10 Things Every Parent Should Know: Protecting and Planning for your Children
Mark Porter '05, Certified Financial Planner
| Jan/09 | Thu | 12:30PM-01:30PM | 32-124 |
| Jan/15 | Wed | 01:30PM-02:30PM | 32-124 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Becoming a parent is a joyous and life altering event. It can also have a serious impact on your finances. How can you best protect your children? How can you best plan for their future? Come learn the essentials from Mark Porter '05, certified financial planner, and Brian Mahoney, Esq. on topics such as:
• Wills
• Emergency and Permanent Guardianship Provisions
• Trusts
• Education Savings Options
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
The seminar itself will last 60 minutes and then Brian and Mark will be available for questions.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
10 Things Every Young Parent Should Know: Protecting and Planning for your Children
Brian Mahoney, Esq., Mark Porter '05, Certified Financial Planner
| Jan/09 | Thu | 12:30PM-01:30PM | 32-124 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
10 Things Every Parent Should Know: Protecting and Planning for your Children
Becoming a parent is a joyous and life altering event. It can also have a serious impact on your finances. How can you best protect your children? How can you best plan for their future? Come learn the essentials from Mark Porter '05, certified financial planner, and Brian Mahoney, Esq. on topics such as:
• Wills
• Emergency and Permanent Guardianship Provisions
• Trusts
• Education Savings Options
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
The seminar itself will last 60 minutes and then Brian and Mark will be available for questions.
Register today!
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98, 617-252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
Alumni Talk with BC Krishna SM 94
BC Krishna SM 94, President and CEO, MineralTree, Inc.
| Jan/07 | Tue | 06:00PM-07:30PM | 32-124 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Modernizing our Payments System: why we have a $100 Billion problem with paper checks, and why it's not going away
In this talk BC will dig into core inefficiencies in our payments system, and shine a light on business payments in particular. Contrary to public perception, business to business payments are made primarily by paper check, and have increased 53% — from 3.9 billion annually to 6.5 billion — in the last 10 years.
Alternatives to paper checks for business payments are generally out of the reach of all except the largest corporations. However, most US businesses are small and medium sized businesses — some 25 million in all — and for these businesses, paper checks are often the only option.
Learn more about how the US payments system works, and what you can do to make it better.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
AMITA Women and Mentoring
AMITA, Association of MIT Alumnae
| Jan/30 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | R&D Common Bldg. 32 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
AMITA, the Association of MIT Alumnae, invites women undergraduate and graduate students to an informal night of networking with MIT alumnae. We'll talk about life choices and our experience with selecting grad schools, integrating family life and career. Join us for supper and networking in a friendly and supportive environment. We'll provide alumnae, tables, topics --and pizza supper. Please pre-register so we'll have enough food. Student registration is FREE.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Career Management with Alumnus Mark Herschberg
Mark Herschberg 95, MNG 97, 05, CTO at Madison Logic
| Jan/29 | Wed | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 32-141 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Career Management: What is it and how to do it?
Upon graduating from MIT you will begin a career. MIT has provided you with countless facts and formulas to help you with your job, but what have you learned to help you with your career? This talk provides an overview of the basic issues needed for career planning and management such as: How do you know which job is right? Where will you be in 20 years? How to plan work-life balance? How to select the right projects? What to ask for in job negotiations? Register today!
MARK HERSCHBERG Educated at MIT (with degrees in physics, EE/CS, and a masters in cryptography) Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 100s, and academia. Mark has worked at and consulted to number startups typically taking on roles in general management, operations, and technology. He has been involved from inception and fundraising through growth and sale of the company. These startup companies have included a wireless application platform, online advertising, lead generation, OLAP, and new language development. Mark was instrumental in launching ServiceLive.com Sears online home services labor market; he also helped fix NBCs online video marketplace (now Hulu.com). In academia Mark spent a year at HBS working with two finance professors to create the upTick system now used to teach finance at many of the top business schools.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Cocktails 101 - Introduction to Classic Cocktails & Craft Bartending
Jared Sadoian '10, Anne Thompson '08, Jack Styczynski '08, SM '09
Enrollment: 30 participants per session
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Participants must be 21 or older by 01/06/14 w/ a valid ID
Fee: $150.00
for full set of bar tools, ingredients, course materials
Ready to go beyond gin & tonics and strawberry daiquiris? Curious why some drinks are stirred and not shaken? Why do those “mixologists” have to have suspenders and handlebar moustaches, anyways? Get some hands-on experience this IAP learning about classic cocktails and bartending in a craft environment. You’ll shake, stir, and strain your way through over 150 years of cocktail history, from the earliest definitions of a “cocktail” to cutting edge drinks grounded in classic technique. You’ll leave the course armed with the knowledge and tools you need to make beautiful & delicious drinks at home.
Taught by MIT alumni and Craigie on Main bartenders Jared Sadoian ‘10, Anne Thompson ‘08, and Jack Styczynski ‘08 SM ‘09. No experience is necessary. A splash of prerequisite reading will be sent out prior to the start of the course.
First session: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Mondays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27.
Second session: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Mondays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27.
Third session: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Mondays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27.
Participants must attend all four meetings for their respective session.
Participants must be age 21 or older by 01/06/12.
A valid ID that shows your date of birth is required.
Registration is required.
Fee: $150.00 for cocktail ingredients, course material, and a full set of bar tools to take home with you at the conclusion of the course.
Refunds will be granted up until Dec. 27 at noon.
All three sessions have sold out
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 853 Main St. |
| Jan/13 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 853 Main St. |
| Jan/20 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 853 Main St. |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 853 Main St. |
THIS SESSION HAS SOLD OUT
Ready to go beyond gin & tonics and strawberry daiquiris? Curious why some drinks are stirred and not shaken? Why do those "mixologists" have to have suspenders and handlebar moustaches, anyways? Get some hands-on experience this IAP learning about classic cocktails and bartending in a craft environment.
Location: 853 Main Street, Cambridge, MA
Jared Sadoian '10, Anne Thompson '08, Jack Styczynski '08, SM '09
| Jan/06 | Mon | 04:30PM-06:00PM | 853 Main St. |
| Jan/13 | Mon | 04:30PM-06:00PM | 853 Main St. |
| Jan/20 | Mon | 04:30PM-06:00PM | 853 Main St. |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 04:30PM-06:00PM | 853 Main St. |
THIS SESSION HAS SOLD OUT
Ready to go beyond gin & tonics and strawberry daiquiris? Curious why some drinks are stirred and not shaken? Why do those "mixologists" have to have suspenders and handlebar moustaches, anyways? Get some hands-on experience this IAP learning about classic cocktails and bartending in a craft environment.
Location: 853 Main Street, Cambridge, MA
Jared Sadoian '10, Anne Thompson '08, Jack Styczynski '08, SM '09
| Jan/06 | Mon | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 853 Main Street |
| Jan/13 | Mon | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 853 Main Street |
| Jan/20 | Mon | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 853 Main Street |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 853 Main Street |
THIS SESSION HAS SOLD OUT
Ready to go beyond gin & tonics and strawberry daiquiris? Curious why some drinks are stirred and not shaken? Why do those "mixologists" have to have suspenders and handlebar moustaches, anyways? Get some hands-on experience this IAP learning about classic cocktails and bartending in a craft environment.
Location: 853 Main Street, Cambridge, MA
Jared Sadoian '10, Anne Thompson '08, Jack Styczynski '08, SM '09
Copernicus Revolution II?
Douglas Sweetser '84
| Jan/23 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:00PM | 3-270 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Copernicus knew how to do calculations in the Ptolemaic system (not easy). He figured out how to transform that system to the Sun centered one using parallelograms. We know the symmetries of the Standard Model and General Relativity. Can we preserve most of those insights with a new view of the quaternion group Q8 as the foundation for mathematical analysis of spacetime physics? Tall tales, truffles and cheese doodles will be served.
Alumni Talks feature MIT alumni sharing their career paths, offering insight, and introducing their companies to students. Look for more of these events, sponsored by the Alumni Association, throughout the year. *All members of the MIT community may attend.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Cybersecurity: People, Process and Technology
Everardo Ruiz SM '00, Intellectual Ventures, Col. Robert Banks
| Jan/29 | Wed | 01:30PM-03:30PM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
The tools for Cybersecurity are shifting from Protection and Detection toward Tolerance and Survivability. As Malware numbers, attacks, cost, and time-to-fix all explode, it has become clear that advances in Cybersecurity technology have outpaced similar advances in People and current Processes. Should we move beyond isolated patch fixes and automated islands towards fail safe protection? Can we align dependent circles...and what can we do till then? Is this simply a technology discussion? The presentation was based on several decades of industry, telecom, and government perspectives.
Register today!
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
How to Negotiate Your First Job
Paul Levy 72, Farzana Mohamed 94
| Jan/21 | Tue | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 32-124 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
You have spent most of your childhood and young adult life going to school–primary school, secondary school, and college–preparing to enter the work force. You have gotten pretty good at science, mathematics, computer programming, accounting, or whatever. You have applied for jobs and now you have been offered one. It's time to sit down face to face with your potential employer, and you don’t know what to say and you don’t know what to ask for.
We are going to give you the tools to get through this stage of your life. Sure, we are going to help you get what you want and deserve. But, here’s the little secret. We’re going to help you get what you want and deserve in a way that will make your new employer even more pleased to hire you. “What?” you say, “I will end up with more money and better working conditions and my new employer will be happy?"
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) Information Session for Graduate Students
Katie Maloney, MIT Alumni Association
| Jan/30 | Thu | 06:30PM-07:30PM | Thirsty Ear Pub NW35 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: 21+, Government Issued ID required: Drivers License/Passport
The Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) connects MIT alumni with each other & students to facilitate career strategies, gather quality advice, & open up important networking connections. More than 3,000 alumni across an array of fields have offered to share their wealth of experience as advisors. Connect by telephone, e-mail, or in personal meetings.
Grad Students: Come to learn more about ICAN. See how you can identify an advisor & meet local graduate alumni who serve as career advisors.
Graduate Alumni: Connect in person with graduate students to offer advice & assistance on research, industry & career questions.
Join us at the Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown House, 235 Albany St, Cambridge. After the brief info session and introductions, everyone is invited to stay for networking. Free appetizers & first round of drinks followed by cash bar. The Thirsty Ear will open to the public at 7:30 p.m. Register online so we can tailor the session to your questions & interests, and order enough appetizers.
Street parking available on Albany Street. Ashdown House is within walking distance of the Central Square "T".
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Katie Maloney, W98, 2nd Fl, x2-3372, katiemaloney@mit.edu
Introduction to Equity Valuation
Jonathan Piskorowski SM '07
| Jan/29 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:30PM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Alumnus Jonathan Piskorowski SM '07 will present An Introduction to Equity Valuation. Business and finance curriculums usually focus on discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, but alternative approaches, such as multiple analysis, net asset value and sum-of-the parts valuation, are useful tools to value equities. Several real world examples of how investment professionals value equities across multiple industries will be discussed.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
IP Fundamentals and Perspectives on the Patent Marketplace
Everardo Ruiz SM '00, Intellectual Ventures
| Jan/29 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:45AM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Rockstar. Spherix. Apple. Samsung. Intel. Microsoft. AOL. Kodak. Google/Motorola. Public and private patent monetization companies. Litigation seemingly everywhere. Inventions are now bought and sold worldwide as businesses, institutes, agencies, and inventors seek to monetize their intellectual property,frequently through the sale or litigation of patents. This seminar will provide a brief overview of technology intellectual property - the concepts of copyright, trade secret, and patents - and then review the patent marketplace from several perspectives, discussing high-tech / IT patent strategy along with several patent valuation approaches including key economic and legal factors.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Personal Finance 101
Mark Porter '05, Certified Financial Planner
| Jan/09 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:00PM | 32-123 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
MIT has done a great job teaching students how to earn money. Unfortunately, no one teaches students what to do with it when they get it!
This hour-long seminar will offer the basics of a financial-planning approach. It will cover definitions and best practices regarding:
• Cash reserves
• Liability management
• Tax planning
• Insurance planning
• Savings vehicles
• Investments
The class will be most useful for those already working or graduating in 2013, but all are welcome.
Taught by Mark Porter ’05, certified financial planner.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Personal Finance: 101
Mark Porter '05
| Jan/15 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 1-190 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
MIT has done a great job teaching students how to earn money. Unfortunately, no one teaches students what to do with it when they get it!
This hour-long seminar will offer the basics of a financial-planning approach. It will cover definitions and best practices regarding:
• Cash reserves
• Liability management
• Tax planning
• Insurance planning
• Savings vehicles
• Investments
The class will be most useful for those already working or graduating in 2013, but all are welcome.
Taught by Mark Porter, CFP® Class of 2005.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98, 617-252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
Small Business Toolkit: Financial Strategies & Online Marketing Strategies
Mark Porter '05, Certified Financial Planner, Andrew Percey '95, MNG '96, Founder, Prometheus Internet Marketing
| Jan/15 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:00PM | 32-144 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Starting and growing your own business can be tremendously rewarding. But it involves much more than just offering a product or service. How do you manage your personal finances if you haven't received significant funding? What do you need to know about employees and taxes? How do you create an online presence that will drive revenue and growth? Come learn the essentials regarding:
• Taking advantage of changing tax brackets during start-up
• Efficient use of your personal funds
• Managing payroll and taxes
• Building the optimal website for your business
• Attracting your target customers to your website
• Finding the best resources for your web design and marketing
The first half of this seminar will focus on small business finances and is taught by Mark Porter '05, certified financial planner. The second half will focus on promoting your business online and is taught by Andrew Percey of Prometheus Internet Marketing. The seminar will last 60 minutes with Mark and Andrew available afterwards for additional questions.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Small Business Toolkit: Financial Strategies & Online Marketing Strategies
Mark Porter '05, Certified Financial Planner, Andrew Percey '95, MNG '96, Founder, Prometheus Internet Marketing
| Jan/09 | Thu | 04:30PM-05:30PM | 32-124 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Starting and growing your own business can be tremendously rewarding. But it involves much more than just offering a product or service. How do you manage your personal finances if you haven't received significant funding? What do you need to know about employees and taxes? How do you create an online presence that will drive revenue and growth? Come learn the essentials regarding:
• Taking advantage of changing tax brackets during start-up
• Efficient use of your personal funds
• Managing payroll and taxes
• Building the optimal website for your business
• Attracting your target customers to your website
• Finding the best resources for your web design and marketing
The first half of this seminar will focus on small business finances and is taught by Mark Porter '05, certified financial planner. The second half will focus on promoting your business online and is taught by Andrew Percey of Prometheus Internet Marketing. The seminar will last 60 minutes with Mark and Andrew available afterwards for additional questions.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Unleash Your Inner Company
John Chisholm
| Jan/29 | Wed | 05:15PM-06:45PM | E25-111 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 50 participants
You want to start your own business, but where do you start? What can you do that hasn't already been done? How can you build the self-confidence to take the plunge? Do you need a co-founder? When is the right time to raise money? How can you scale your business? Is starting a for-profit business the most ethical thing you can do?
This fast-paced, one-hour workshop will answer these questions and more. You'll learn how to:
- See dozens of customer needs in areas you are passionate about
- Recognize your many advantages for starting your business
- Assess the fits between each need and your advantages
- Overcome doubts and insecurities that hold you back.
This workshop will help you spend the rest of your life doing what you love, creating security for yourself, and making the world a better place.
"Before [John's workshop], startups always seemed so distant. Now I realize I have all the resources I need." - Ben, MIT class of '14
John Chisholm '75, CEO - John Chisholm Ventures (www.johnchisholmventures.com) has started two software companies in the last two decades. Decisive Technology (now part of Google) was the first company to automate surveys online; CustomerSat (now part of Confirmit) was a leader in enterprise feedback management. He is President Select of the MIT Worldwide Alumni Association, serves on the MIT Corporation Development Committee, and chairs the MIT Club of Northern California.
To register http://upop.mit.edu/events/view/?id=612
Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program -UPOP, Alumni Association
Contact: Kate Moynihan, 35-316, 617 253-0041, KATEJM@MIT.EDU
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