Careers in Nonprofits
Marilyn Wilson, Heather Trickett
Mon Jan 26, 03:30-05:00pm, 4-163
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: To register: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/
Interested in making a living while making a difference? A broad range of opportunities exists in the nonprofit sector – employer organizations can be small or large, local or international, hands-on or office oriented, involving politics, education, science, art, health, business, engineering, athletics or just about anything else you can imagine. Some even pay well! At this career panel, nonprofit professionals will describe their jobs and give advice to those interested in learning more about the field. Additional resources will be available.
Web: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/
Contact: Marilyn Wilson, 12-170, (617) 253-4733, mcwilson@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Global Education and Career Development
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Change Your World: Information on Joining the Peace Corps
Heather Trickett
Tue Jan 13, 03:30-05:30pm, 56-114
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
If natural disasters and global strife have made you think about the state of our world and how you too can learn to get involved and make a difference for the well being of our planet and its inhabitants, please come to an informational session led by Peace Corps' New England Regional Recruiter, Jessica Zeisler. Learn why MIT grads are valuable to Peace Corps and how you can put your degree to work to make an impact in communities around the world. With a great past and wonderful benefits, Peace Corps is a top notch option after graduation. Come and learn more! RSVP trickett@mit.edu, 3-8968
Contact: Heather Trickett, 4-104, x3-8968, trickett@mit.edu
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Close to Home: National Service Opportunities for Summer and Post-Graduation
Linden McEntire, Heather Trickett
Tue Jan 20, 03-04:30pm, 3-133
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Learn about paid community service programs located here in the United States. We will discuss options for the summer or a year following graduation. The panel will include speakers from Teach for America, AmeriCorps, Breakthrough Cambridge, MATCH Corps and Community Service Work-Study.
Contact: Linden McEntire, Room W20-500g, x3-8065, mcentire@mit.edu
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Energy Storage Solutions to Alleviate Poverty: The Yunus Challenge Lunch
Laura Sampath
Wed Jan 28, 12-02:00pm, Student Ctr 3rd flr.
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The 2009 Yunus Challenge to Alleviate Poverty: Affordable Small Scale Energy Storage Solutions...1 in 4 people in the world lack access to electricity. While low-cost renewable energy systems are increasingly accessible, batteries remain a costly, unsustainable way to store this energy.
How would YOU provide/address the energy needs of people living on less than $2/day? The challenge is not limited to electrical storage...be creative! Want to learn more? Want to recruit a team? Want to join at team? Come to lunch in PDRs 1&2 at noon.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/idi/yunus.shtml
Contact: Laura Sampath, 4-408, x3-7052, lsampath@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Edgerton Center
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Getting Started with A Business Plan
Lars Hasselblad Torres, Catherine Merrill
Thu Jan 8, 06-08:00pm
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Jan-2009
Single session event
For many innovations for underserved markets, writing a business plan is a key step. Business plans are great at highlighting how to generate profits using market forces, whether the profits return to the innovator or remain in the community. During this 2-hour workshop taught by veteran technology innovator and entrepreneur Catherine Merrill, we will walk through the traditional sections of a business plan, exploring how each helps convey the power an innovation has to change a community. This workshop will help IDEAS teams and anyone starting a new project to use the traditional business plan as a tool to induce others to invest resources in their innovation.
Contact: Lars Hasselblad Torres, TBD, x4-5176, lhtorres@mit.edu
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How to Find Internships and Fellowships in International Development
Deborah Rosencrans, Alison Hynd
Fri Jan 30, 04-05:00pm, 4-231
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Learn how students gain experiential learning through internships and fellowships in international development. There will be a student panel to discuss student internship/fellowship experiences, the strategies they used in their internship search and what they learned in the field. Co-sponsored by the Public Service Center. To register: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/
Web: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/
Contact: Deborah Rosencrans, 12-170, 253-4733, castor@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Global Education and Career Development
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Intellectual Property Workshop
Lars Hasselblad Torres, Aliki K. Collins
Tue Jan 6, 05-07:00pm, TBD
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Jan-2009
Single session event
"Are you an innovator or inventor? Does your work solve the problems of under-served people or communities? Are you uncertain how (or why) to protect your intellectual property? Do you need advice about intellectual property issues for international community service projects? Then come to the Intellectual Property workshop led by Aliki K. Collins, founder of AKC Patents, LLC.
Even if you don’t intend to benefit financially from your ideas, IP protection may make your project more effective and sustainable. Explore your options at this presentation and Q&A session. This clinic is ideal for IDEAS and other MIT competition teams, 100k Development Track, and all other members of the MIT community who are working on innovations that solve the problems of underserved communities."
Contact: Lars Hasselblad Torres, TBD, x4-5176, lhtorres@mit.edu
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Nonprofit Careers Panel
Heather Trickett, Marilyn C. Wilson
Mon Jan 26, 03:30-05:00pm, 4-163
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Interested in making a living while making a difference? A broad range of opportunities exists in the nonprofit sector – employer organizations can be small or large, local or international, hands-on or office oriented, involving politics, education, science, art, health, business, engineering, athletics or just about anything else you can imagine. Some even pay well! At this career panel, nonprofit professionals will describe their jobs and give advice to those interested in learning more about the field. Handouts on additional resources will be available.
RSVP trickett@mit.edu, 3-8968.
Contact: Heather Trickett, 4-104, x3-8968, trickett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Global Education and Career Development
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Peace Tiles – Community Art and Action Tool
Lars Hasselblad Torres, Linden McEntire
Thu Jan 8, Thu Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, 4-402, Bring an appetite: pizza
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 40 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Please RSVP by January 17th!
During this hands-on workshop, students will learn how the Peace Tiles project combines individual and group creativity with dialogue to produce public murals. Using a range of mixed media on 8” x 8” wood panel, Peace Tiles is a useful, positive tool for self-expression, education, self-advocacy and community-based research around difficult issues. This workshop will introduce the Peace Tiles process and encourage participants to think about ways the arts can be used to catalyze community change.
More than 3,500 Peace Tiles have been created in 19 countries, engaging thousands of young people world-wide. Murals have been exhibited at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Armory Arts Center in Pasadena, the Pretoria Museum of Art in South Africa, and many other community venues.
Web: http://www.peacetiles.net
Contact: Lars Hasselblad Torres, W20-549, x4-5176, lhtorres@mit.edu
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Successful Event Planning Workshop for Students
Paul Spangle, Kristi Gundrum, Alicia Erwin, CJ Azubuine
Thu Jan 8, 07:30-09:00pm, Coffee House Stu Ctr
Thu Jan 22, 01-02:30pm, Coffee House Stu Ctr
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
SAO, CAC and the PSC are hosting Event Planning Workshops directed toward anyone involved in an MIT student organization, officers and general membership, as well as anyone interested in planning programs & events at MIT. Learn how to develop a budget, seek donations, manage volunteers, produce task lists, assemble needed materials, seek publicity, work with vendors, and anticipate human behavior. Information on protocol for planning events on the MIT campus will also be included.
Contact: Paul Spangle, W20-549, x3-7605, pspangle@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Student Activities Office
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The Renewable Energy Possibilities and Challenges in Drinking Water and Waste Water
Michael DiBara Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Tyler Leeds, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Allexe Law-Flood, Mass Department of Environmental Protectio
Thu Jan 29, 10am-12:00pm, 4-253
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2009
Energy represents a substantial and rising cost to public water and wastewater utilities – on average about 31 percent of a utility’s operating budget. This discussion will highlight preliminary results from the Massachusetts Energy Management Pilot Program for Wastewater and Drinking Water and focus on two developing renewable energy project examples - hydroelectric through water flow (City of Worcester’s Water Filtration Plant) and biomass energy through anaerobic digestion of organic wastewater sludge (City of Pittsfield’s Wastewater Treatment Plant). During this discussion students will learn about the energy challenges and opportunities in drinking water and wastewater.
Contact: Lars Hasselblad Torres, W20-549, (617) 324-5176, lhtorres@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Edgerton Center
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