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IAP 2010 Activities by Sponsor

Dean for Graduate Education (ODGE)

Making the Most of Your Presentation
Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Communication Consultant
Wed Jan 27, 02-04:00pm, 1-190

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. Based on Dr Doumont's book _Trees, maps, and theorems_ about “effective communication for rational minds” this lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations. Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab

Reading Club on Violence Against Women
Sharmeen Browarek, Abha Sur, Marianne Tierney
Thu Jan 14, 21, 28, 05-07:00pm, 1-215

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Jan-2010
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Please join us this IAP for a reading club on different topics surrounding violence against women (continues through Feb. 4th). There will be various articles, as well as some short film screenings every Thursday. Email end_violence@mit.edu to let us know you're coming and go to http://web.mit.edu/end_violence/bookclub.html to download articles.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/end_violence
Contact: Yoda Patta, ypatta@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Technology and Culture Forum

Structuring Your Scientific Paper
Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Communication Consultant
Thu Jan 28, 02-04:00pm, 1-190

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Papers are one of the few deliverables of the work of researchers. Well-designed, they efficiently allow each reader to learn only what he or she needs to. Poorly designed, by contrast, they confuse readers, fail to prompt decisions, or remain unread. Based on Dr Doumont's book _Trees, maps, and theorems_ about “effective communication for rational minds”, the lecture shows how to structure scientific papers, theses, and technical reports effectively at all levels to get the readers' attention, facilitate navigation, and, in this way, get the message across optimally.
Web: http://www.principiae.be
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab


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