Blind Students in Russia: How can we help?
Svetlana Sussman
Fri Jan 12, 12-01:30pm, E51-151
Fri Jan 19, 05-06:30pm, E51-151
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This session is designed as a half-hour talk followed by one hour brainstorming for action plans. Presenters are administrators of MN Adamov Memorial Fund, started in 2005, the only project in the US devoted exclusively to helping blind students in Russia. For more information please contact Svetlana Sussman.
Web: http://mnadamovfund.org/
Contact: Svetlana Sussman, E52-459, x3-8959, ssussman@mit.edu
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Personal Networks: Improving Your Network Strategically
John Helferich, Nelson Repenning
Wed Jan 17, 01-05:00pm, E51-372
Thu Jan 18, 09am-01:00pm, E51-372
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Our success in work and life is determined in large measure by how well-connected we are to sources of ideas, resources, energy, and advice. Networks don’t have to be random; with a little planning and some concepts that are easy to understand, you can build a network that meets your personal goals. This seminar will discuss the basics of social networks and tools to map your own network. We will then turn to how to create a plan to strategically add nodes to your own network to achieve the connectivity you need to meet the goals you want.
Contact: John Helferich, helferic@mit.edu
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Tax Issues for Employees and Entrepreneurs
Howard Mandelcorn, S.P. Kothari
Mon Jan 22, Tue Jan 23, 01-04:00pm, E51-151
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This course intends to expose students to a broad range of tax issues students will encounter shortly after graduation as an entrepreneur or an employee. For a new employee, taxes are an important consideration in
decisions regarding deductions and retirement savings (through employee and employer contributions such as 401k's IRAs, etc). Taxes also feature prominently in decisions with respect to stock option-based compensation.
Also, tax related issues for U.S. taxpayers working overseas will be addressed. For the entrepreneur, taxes also influence a new business venture's choice of entity: Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship. Instructor: Howard Mandelcorn is a partner at the Hutchings Baramian LLP law firm in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Contact: Jeff Werner, jmwerner@mit.edu
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The Innovator's Delight: Looking for "THE NEXT BIG THING"
Ken Zolot, Sushil Bhatia
Thu Jan 25, 10am-03:00pm, 1-190
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 100 participants.
Single session event
Innovation is the key to everything we do. Dr. Sushil Bhatia is a globally known innovator, entrepreneur, inventor, author and professor. His new innovative patented and proprietary products are used in our daily lives and have generated millions of dollars in sales. This workshop will present techniques and methods by which individuals and organizations can become more creative and innovative and develop new products while exploring the role of fitness- mental, physical, emotional and spiritual.
Contact: Ken Zolot, E40-196, x3-6481, zolot@mit.edu
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Unleashing the Creative Potential of Collaborative Innovation Networks
Pascal Marmier, Peter Gloor
Tue Jan 16, 01-04:00pm, E51-145
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
We are all living and working in a networked economy, but few people are making good use of this changing environment in their professional life. You can use LinkedIn to connect to new people or build surveys to try to get a sense of who talks to whom around you, but this workshop will present innovative methodologies and tools that will give you a deeper knowledge of visualizing and interpreting social networks. Through case studies, we will show you how to analyze web of relationships to diagnose communication patterns or anticipate future trends.
Contact: Pascal Marmier, pmarmier@mit.edu
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Using Powerpoint to Animate Algorithms
James Orlin
Wed Jan 10, 01-03:00pm, E51-372
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
There are lots of useful features in PowerPoint and Excel that can make presentations more interesting, including useful animation features and formatting that can be used in surprising and enlightening ways. In the first hour, we will demonstrate useful PowerPoint techniques, including the use of PowerPoint for algorithm animation. In the second hour, we will provide Excel techniques for enlivening presentations.
Contact: James Orlin, E53-363, x3-6606, jorlin@mit.edu
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Using Powerpoint to Animate Algorithms
James Orlin
Wed Jan 10, 01-03:00pm, E 51-372
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
There are lots of useful features in PowerPoint and Excel that can make presentations more interesting, including useful animation features and formatting that can be used in surprising and enlightening ways. In the first hour, we will demonstrate useful PowerPoint techniques, including the use of PowerPoint for algorithm animation. In the second hour, we will provide Excel techniques for enlivening presentations.
Contact: James Orlin, E53-363, x3-6606, jorlin@mit.edu
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Using Scenario Planning to Anticipate Complex Global Changes
Pascal Marmier, Gabriel Bitran, Sloan Fellows Social Impact Group
Thu Feb 1, 01-04:00pm, E51-145
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Current global issues affecting society require new approaches. This short course will give an introduction to scenario planning, as a useful management tool to develop long term strategies taking into account the complexity of a fast changing world. Through examples and case studies, you will learn the basics of this thinking tool. We will emphasize current social issues in our discussion.
Contact: Pascal Marmier, pmarmier@mit.edu
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What is Operations Research? What is Management Science?
James Orlin, John Little
Wed Jan 17, Fri Jan 19, 10:30am-12:00pm, 1-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Operations Research and Management Science (OR/MS) is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. Typically the field uses data, mathematical models, and computer-based information systems to improve decision making and design better processes and systems in both engineering and management. We invite both undergraduate and graduate students to these two sessions to learn more about OR/MS.
The second session will be followed by a lunch at the Operations Research Center
Contact: James Orlin, E53-363, x3-6606, jorlin@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Operations Research Center
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