IAP 2019 Activities by Category - Life Skills

Kirsty Bennett, Lourdes Aleman, Dipa Shah

Jan/10

Thu

10:00AM-11:30AM

E19-607

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 10 participants

Storytelling is a chance to reflect on your life, take stock of the events you've lived through, and think about how they have shaped you as a person. At MIT, we all have stories of resilience and growth in the face of academic setback and challenges. When you are struggling, it’s helpful to hear that others struggle, how they cope, and hear that aspects of our own narratives are shared by others.

Facilitated by Kirsty Bennett, a former director and producer for The Moth, this workshop will encourage you to identify what stories you might want to tell, introduce basic narrative storytelling structure and help you begin to craft your own story.

Please register for the workshop here. Please note that this opportunity is open to undergraduate and graduate students only.

This event is being hosted by Flipping Failure, a new MIT initiative to help undergraduate and graduate students develop resilience in the face of academic challenge.

Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Dipa Shah, E19-611, (617) 324-4503, DNSHAH@MIT.EDU

Jan/24

Thu

11:00AM-01:00PM

Accenture

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. The visit will include a panel of Accenture Analysts, a tour of the Boston office, and a client example/test case! Open to Undergrads from all Courses. RSVP Requested in Careerbridge (Under Events> Fairs & Events> Accenture Site Visit).

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: IAP Site Visits, capd@mit.edu

Jan/16

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

2-105

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 50 participants

Do you aspire to work in an environment requiring high-stakes decision making? Will you be interviewing for a spot in a top consulting firm, hedge fund, business school, etc.?  If so, you will need to develop and demonstrate your conceptual thinking ability.

During this lively, interactive session, you will:

Learn a simple, yet powerful, conceptual framework you can use to accomplish important goals in a wide range of complex and ambiguous situations. Use it to analyze a Harvard Business School case about a bright, up-and-coming manager identified by her employer as needing executive coaching to smooth out “rough edges.”

Paul Edelman, an MIT (SB, Physics) and Harvard (PhD, Psychology) alumnus with 35 years’ experience in executive assessment, selection, and coaching will introduce the CPRI (Context, Process, Results, and Implications) framework and facilitate the case discussion and analysis.

Participants will get on-line access to the HBS case # 418-031 “Coaching Makena Lane” by Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala, which you will want to read in advance (available through email several days before the workshop).

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

All CAPD workshops are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni unless otherwise specified.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: Sue Acton, sacton@mit.edu

David M. Barber, Senior Emergency Management Specialist

Jan/23

Wed

01:30PM-03:00PM

34-101

Enrollment: go to "prepared.mit.edu/request" to register
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 325 participants
Prereq: None

This interactive session with MIT Police adn Emergency Management will provide attendees with information on active shooter/violent intruder situations.  You will learn about incidents that have occured and lessons learned from them.  Detailed information on how to respond to an active shooter/violent intruder, using the "Run, Hide, Fight" model will be presented, along with some very informative videos on both prevention adn response.

Sponsor(s): Emergency Management
Contact: David Barber, W92-129, 617 253-8022, DBARBER@MIT.EDU

Kate Mytty, MIT Lecturer

Jan/31

Thu

05:00PM-08:30PM

66-160

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

Thursday, January 31, 5:00 - 8:30P, MIT Room  66-160
RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/VRfFojzIrnCs8H6M2

Both research and personal experience show that polarization is increasing in the United States. This has real implications for all of us.

The great challenge is to encourage people to move from passive, accepting actors to being catalysts towards a constructive, mediated dialogue model. We think it requires a lot of people working within their communities to address this reality and work to strengthen connectors between and across communities.

This IAP, we invite you to join us for a hands-on workshop on depolarization, where together we will learn and explore:

• How are our relationships and interactions are changing in the current political environment, online and offline?
• Are Facebook and Twitter driving us further apart from those with whom we disagree? (includes short presentation)
• What language and actions can we use to create more civil and egalitarian conversations online and offline?

This is a three-part evening. You can join for all of it or choose the part to join.

• 5:00 - 6:30: Introduction & Training
• 6:30 - 7:00: Dinner
• 7:00 - 8:30: DIY: Apply what you learn to engage your community

RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/VRfFojzIrnCs8H6M2

This event is hosted by…

• MIT Radius
• Commons Project
• MIT PKG Public Service Center
• MIT | The Move
• CoMIT

Sponsor(s): Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center
Contact: Katherine Mytty, 617 715-5474, KMYTTY@MIT.EDU

Patricia Weinmann, MIT Radius, Danny Becker, MIT PKG Center, Kate Mytty, MIT Center for Real Estate

Jan/31

Thu

05:00PM-08:30PM

66-160

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

[RSVP here.]

Research and personal experience show that polarization is increasing in the United States. The great challenge is to encourage people to move from a passive, accepting mode - one that can escalate conflict - to a constructive, mediated dialogue model.

We think it requires a lot of people working within their communities to address this reality and work to strengthen connectors between and across communities.

This IAP we invite you to join us for a hands-on workshop on depolarization, where together we will learn and explore:

1. How are our relationships and interactions changing in the current political environment, online and offline?
2. Are Facebook and Twitter driving us further apart from those with whom we disagree? (includes short presentation)
3. What language and actions can we use to create more civil and egalitarian conversations online and offline?

This is a three-part evening. You can join for all of it or choose the part to join.

• 5:00 - 6:30: Introduction & Training
• 6:30 - 7:00: Dinner
• 7:00 - 8:30: DIY: Apply within your own community

Sponsored by MIT Radius, the PKG Center, The Commons. and The Move. 

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So we can prepare the dinner reservations, please RSVP here.

Contact: Katherine Mytty, 617 715-5474, KMYTTY@MIT.EDU

Jan/11

Fri

01:00PM-02:00PM

32-144

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 15 participants

Searching for a job or internship? Looking around for some research opportunities? Maybe you’re still wondering about which major to choose? CAPD has you covered with a brief yet intensive Career Values Card Sort. This card sort helps put your values and beliefs into the context of your career path. Please register in advance on CareerBridge. Space is limited to 15 upper-level undergraduate and/or all graduate students. First-year undergraduates are encouraged to attend the Career Values 101 workshop for first-year undergraduates on Friday, February 1 at 11am. 

All CAPD workshops are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni unless otherwise specified.

Registartion requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Jan/17

Thu

10:30AM-12:00PM

2-143

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17

Many factors such as family, friends, community, and the media influence our views, thoughts and opinions about the “best” career move for us. We are also influenced by systems of privilege and oppression, including racism, heterosexism, ableism, and sexism. Through this interactive, discussion-based IAP workshop, we aim to provide a space to identify and challenge some of these norms and forces that effect our career decisions. This is an IAP workshop put on by MIT's Career Advising and Professional Development Office with the goal of providing professional development with a diversity and inclusion lens.

 Suggested Learning Objectives

• Explore cultural norms and how they might lead to biases we have about certain career choices
• Practice self-reflection and develop self-awareness regarding the cultural norms that influence our thoughts about careers
• Identify A) approaches for challenging these biases as they relate to our career and life goals and B) strategies for staying accountable to our own self-development in relation to examining biases that effect careers.

 Register on CareerBridge and fill out the pre-workshop survey! 

 Questions? Email Amanda at apickett@mit.edu or Tavi at tsookhoo@mit.edu.

All CAPD events are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni unless otherwise specified.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: Amanda Pickett, apickett@mit.edu

Jan/22

Tue

03:00PM-05:00PM

E25-111

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22

Back by popular demand, MIT is thrilled to welcome Dr. Jean-luc Doumont for his annual IAP lectures on excellence in communication.

Nonscientists often see science as impenetrable and scientists as unsociable introverts hiding in labs. In turn, researchers wonder how they could possibly explain their work in a clear yet scientifically correct way to people outside their own field. This lecture explores the challenges of communicating science to nonscientists (and, to a point, to fellow scientists as well) and proposes strategies that help overcome these challenges.

Dr. Doumont holds an engineering degree from the Louvain School of Engineering and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford. He specializes in professional speaking, writing, and graphing, and incorporates a unique engineering perspective. He is an international speaker and the author of “Trees, Maps, and Theorems: effective communication for rational minds”. 

RSVP requested via CareerBridge.

All CAPD workshops are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Latonya Smith-Winston, Community Relations & Development Officer

Jan/10

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

32-144

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Credit cards are a great tool - as long as you use them wisely! In this seminar, we'll discuss why you should care about credit and tips for using credit wisely...for life! We'll talk about the Credit CARD Act of 2009 and what it means for you and how to build a solid credit history. 

The goal of this seminar is to make sure you understand how to use credit to your advantage. Remember, it's a great tool...as long as you use it wisely!

Register here.

Sponsor(s): MIT Federal Credit Union
Contact: Meghan Melvin, NE48, 617 715-4703, MBROWNCU@MIT.EDU

Jan/23

Wed

01:30PM-03:00PM

1-190

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23

If you are considering exploring Industry positions, you will need to have a resume that effectively positions you for this path.  This workshop presented by Bob Dolan will discuss the process of converting your 4-6 page CV into a 2-page resume for industry, and creating a document that effectively targets the Hiring Manager.  Can your resume survive a 15 second scan and still get into the YES pile? Discussions will surround the strategies of effective messaging and how to be "on-point" with your written communication.  Actual MIT PhD/Postdoc resumes will be provided as handouts.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

All CAPD workshops are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni unless otherwise specified.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: Bob Dolan, dolanb@mit.edu

Naomi Carton, Associate Dean, Residential Life and Dining

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This course provides an exciting, eye-opening, and thoroughly useful inquiry into what it takes to live an extraordinary life, on your own terms. We will address what it takes to succeed and how to be proud of your life and HAPPY in it. You will tackle career satisfaction, money, your health, your relationship to yourself, and much more as you address your own life and how you live it and learn from it.

An inquisitive nature and willingness to face the truth are the only requirements! There will be some engaging life exercises (including one before the course begins.) Registration is limited to 25 people, and all registrants must attend all sessions.

To register, contact Ayla Davidson: ayla@handelgroup.com

Contact: Gaby Jordan, (732) 614-0727, gaby@handelgroup.com

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Session 1 (of 3)

Jan/28

Mon

10:00AM-01:00PM

24-618

Naomi Carton - Associate Dean, Residential Life and Dining, Gaby Jordan - Executive Coach, The Handel Group

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Session 2 (of 3)

Jan/30

Wed

10:00AM-01:00PM

24-618

Gaby Jordan - Executive Coach, The Handel Group, Naomi Carton - Associate Dean, Residential Life and Dining

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Session 3 (of 3)

Feb/01

Fri

10:00AM-01:00PM

24-618

Naomi Carton - Associate Dean, Residential Life and Dining, Gaby Jordan - Executive Coach, The Handel Group

Jan/15

Tue

01:30PM-03:00PM

1-190

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15

Do you present your work to your lab, at conferences, or to faculty or industry hiring committees?  If so, this workshop presented by Bob Dolan is designed to provide you with tips and strategies for delivering an effective presentation.  The more prepared you are, the more confident you will be.  Discussions will include room set-up, proper dress, room management, and actual professional delivery to your audience. Communication Skills = #1 skill employers want. 

All CAPD events are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: Bob Dolan, dolanb@mit.edu

Barbara Smith, Barbara Smith

Enrollment: Email bsmith@mit.edu
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Have you always wondered why some people seem at ease in public speaking? Have others told you to speak up because you speak too softly, or perhaps you are self-conscious because of your foreign accent? Well, this course is for you! You will learn the proper techniques for projecting your voice and delivering that talk.

Students must sign up by 1/5/19 and must attend all 6 classes. Please send an email to bsmith@mit.edu to sign up. Enrollment limited to 50. 

Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Barbara Smith, 5-320, 617-253-0137, bsmith@mit.edu

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	Jan/08	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	1-390
	Jan/10	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	1-390
	Jan/15	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	1-390
	Jan/17	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	1-390
	Jan/22	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	1-390
	Jan/24	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	1-390

Barbara Smith

Sofia Leung

Jan/29

Tue

02:00PM-04:00PM

14E-310

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Interested in practicing your facilitating skills, whether facilitating a classroom discussion or a meeting among colleagues? Join to learn more about the role of a good facilitator and best practices for facilitation, and actually practice facilitating a short discussion! Please register so we know how many people to expect.

 

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4892044

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Sofia Leung, sofial@mit.edu

Thea Keith-Lucas, Chaplain

Jan/14

Mon

05:30PM-07:00PM

New House kitchen

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

In this hands-on class, we will cook up savory scrambles and fluffy desserts with all vegan ingredients. You will get recipes and skills for including plant-based foods in your diet - a good choice for your health, your budget, and our environment. Plus, we'll have a hearty and delicious dinner to eat when we're done. The class is taught by Thea Keith-Lucas, a committed amateur vegan chef and one of the chaplains in the Office of Religious, Ethical and Spiritual Life. 

This class is full. To be added to a wait list, email Thea at theakl@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): Lutheran Ministry at MIT
Contact: Thea Keith-Lucas, W11-007, 617-458-1253, THEAKL@MIT.EDU

Heather Konar

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/18
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

A 3-day blogging workshop to help current MIT graduate students develop content for the Grad Admissions Blog.

This hands-on workshop will train graduate students to write an enticing blog post, with individualized feedback from communication staff from across the Institute. Grad Bloggers provide a service to prospective students by communicating diverse perspectives on what it's like to be a graduate student at MIT, in the lab and beyond.

Participants write two blog pieces and earn $200 upon completion of posts. Participants may continue writing for the blog and earn $100 per piece.

If you are a current MIT graduate student and would like to participate, fill out this application by December 18th. You must be available for all three sessions.

 

Sponsor(s): Office of Graduate Education (OGE)
Contact: Heather Konar, 35-332, 617-253-1940, heatherf@mit.edu

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Grad Blog Workshop - Session 1

	Jan/15	Tue	09:00AM-11:00AM	Room 3-133
	Jan/17	Thu	09:00AM-11:00AM	Room 3-133
	Jan/22	Tue	09:00AM-11:00AM	Room 3-133

Sadananda Dasa, Chaplain

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Life can be disheartening. Things go wrong, people do wrong, we ourselves do wrong. Our best laid-plans can be wrecked by one massive upheaval or thwarted by a million tiny bumps. Either way, we end up feeling like giving up. Amidst such discouragement that may come upon us from a hundred directions, a few Vedic Principles can be a vital morale-booster.

Join us for a four life changing session to explore ancient techniques from Vedic text to handle negativity and develop positive thoughts.

Offered by MIT Origins Club, Viashnava Hindu chaplaincy

Sponsor(s): Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life
Contact: Sadananda Dasa, sdasa@mit.edu

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	Jan/10	Thu	10:00AM-11:00AM	56-180
	Jan/17	Thu	10:00AM-11:00AM	56-180
	Jan/24	Thu	10:00AM-11:00AM	56-180
	Jan/31	Thu	10:00AM-11:00AM	56-180

Sadananda Dasa - Chaplain

Lourdes Aleman, Associate Director for Teaching & Learning

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

Many students arrive at MIT riding on years of academic success and praise from teachers, parents, and colleagues. But what happens when you encounter uncertainty and failure? Have you been in a challenging class where you worry about how others will perceive you if don't sound "smart" enough? When you fail to achieve a specific goal, how do you manage and overcome discouragement and self-doubt? In this course, we will examine how our own notions of potential and ability can have a fundamental impact on how we approach our work, how much we learn, and how successful we can be in achieving our goals. The course will focus on recent, evidence-based insights regarding human performance, neuroplasticity, motivation and on how deliberately cultivating a "growth mindset" can improve our willingness and ability to face challenges and to innovate, despite the risk of failure.

This course is limited to 20 students and advance registration is required. Preference will be provided to MIT students. Please complete this REGISTRATION FORM. Your registration will be confirmed via a separate email from the Teaching + Learning Lab. Registration will remain open until January 13th or until all seats are filled. 

Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Lourdes Aleman, 617-324-1776, LALEMAN@MIT.EDU

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Session 1

Jan/15

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

E19-607

The relationship between mindsets, learning, and achievement

In this session, we will explore how beliefs about abilities and human traits relate and predict how people confront and deal with challenging academic scenarios.

Lourdes Aleman - Associate Director for Teaching & Learning

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Session 2

Jan/17

Thu

10:00AM-12:00PM

E19-607

Cultivating a growth mindset

In this session, we will explore strategies that you can use to cultivate a growth mindset, which can help individuals learn and address academic challenges more productively.

Lourdes Aleman - Associate Director for Teaching & Learning

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Session 3

Jan/22

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

E19-607

Using deliberate practice & evidence-based strategies to improve learning

In this session, we will explore the nature of how expertise develops and discuss learning and behavioral strategies that synergize with a growth mindset to help individuals optimize learning experiences.

Lourdes Aleman - Associate Director for Teaching & Learning

Phoebe Ayers, Librarian for EECS

Jan/24

Thu

06:00PM-08:00PM

14N-132, register: https://goo.gl/forms/MDWCxaViVScho9ik1

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 15 participants
Fee: $10.00 for food

Getting together with friends at the end of the day to share a meal you've cooked together is one of the great joys of life, and it shouldn't be a stressful experience. But, you might be hesitant to invite people over for dinner for many reasons. What should you cook? How should you serve it? What should you ask people to bring? What if you have dietary restrictions, or not much money, or no space for a dining table?

Or, what if you want to throw an extra fancy dinner party for a holiday or a special occasion? How much time will it take to prepare? What special touches will make it really memorable? And how the heck do you accomodate your vegan, omnivore and gluten-free friends at the same meal?

In this workshop we will go over some rules of thumb for planning and cooking a meal for a large group, and some tricks for how to make it a calm, rewarding and fun experience for you and your guests. We'll share ideas for sample menus, finding recipes, tricks for making a really affordable big meal, and how to set expectations for yourself and your guests. Anyone can host a dinner party!  

$10 fee per person, to cover the cost of food; catered dinner included. Limited enrollment, please register here:  https://goo.gl/forms/MDWCxaViVScho9ik1   

About me: I am not a professional cook, but I throw a lot of dinners large and small. I love cooking for & with friends (even when things go wrong!) and believe that sharing a special meal is one of the most fun things we can do together.

Contact: Phoebe Ayers, 10-500, 617 253-4442, PSAYERS@MIT.EDU

Greta Suiter

Jan/08

Tue

02:00PM-04:00PM

2-146

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Take a digital detox and get organized by learning the analog productivity system that's become a global phenomenon! This session will provide an overview of the Bullet Journal method created by Ryder Carroll and demonstrate how it can be customized to your life.

Bullet journals combine creativity with structure in a flexible format that includes list making, planning, and journaling. The Bullet Journal method emphasises intentionality, mindfulness, and self expression. Come learn about these wellness aspects of bullet journaling and how it can increase your time management skills, self-reflection, and habit-tracking.

Current Bujo enthusiasts are welcome to attend and share their techniques and tips! Examples of notebooks, journals, and scrapbooks from the MIT Institute Archives & Special Collections will also be highlighted to provide a historical context.

Notebooks and pens will be available for participants.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4845312

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Greta Suiter, gsuiter@mit.edu

Ashley Norwood

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $40.00 for student rate

Open your mind and manage your stress! Koru is a four-week introduction to the practice of Mindfulness. Koru has been proven to help participants decrease stress and self-judgment while increasing mindfulness and quality of sleep. Mindfulness is about developing the ability to be fully attentive to all the moments of your life, reducing the amount of time you spend worrying about the future or fretting about the past. You will learn multiple skills including, meditation, breathing exercises, guided imagery, the body scan and more. Each of these skills is designed to help you manage stress and enrich your life. Attendance at all four classes is required. There will be 10 minutes of mindfulness practice per day required. Led by Ashley Norwood

Open to students of the MIT community.

To register copy and paste this link into your browser: https://medical.mit.edu/community/wellness/classes/koru

 

Sponsor(s): Community Wellness at MIT Medical
Contact: Rachel Bigler, E23-358H, 617 258-5122, wellness@med.mit.edu

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	Jan/09	Wed	07:30PM-08:45PM	E23-385A
	Jan/16	Wed	07:30PM-08:45PM	E23-385A
	Jan/23	Wed	07:30PM-08:45PM	E23-385A
	Jan/30	Wed	07:30PM-08:45PM	E23-385A

Ashley Norwood

Dr John F. Carrier, Sloan School of Management

Jan/31

Thu

03:30PM-04:30PM

66-110 (to confirm)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 60 participants

Is your lab productivity below the sum of its parts? Is your laboratory suffering from fatigue despite the stimulating nature of your research topic? Do some of your graduate students appear "lost" in this system?

Is your laboratory environment siphoning off 10-25% of your laboratory's most precious resource - time - but you can't quite put your finger on it? Then this session is for you.

The secret is in understanding the following formula:

A Good Lab = A Great Lab + Defects

In this session, you and your team will learn how optimize your laboratory's ability to:

• produce irreproducible results
• wear down morale
• create the optimal conditions to produce a "normal accident"

Only by optimizing your lab to deliver its worst performance will you be able to "see" the daily defects that gradually wear out the laboratory and reduce its total impact your team could have on behalf of MIT.

This approach is founded upon over 60 years of MIT Sloan research , including Total Quality Management (Feigenbaum), Lean Operations (Krafcik), System Dynamics (Forrester), Culture (Schein), and Little's Law.

You'll leave with 12 month playbook on how to turn around your lab by IAP 2020. In addition, the worst three labs will receive a complimentary visit from Dr. Defect himself.

Can you see into your laboratory's refrigerator and "see" when the paper in Science will come out? Dr. Defect can!

Who should attend?

• Lab PI's
• EHS Staff
• Graduate Students

For more info:

https://jfcarrie.mit.edu/

 

Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering, Sloan School of Management, Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: John Carrier, JFCARRIE@MIT.EDU

Feb/01

Fri

10:00AM-11:00AM

1-190

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

Kickstart your launch with some added energy and inspiration from CAPD. Keynote speaker (ALUMNI) will share some advice on maximizing your time at MIT to maximize your career. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be served.

Part of the full-day symposium “Launch into Spring” exclusively for first-year undergraduate students.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Feb/01

Fri

02:00PM-02:45PM

1-190, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

Meet a CEO… or someone with a patent… or someone doing amazing things in the world! Learn how to tap into the many people from MIT through this workshop. Bring your laptop with you so you can find amazing mentors, guides, and friends using LinkedIn and Advisors Hub.

Part of the full-day symposium “Launch into Spring” exclusively for first-year undergraduate students.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Feb/01

Fri

11:00AM-11:45AM

1-190

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

A condensed workshop based on the Stanford course, learn how to use design principles to set a trajectory for your own career.

Part of the full-day symposium “Launch into Spring” exclusively for first-year undergraduate students only.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, caod@mit.edu

Feb/01

Fri

03:00PM-03:45PM

1-190

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

Set your goal for acquiring an awesome internship through this workshop where we will cover the resources, tools, and ways to find your professional next-step.

Part of the full-day symposium “Launch into Spring” exclusively for first-year undergraduate students only.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Feb/01

Fri

01:00PM-01:45PM

1-190, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

Revisit your resume and add in your new experiences from your Fall semester in this Lab. Learn about ways to update your resume (including a demonstration of VMock), and receive on-site advice for your specific resume questions. Remember to bring your laptop to this interactive workshop.

Part of the full-day symposium “Launch into Spring” exclusively for first-year undergraduate students.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Joseph A. Granado, M.S., Associate Director of Student Activities and Leadership

Enrollment: Registration required
Sign-up by 01/02
Limited to 60 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: N/A

LeaderShape has been a program provided to MIT students for almost 30 years! This FREE 4-day/3-night PREMIER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM occurs during IAP from January 13th-16th in Sharon, MA and is open to current UNDERGRAD and GRAD students.

This FREE program helps students develop their personal leadership identity via discussions, simulations, and activities facilitated by high-profile MIT faculty and Staff. Each participant is grouped with peers across the Institute to learn and enhance their leadership skill set during the 4 day experience. During this program you will create a VISION and develop skills to bring that vision to fruition. Have you ever heard of Kahn Academy? That vision started at LeaderShape!

Applications are being accepted now and are due January 2nd. Please apply via this link.

If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Granado, Associate Director of Student Activities and Leadership at jgranado@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): Student Activities Office
Contact: Joseph Granado, W20-500, 617 253-7605, JGRANADO@MIT.EDU

Rob Salafia, MIT Leadership Center Exec. Coach & Pres. of Protagonist

Jan/29

Tue

08:30AM-05:00PM

E62-221

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/21
Limited to 30 participants

How do you show up as a leader? Can you open others up to your ideas? Are your messages sticky and memorable?

Leadership Presence and Storytelling helps you become a powerful communicator who commands respect and builds credibility with employees, colleagues and clients. This workshop will give you a first-hand practice with techniques that will help you:

• Project both confidence and approachability
• Connect authentically with others
• Use metaphors and personal stories to bring ideas to life 

 

Rob Salafia is an MIT Leadership Center Executive Coach and President of Protagonist Consulting Group.

Interested? Apply here

 

Sponsor(s): MIT Leadership Center
Contact: Abby Berenson, E52-234, 617 324-3794, BERENSON@MIT.EDU

Daniel Rodman, Instructor

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Meditation is the practice of cultivating our minds. This is done through letting go of negative states of mind, cultivating positive states of mind, and building a sense of presence to the moment that deepens our appreciation for the moment. The way we do this is through cultivating awareness and benevolence. Awareness to know what is true and benevolence to change it for the better. Beyond this is cultivating a deep sense of acceptance of things and ourselves just as we are, and seeing the profound affect that can have on our psyche. Meditation is for stress reduction and peace of mind, but it can also be about becoming a better person and even developing spiritually. In this class we will explore a bit of all of these possibilities. Whatever faith you come from, or if you are an atheist, there is a way to develop a sense of connection to the depth of our being in this class. No experience necessary.

Topics will include “What is Meditation”, “Mindfulness”, “Mind Metaphors”, “Distractions and Obstacles to Practice”, “Go With the Flow”, “Suffering and its Causes”, “Benevolence”, and “The Ego”.

Instructor Daniel Rodman has been studying and practicing meditation for over 15 years. His influence is primarily Buddhism, as are most modern forms of meditation today, though what he teaches is not Buddhism but a more secular, universal approach to understanding meditation. He is delighted to offer insight into the path of meditation and wishes for a fruitful transformation.  

Sponsor(s): Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life
Contact: Christina English, W11-007, 617 253-7707, CENGLISH@MIT.EDU

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Meditation in the MIT Chapel

	Jan/08	Tue	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel
	Jan/10	Thu	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel
	Jan/15	Tue	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel
	Jan/17	Thu	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel
	Jan/22	Tue	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel
	Jan/24	Thu	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel
	Jan/29	Tue	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel
	Jan/31	Thu	11:00AM-11:45AM	W15 MIT Chapel

Daniel Rodman - Instructor

Andreas Karatsolis, Associate Director, MIT WRAP, Constantine Psimopoulos, MIT Shalek Lab

Feb/01

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

E17-136

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
Limited to 15 participants

Millions of school-aged children across the US are actively engaged in some individual or team sport, enjoying the benefits of both the physical activity and the life-long skills they are developing.  For almost all sports, these young athletes either had a coach who helped them succeed, or wished they had a coach who could help them succeed  -- not only in their sport but in life as well. 

 

If you have been an athlete at any level, or if you have been introduced to a sport through a PE class here at MIT, and feel you would like to understand what coaches do and how you could, as a youth coach, support developing athletes, then this workshop is for you! 

 

Through this experience, you will have a chance to be introduced to theories associated with the development of mastery, leadership, empathy and their application to sports. The workshop leaders, drawing on their research and combined experience of over 30 years in sports mentoring, will discuss how MIT students can mentor youth through the power of sports and provide an invaluable service to their community, on campus and at home.  

 

Advanced Sign Up Required.

Please contact Andreas Karatsolis at wrap@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Writing and Humanistic Studies, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: Andreas Karatsolis, E18-240, 617-253-3039, wrap@mit.edu

Ashley Norwood

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 11 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $96.00 for student rate

This 8-week program teaches participants how to use their innate resources and abilities to respond more effectively to stress, pain and illness. The program includes guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices, gentle stretching and mindful yoga, group dialogue and daily home assignments. Research indicates that mindfulness practices can be highly effective in a wide variety of ways including lasting decreases in physical and psychological symptoms, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, and improved self-esteem. Come join us to learn how to decrease your stress by applying mindfulness to your everyday life! The course runs for 90 minutes per class.

To register, copy and paste this link into your browser: https://medical.mit.edu/community/wellness/classes/mbsr

Sponsor(s): Community Wellness at MIT Medical
Contact: Rachel Bigler, E23-358H, 617 258-5122, wellness@med.mit.edu

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MBSR

	Jan/09	Wed	05:45PM-07:15PM	E23-385A
	Jan/16	Wed	05:45PM-07:15PM	E23-385A
	Jan/23	Wed	05:45PM-07:15PM	E23-385A
	Jan/30	Wed	05:45PM-07:15PM	E23-385A

This is 8 weeks, from January 9-February 27.

Ashley Norwood

Jan/24

Thu

11:30AM-12:30PM

56-114

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24

Informational interviews are a relatively easy way to learn all sorts of great stuff about jobs, industries, companies, and locations that you are curious about and can’t learn through coursework. In this workshop, you’ll learn more about what an informational interview is, why they’re important, and some strategies for conducting your own.

 Registration requested via Careerbridge.

 All CAPD workshops are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni unless otherwise specified. 

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Scott Dynes, Bluewater Skipper, Ryan Conway, Bluewater Skipper

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: An interest in sailing

You know that MIT has a fabulous river sailing program, but did you also know that MIT also has an offshore sailing program, where you can sail around Boston Harbor, to P-town, along the Maine coast, and even to Halifax, Nova Scotia?

The purpose of this IAP course is to show you that sailing large, offshore boats differs from dinghy sailing only in degree: the boat and sails are bigger, you can stay out longer (days!), and you don’t have to come back to the dock at night. We are offering 8 sessions that will cover the fundamental and practical aspects of large boat sailing, with the goal of making everyone feel equipped with the knowledge to feel comfortable sailing along the coast. The classes will cover keelboats, weather, navigation (including celestial navigation), safety at sea, racing, and chartering a boat in the Caribbean.

No prior knowledge of keelboats or sailing is required (though the latter is very helpful); just an interest in learning about sailing in the salt water.

Contact: Scott Dynes, 37-438N, 781 472-9005, SBCDYNES@MIT.EDU

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Introduction to MIT Bluewater

Jan/08

Tue

06:30PM-08:30PM

66-144

In this session, we will discuss the Bluewater program, our classic boat Mashnee, what types of sails & trips we offer, and how you can get involved as crew. No big boat sailing experience is needed, but an understainding of sailing vocabulary will be helpful.

Ryan Conway - Bluewater Skipper

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Sailing beyond MIT

Jan/10

Thu

06:30PM-08:30PM

66-144

In this session, we will discuss how exploring sailing options outside of MIT. Whether you would like to own your own boat, charter in exotic places, looking to venture offshore, or to build upon the skills you have learned here at MIT, this session will provide options for taking your sailing to the next level.

Ryan Conway - Bluewater Skipper

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Racing

Jan/15

Tue

06:30PM-08:30PM

66-144

Racing is a very fun and very effective way to learn how to sail well; you are on a boat with expert sailors who are helping you to sail the boat. In this session we will introduce sailboat racing and cover a broad range of topics that will enable you to have fun while racing keelboats.

• different types of races and courses
• the basic racing rules of sailing
• starts
• sail trim
• racing and sailing tactics

Adam Traina - Bluewater Skipper

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Navigation #1

Jan/17

Thu

06:30PM-08:30PM

66-144

Where are you? How will you get to your destination safely? In this course we will cover the basics of coastal navigation, including how to read nautical charts, identification of navigation aids, proper compass use and the rules for safe navigation.

Theodric Young - Bluewater Skipper

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Navigation # 2

Jan/22

Tue

06:30PM-08:30PM

66-144

In part two of this introduction to coastal navigation, we will further discuss skills for safe navigation, including understanding of tides and currents, the navigation rules, as well as techniques for using electronic devices such as depth sounders, GPS, and RADAR.

Theodric Young - Bluewater Skipper

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Weather

Jan/25

Fri

06:30PM-08:30PM

66-144

You've probably heard `Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning', but did you ever wonder why that is so? In this session we will cover many aspects of weather as it related to sailing, including:

• Weather basics: high and low pressure, warm and cold fronts
• Observational weather: near-future weather based on what you are seeing
• NOAA weather forecasts
• How to get weather information at sea

Eric Brown - Bluewater Skipper

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About Sailing Safely

Jan/29

Tue

06:30PM-08:30PM

66-144

This interactive two-hour session will review key concepts you learned during the course with a focus on practical ways to keep yourself and crewmates safe,so you can focus on cruising, racing or just having fun afloat. We'll cover:

• Five things to do before getting underway
• Avoiding the two biggest mistakes
• Safety tips
• Differences between sailing on the Charles vs. coastal waters
• The most common categories of emergencies

Arne Gelb - Bluewater Skipper

Maryam Khodadoust, PSYD, Staff Psychologist -MIT Mental Health and Counseling

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

When you make a mistake, do you have a really hard time forgiving yourself?

Are you rarely (if ever) satisfied with the quality of your work?  

Do you take even constructive criticism personally, seeing it as proof of your ineptness?

Do you spend more time daydreaming about your accomplishments than on working towards them?

DO you find that reality rarely (if ever) matches your expectations?

Do you find yourself in a constant loop of making promises to do things differently, only to find yourself repeating the same mistake?

If you answered yes to 3 or more of the above questions, you maybe suffering from debilitating perfectionism. Don't suffer in silence. Come learn about Perfectionism and strategies to keep it from hijacking your academic experience.

Contact: Maryam Khodadoust, E23-368, 617 253-2916, KHOD@MED.MIT.EDU

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Perfectionism workshop Series-Intensive

	Jan/08	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376
	Jan/10	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376
	Jan/15	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376
	Jan/17	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376
	Jan/22	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376
	Jan/24	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376
	Jan/29	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376
	Jan/31	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	Medical: RM376

Meg Regan, Director, Executive Programs, Leadership Coach, Kristin Zecca, Director, Executive Programs, Leadership Coach

Jan/31

Thu

09:00AM-12:15PM

TBD

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 40 participants

As AI and robotics are increasingly leveraged in our work, the demand for leaders who have mastered uniquely human skills that cannot be replicated by machines will continue to grow.  Leaders of the future will need to excel in interpersonal communication to foster collaboration and cultivate leadership at all levels. 

During this session you will gain an understanding of the coaching approach and its relevance to leadership effectiveness. You will engage in awareness building activities and be exposed to coaching through demonstration and practice. By participating in the session, you will gain an understanding of the potential for impact with a coaching approach, which will help you:

• Increase self-awareness around how you show up as a leader
• Identify coaching techniques likely to enable leader, team and personal effectiveness
• Begin to apply techniques through practice exercises
• Reflect and set intentions for personal development goals

 

Apply here before Jan 25, 2019.

Meg Regan, Dir. for Executive Education at MIT Sloan & Executive Coach. Meg is responsible for directing transformational custom engagements for high-profile clients. She also facilitates sessions focused on the application of coaching principles and techniques in various contexts. 

Kristin Zecca, a Dir. of Executive Programs at MIT Sloan Executive Education & Executive Coach. Kristin designs and facilitates programs focused on building organizational capacity and leadership capabilities for senior leaders. 

Sponsor(s): MIT Leadership Center
Contact: Abby Berenson, E52-234, 617 324-3794, BERENSON@MIT.EDU

Jan/10

Thu

01:30PM-03:00PM

1-190

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10

Wondering how to mount a successful job search in this highly competitive academic job market? This workshop will discuss important elements of preparing a strong application package which includes a CV, Cover Letter, Research Statement, Teaching Statement, and Diversity Statement. This presentation is targeted towards all PhD students and Postdocs who may prepare for the faculty search now and in the future. In addition, actual academic hiring committee interview questions from 20 US and 11 international universities will be provided. All CAPD workshops are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni unless otherwise specified.

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: CAPD Information, capd@mit.edu

Jan/18

Fri

01:30PM-03:00PM

1-190

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/18

While your technical skills will get you the interview, it is your behavioral attributes that will get you the job. This session will discuss preparation and strategies for a successful interview. In addition, sample behavioral interview questions will be provided along with tips on how to answer these tough questions.  The top 4 of 5 attributes employers look for are behavioral. 

Registration requested via Careerbridge.

All CAPD workshops are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni unless otherwise specified.

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: Bob Dolan, dolanb@mit.edu

Mona Thompson, Carmelo Presicce

Jan/10

Thu

02:00PM-05:00PM

Media Lab - E15-341

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 40 participants

In this interactive 3-hour session, you'll explore a series of low-pressure improv exercises to build your muscles of curiosity, generosity, resilience, and storytelling. This class is designed for students with and without any theater or improv experience. People who are a little nervous about improv but curious to check it out are encouraged to sign up!

The class is taught by Mona Thompson, who has performed improv internationally and all over the U.S. and leads improv-based sessions for tech companies, nonprofits, government organizations, and startups with her company, Collective Capital. She is currently pursuing her master's degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Arts in Education.

Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/nKDZtMkb8xlP3Tcq1

Edit: Sorry, the workshop reached full capacity and we are not able to accept more signups.

Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Carmelo Presicce, E14-445C, tarmelop@media.mit.edu

Latonya Smith-Winston, Community Relations & Development Officer

Jan/16

Wed

12:00PM-01:00PM

32-144

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Are you new to the United States Banking system? Join us for a seminar designed to help you understand the basics of banking in the U.S, where we will discuss:

- The difference between a Bank and a Credit Union
- Basic banking products you should be familiar with
- Common account opening requirements
- What to look for when shopping for a financial institution
- Differences between online and mobile banking

Register here.

 

Sponsor(s): MIT Federal Credit Union
Contact: Meghan Melvin, NE48, (617) 715-4703, mbrowncu@mit.edu

Thea Keith-Lucas, Chaplain

Jan/24

Thu

05:30PM-07:00PM

New House kitchen

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This class is full. To be added to a wait list, email Thea at theakl@mit.edu.

In this hands-on class, we will cook up vegan versions of two classic comfort foods: macaroni and cheese and green bean casserole. We'll also make a creamy vegan dessert. You will get recipes and skills for including plant-based foods in your diet - a good choice for your health, your budget, and our environment. Plus, we'll have a hearty and delicious dinner to eat when we're done. Allergy information: Our ingredients will include almonds and cashews. The class is taught by Thea Keith-Lucas, a committed amateur vegan chef and one of the chaplains in the Office of Religious, Ethical and Spiritual Life. To register, email Thea at theakl@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): Lutheran Ministry at MIT
Contact: Thea Keith-Lucas, W11-007, 617-458-1253, THEAKL@MIT.EDU

Courtney Crummett, Howard Silver

Jan/25

Fri

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

MIT is full of research and collaboration opportunities. Learn how to discover those opportunities beyond your personal network using tools and resources that will give you a better picture of MIT and other complex organizations.

Registere here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4834146

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, crummett@mit.edu

Melissa Webster, Lecturer, Sloan, Erik Vogan, Program Director, Corporate Relations

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Strongly recommended to attend all sessions.
Prereq: 5+ years employment (post docs welcome)

This workshop will teach the practice of career experimentation. It is intended to help alumni, graduate students, and post docs address key questions as they consider or manage career transitions, namely how to move to your next challenge when you don’t know the destination. Focusing on practical implementation, we will leverage the experience of the instructors and participants, while integrating methodology from entrepreneurial strategy, design thinking, product development, marketing, agile methodology, and Action Learning. We will provide participants the framework and first steps needed to approach career transitions as learning processes. A significant fraction of the time will be spent in small groups working through exercises – students should be prepared to share their pains, passions, goals, fears and experiences, and should expect to leave the workshop with a plan of action.

To register, please use this link:

Registration form

 

 

Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Melissa Webster, E52-252, (207) 653-8585, melster@mit.edu

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Part I: Introduction

Jan/15

Tue

06:30PM-08:30PM

E62-233

Introduction to career experimentation practice, including framework and examples. Will synthesize background material to prepare participants for the workshop sessions.

Melissa Webster - Lecturer, Sloan, Erik Vogan - Program Director, Corporate Relations

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Part II: Workshop A

Jan/22

Tue

06:30PM-08:30PM

E62-233

Workshop: Design thinking and entrepreneurial approaches to defining your career options and mapping your exploration areas.

Melissa Webster - Lecturer, Sloan, Erik Vogan - Program Director, Corporate Relations

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Part III: Workshop B

Jan/29

Tue

06:30PM-08:30PM

E62-233

Workshop: Define your upcoming career experiments and plan how to shift, expand or evolve your professional community.

Melissa Webster - Lecturer, Sloan, Erik Vogan - Program Director, Corporate Relations

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Snow Date

Jan/31

Thu

06:30PM-08:30PM

E62-233

Make-up date in the event any other session is cancelled.

Melissa Webster - Lecturer, Sloan, Erik Vogan - Program Director, Corporate Relations