Visiting and Hosting
The first exchange: define one deliverable, or it becomes a two-week tour
Exchange visits without a defined output produce goodwill, photographs, and no follow-up.
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Visiting and Hosting
Institutions Explained
Shared facilities: access is often less of a constraint than consumables and service contracts
The instrument usually exists. What limits throughput is the supply chain around it.
Common Misunderstandings
Deadlines: agree explicitly whether a date is a commitment or an intention
Two people can agree on the same date while meaning entirely different things by it.
Visiting and Hosting
Research visits: a two-week visit early prevents two years of misaligned assumptions
Everything you cannot learn from correspondence becomes obvious within three days on site.