MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Consulting Club of MIT



Volunteer Consulting Group IAP 2014

William Herbert, Consulting Club at MIT - President, Dong Guan, Consulting Club at MIT - VCG Manager

Enrollment: Selection process based on statement of purpose
Sign-up by 12/15
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Non-MBA Graduate Students only

Gain experience volunteering with a start-up company on a business project during IAP 2014.

WHAT?: the VOLUNTEER CONSULTING GROUP (VCG) is organized by the Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) to give graduate students valuable experience and introduce them to consulting work. You will do a project in a small team with one of two local companies on a real business problem they have. Details of projects will become available by December 2013.

WHEN?: the IAP program will run for 4 weeks starting January 9th 2014. You will need to commit 10-20 hours per week for this period of time, including one weekly team meeting, one weekly meeting with the host company and a weekly workshop session to learn business consulting skills.

FOR WHO?: any graduate student at MIT who is interested in consulting as a potential career, working with start-up companies or simply looking for a different, interesting experience during IAP.

HOW TO APPLY: 

1. Send an email to ccmvcg@gmail.com to state your interest. We will add you to a preliminary list and send you details of the individual projects as they emerge.

2. Once you decide on a project, we will expect you to send us a short (200 word) statement of purpose about why you think this program will benefit you.

 



Sponsor(s): Consulting Club of MIT
Contact: CCM VCG, ccmvcg@gmail.com


Kickoff Session

Jan/09 Thu 11:30AM-01:30PM TBA

In the kickoff meeting we will introduce the VCG program and individual projects in more detail. An invited speaker from a top management consulting firm will give an overview of their work and the consulting industry. Finally, we will hold a 40-min session on structuring and frameworking business problems that will be performed in groups. Non-pizza lunch will be served!

William Herbert - Consulting Club at MIT - President, Dong Guan - Consulting Club at MIT - VCG Manager


Weekly group workshops

Jan/17 Fri 02:00PM-03:30PM TBA
Jan/24 Fri 02:00PM-03:30PM TBA
Jan/31 Fri 02:00PM-03:30PM TBA

Weekly group workshops will allow you to gain valuable skills to help you on your projects, based on invited speakers and a mini syllabus developed by the Consulting Club at MIT. We will focus on (1) client interaction and interviewing, (2) business analytical techniques, (3) synthesis and making recommendations. You will work in groups and apply the concepts to your VCG project.

William Herbert - Consulting Club at MIT - President