Effective Speaking
Barbara Smith
Tue, Thu, Jan 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, 1, 04-06:00pm, rooom 66-110
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2001
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None Required
Have you always wondered why some people seem at ease in public speaking? Have others told you to speak up because you speak too softly, or perhaps you are self-conscious because of your foreign accent? Well, this class is for you! You will learn the proper techniques for projecting your voice and delivering that talk.
Contact: Barbara Smith, 5-320, x3-0137, bsmith@mit.edu
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Intrepreneurship: Effectiveness in a Technical Organization
Les Gray Morgan Group
Tue Jan 9, Wed Jan 10, 09am-04:30pm, 1-135
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 29-Dec-2000
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Don't come to this class if you want to spend your career toiling for others instead of controlling your own career! This class is targeted to those individuals who desire to become business and project managers and leaders, and rise up through an organization to leadership roles. The ability to be "effective" in a technical organization is one of the most important set of skills of successful technical professionals. You'll be introduced to the broad set of skills necessary to be efffective and to "best practices" for them. After you depart MIT for the real world, having this skills "tool set" is probably the most important ingredient in your future success.
Contact: Jean Sucharewicz, 5-225, jsuch@mit.edu
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Ocean Engineering: Underwater Exploration Series
Prof. Nicholas Makris , Prof. David Mindell
Schedule: TBD
The Department of Ocean Engineering will host a series of presentations on underwater exploration. Researchers involved in the recent expedition to the Black Sea will discuss underwater archaeological findings, including the discovery of Roman ship wrecks and traces of submerged prehistoric civilizations. Advances in underwater technology, which make these findings possible, will be explained.
The series will include a bus trip, for freshmen only, to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The focus of the trip
will be a tour of the Deep Submergence Laboratory (DSL) where the group will meet the researchers who found the Titanic. We will learn about the manned and unmanned vehicles that DSL uses to explore underwater thermal vents, where new and extraordinary life forms have been found. The trip will also include a tour of the oceanographic research facilities at WHOI's main dock and a stop at the Woods Hole Aquarium. This trip is limited to one busload (approximately 56 people).
Contact: Prof. Nicholas Makris, 5-222, makris@mit.edu
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Palmistry
Mary A. Mullowney
Sat Jan 13, 12:30-04:30pm, 1-277
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 31-Dec-2000
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
An introduction to the ancient art of palmistry, a path to understanding yourself and others by studying the lines and markings of the hand. A mini-reading of each student's palm is included in the course. Please sign up via email only.
Contact: Mary A. Mullowney, 5-228, x3-4331, mamullow@mit.edu
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Selling Yourself and Your Ideas: Effective Sales, Communication, and Negotiation for Technical Professionals
Les Gray, Morgan Group
Thu Jan 11, Fri Jan 12, 09-04:30am, E51-151
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 31-Dec-2000
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
The ability to convince others that you, your ideas, and your products are valuable is one of the most important skills of successful people. You have to be able to convince employers, your boss, investors, customers, team members and partners. This class will give you some understanding of what is needed to launch your career successfully, and to make you a better, wealthier, and more effective engineer or scientist. You will learn specific skills and techniques that really work, including practice selling yourself. Learn how to ask the questions that get people to say "yes." Bring a copy of your resume with you. (The presenter says that "you will not learn this stuff at Sloan or HBS.")
Contact: Jean Sucharewicz, 5-225, jsuch@mit.edu
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