeel, 2014. "The Upside of Failure: How Regional Student Groups Learn from Their Mistakes," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(8), pages 1-3, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pcbi00:1003768
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003768
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