IAP 2018 Activities by Category - Writing and Communications Skills

Jan/11

Thu

01:30PM-03:00PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Wondering how to mount a successful job search in this highly competitive academic job market? This workshop presented will discuss important elements of preparing a strong application package which includes a CV, Cover Letter, Research Statement, Teaching Statement, and Diversity Statement.  This program 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 international universities will be provided.

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

Pre-registration requested on Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/31

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

It is important to deliver a consistent message throughout your written, verbal, and online communication when creating your own professional brand. Learning how to maximize the use of one's verbal and nonverbal communication skills is a powerful tool to help one achieve professional success. Come learn strategies for creating a cohesive message about your professional self.

 Pre-registration requested on Careerbridge.

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/10

Wed

12:00PM-01:30PM

E18-215

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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? GECD has you covered with a brief yet intensive Career Values Sorter, a card sort that helps put your deepest values and beliefs into context of your career path. Come join us and let’s find out together!

Space is limited to 15 undergraduate and/or graduate students.

Pre-registration required on Careerbridge.

 

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Suzanne Lane, Director, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication

Jan/18

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

E17-136

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/18
Limited to 30 participants

This workshop, developed by the Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication Program (WRAP), will provide vivid lessons and hands-on practice in communicating scientific research to a general audience. An in-depth explanation of strategies for making complex information accessible and memorable, without compromising accuracy, will be followed by exercises for developing clear and vivid explanations of data and concepts.  Space is limited to 30. 

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: WRAP, E18-228a, 617-253-3039, wrap@mit.edu

Thalia Rubio, Lecturer, Writing and Communication Center

Jan/09

Tue

10:00AM-11:15AM

E17-136

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Prereq: none

You need graphs, diagrams, and other illustrations for your journal article, slide presentation, job-talk, or poster presentation. Visual communication is powerful, and you want your images to persuasively convey your key ideas. In this workshop, we’ll explore guidelines to develop visual representations of your important concepts. Bring your visualization challenges to the workshop and we’ll give you feedback you can apply to current and future projects.

Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, E18-233 B, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU

GECD

Jan/23

Tue

02:00PM-03:30PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

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.  

This workshop is open to Grads, PhDs, and Postdocs.

Pre-registration requested on Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/18

Thu

01:30PM-03:30PM

10-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Most research posters at conferences or in university hallways seem to defy common sense: from two steps away, passersby can’t read anything -- assuming they even get past the overcrowded layout. Posters are not magnified one-page papers. Based on Dr. Doumont's book Trees, Maps, and Theorems, about "effective communication for rational minds," this lecture discusses how to create more visual posters that get attention, facilitate navigation, and convey messages through strict selection, careful phrasing, and effective layout.

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.  More at www.principiae.be.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Christine Malinowski

Jan/25

Thu

02:00PM-03:30PM

3-270

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This introductory session will provide an overview of concepts and tools for visualizing data. Attendees will be introduced to web-based, open-source tools that provide beginner and intermediate users with richer functionality than traditional desktop spreadsheet and graphics software. Topics will include use cases and tool selection, data processing workflows, and principles for creating effective visualizations.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3770871

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu

Ruth Levitsky

Jan/18

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

4-163

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Move over spelling bee. Just because you can spell a word doesn’t mean you know how to use it. From the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary comes the Define-a-Thon, a competitive word challenge.

Come see the best definers at MIT. Open to all in the MIT community: students, staff, faculty.

Audience members who are not competing, just drop in.  No need to sign up.  

Our word caller is Toastmaster Mary Agnes Mullowney.

 

 

 

Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-415, 617 253-3399, LEVITSKY@MIT.EDU

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 1/5/18 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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Effective Speaking

	Jan/09	Tue	04:30PM-06:30PM	4-163
	Jan/11	Thu	04:30PM-06:30PM	4-163
	Jan/16	Tue	04:30PM-06:30PM	4-163
	Jan/18	Thu	04:30PM-06:30PM	4-163
	Jan/23	Tue	04:30PM-06:30PM	4-163
	Jan/25	Thu	04:30PM-06:30PM	4-163

Barbara Smith

Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian

Jan/11

Thu

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants

​EndNote is a software package designed to help you organize citations and create bibliographies. In this workshop we'll cover how to search for citations in databases (such as PubMed and Web of Science) and library catalogs (such as Barton), import and organize them in EndNote, and build your bibliographies and inline citations in Word.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760673

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU

Phoebe Ayers

Jan/26

Fri

01:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Participate in the Independent Activities Period at MIT by editing Wikipedia! Experienced and beginning editors alike are welcome: experienced editors from the Libraries and Writing Program will provide an introduction to editing Wikipedia as well as assistance throughout the event.

The theme is "Engineering Wikipedia": help improve coverage of all things engineering on Wikipedia, with the help of MIT Libraries resources. This includes writing about underrepresented engineers, engineered structures and objects, and engineering concepts. Everyone is welcome and you don't have to be an engineer (either by discipline or MIT affiliation) to participate - engineering is everywhere! Editing in multiple languages is welcome.

Bring your laptop or use the computers in the room. Snacks will be provided. Help us engineer Wikipedia to be more inclusive, comprehensive and accurate!

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3775283

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Engineering_Wikipedia_2018

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, psayers@mit.edu

David Rolnick

Enrollment: Advance sign-up preferred
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

This series of workshops offers practical advice on communication skills for researchers. Each session will include time for participants to practice the skills and receive feedback from peers and panelists. 

Use this form to indicate interest in the four workshops - we will send room information for later sessions once rooms are confirmed - https://goo.gl/forms/3N2A1FCmwmzXuyKB3

Week  1

Delivering an Elevator Pitch  

Week 2

Writing a broad-impact abstract

Week 3 

Designing a scientific figure

Thursday, January 25

1:30-3:00pm

4-159

Panelists:

Felice Frankel, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Research Scientist and science photographer. See examples of Felice’s work at: https://www.felicefrankel.com

Participants are encouraged to bring a photograph / chart / other figure, ideally of their own work, for feedback.  It doesn't have to be perfect! 

Week 4

How to give a TEDx talk

Thursday, Feb 1, 2:30-4 pm

MIT room 4-163

Giving a TEDx talk is a good way to gain visibility and communicate beautiful ideas to the lay public. In this discussion / workshop, we will explore how to design and deliver TED-style talks.

Participants should be prepared to attempt a TED-style intro - about 3 minutes, without slides, introducing a general audience to a favorite topic.

Sponsored by Communicating Science @ MIT and the PKG Public Service Center.

 

Sponsor(s): Communicating Science @ MIT, Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center
Contact: Alison Hynd, W20-549, hynd@mit.edu

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Delivering an Elevator Pitch

Jan/11

Thu

02:30PM-04:00PM

4-163

Panelists:

• Eugene Wan, The Engine
• Reinaldo Normand, Legatum Center
• Anique Olivier-Mason, Brandeis Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Practice your pitch and receive real-time feedback from the audience and panelists. 

David Rolnick

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Writing a Broad-Impact Abstract

Jan/18

Thu

02:30PM-04:00PM

5-233

Panelists:

Diana Chien, Instructor/Manager, MIT Biological Engineering Communication LabBrian Plosky, Deputy Editor, Molecular Cell

Panelists will present on the essentials of writing a good broad-impact abstract, then all participants will have a chance to practice abstract writing and receive feedback from peers and panelists.

David Rolnick

Mirena Bagur, MBA

Jan/31

Wed

11:30AM-01:30PM

E25-117

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 50 participants

While publishing in OA journals may be a familiar topic, many researchers are not aware of the benefits of publishing in OA books. This session will focus on discovering the inner workings of OA books where publishing time can be as low as 8-10 months.  Unlike articles which are not thematically connected to the rest of the journal, the books include chapters from various authors and are connected into a comprehensive coverage of a theme, including various authors. 

In this session, we will discuss the advantages of publishing in OA books – from fast and responsive publishing process to the number of downloads and citations of your work, as well as immediate international exposure. We will talk about how working on a book chapter provides a good opportunity to exchange ideas of your research with complementary authors.  And we will bring an author who has already published in such a book to discuss with you the quality assurance you need as well as post-publishing benefits, such as book usage reports.  LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.

Sponsor(s): Health Sciences
Contact: Mirena Bagur, 617-835-5019, mirena.bagur@gmail.com

Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator

Jan/30

Tue

02:00PM-04:00PM

N51, MIT Museum

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 30 participants

Take part in a series of 6 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.

When two people disagree, customarily, each attempts to convince the other that s/he is wrong. In the end, no resolution has been reached and each thinks the other confused at best and deranged at worst. This workshop will teach you a better method, Double Crux, that will enable you to collaborate, pool your information, and search for the core reasons underlying the disagreement, so that you both emerge with a greater understanding of the truth.

Register to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iap-workshop-how-to-actually-resolve-disagreements-mit-can-talk-tickets-41243436228

* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).

 

 

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, N52-217, 617-324-7313, novotney@mit.edu

Patrick Henry Winston, Ford Professor of Engineering/MacVicar Fellow

Feb/02

Fri

11:00AM-12:00PM

10-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Professor Winston offers heuristic rules that enable you to do winning job talks
and inspiring conferences presentations, and make your listeners consider your performance impressive.

Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Patrick Henry Winston, phw@mit.edu

Beverly Kahn, Risa Kahn

Jan/24

Wed

05:00PM-07:00PM

56-154

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

If the Fall recruiting season hasn't resulted in the right job offer yet, we'll help!

Our presentation will share with you what goes on in the hiring process that is below the radar screen, and help you figure out how to avoid pitfalls, present yourself well, get through interviews, and land a great job.

Join recruiting industry veterans in an interactive discussion led by Beverly Kahn Founder/President of  New Dimensions in Technology (NDT), a boutique Boston-area recruiting firm, that has worked successfully to place many MIT students and alums over  30 years and Risa Kahn, Recruiting Manager, New Dimensions in Technology (NDT) who offers 15+ years of coaching "early career" tech professionals. NDT has successfully partnered with generations of MIT students and alums to build and grow their careers!

All are welcome.  Please email rk@ndt.com if you plan to attend.

Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Risa Kahn, rk@ndt.com

GECD

Jan/29

Mon

02:30PM-03:30PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Have you had that awkward moment in a presentation where someone asks a really weird question? Has an employer asked an unexpected question in a job interview? This improv workshop will help develop skills to respond to such situations. We will be doing improv comedy exercises to develop a comfort with engaging others. These skills help with job interviews, talks and working in groups. Participants should expect to participate in improv comedy exercises with attendees in a supportive and fun environment.

About the facilitator: Jake Livengood has worked in higher education since 2002 and provides career counseling with PhD students at MIT Global Education and Career Development. He is also a graduate of the Improv Asylum Training Center in the North End of Boston. With the last name "Livengood," this career path is quite fitting. For more info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakelivengood

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

Pre-registration requested on Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Steven Strang

	Jan/08	Mon	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/09	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/10	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/11	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/12	Fri	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/16	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/17	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/18	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/19	Fri	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/22	Mon	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/23	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/24	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/25	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/26	Fri	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/29	Mon	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233
	Jan/30	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	E18-233

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none

 The professional communication experts at the WCC@MIT (the Writing and Communication Center) will continue to offer free consultations and advice about writing course papers, theses and dissertations; oral presentations (e.g., conference talks); slide design; poster presentations, English as Second Language, and about any writing issue, including but not limited to writing strategically, creating effective arguments, finding a topic, generating ideas, turning data into a story, understanding a particular genre, overcoming writer's block, improving grammar, crafting effective sentences and paragraphs, organizing ideas, using evidence, and analyzing audiences. We can help with all of the following: all types of technical writing; grant proposals; theses and dissertations in all departments; job, graduate and med school application essays and personal statments; research and teaching statements; resumes and CVs; conference talks; articles for publication; book proposals and chapters; papers for any course; and creative writing. We also offer help on pronunciation and oral communication. The WCC is open throughout IAP. You must be registered with our online scheduler. Go to https://mit.mywconline.com to register and to schedule appointments. Open to MIT undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, faculty, staff, spouses and partners, visiting scientists and scholars.The WCC@MIT is now located in building E18-233 at 50 Ames Street.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, E18-233 B, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU

GECD

Jan/29

Mon

06:00PM-07:00PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants

Want to network but don’t have the time to send countless emails or travel off campus for informational interviews? Good news! GECD and the Alumni Association are bringing the networking TO YOU through the Infinite Careers alumni speaker series. Come chat with alumni over a meal (no pizza or sandwiches) and connect over your majors, professional interests, and hobbies. Freshmen through seniors and graduate students are all welcome.

 The speaker for this event is Anna Wexler. Anna is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD in 2017 from the HASTS (History, Anthropology, Science, Technology & Society) Program at MIT. Prior to her return to academia, Anna worked as a freelance science/travel writer and documentary filmmaker. She co-directed and co-produced the feature documentary film Unorthodox (2013).

 Space is limited to 20 attendees. Dinner will be served. Pre-registration required on Careerbridge. Please contact Tianna with any dietary restrictions.

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/23

Tue

12:00PM-01:00PM

E17-290X

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants

Want to network but don’t have the time to send countless emails or travel off campus for informational interviews? Good news! GECD and the Alumni Association are bringing the networking TO YOU through the Infinite Careers alumni speaker series. Come chat with alumni over a meal (no pizza or sandwiches) and connect over your majors, professional interests, and hobbies. Freshmen through seniors and graduate students are all welcome.

The speaker for this event is Ayanna Samuels. Ayanna is a College Admission and Preparation Advisor, a Development Consultant specializing in Gender and the ICT Industry, and an International Motivational Speaker. She received her Bachelor’s in Aeronautics and Astronautics with Information Technology and a dual Master’s in Technology Policy and Aeronautics and Astronautics, both from MIT. 

 Space is limited to 20 attendees. Lunch will be served. Pre-registration required on Careerbridge. Please contact Tianna with any dietary restrictions.

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/22

Mon

06:00PM-07:00PM

E17-290X

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants

Want to network but don’t have the time to send countless emails or travel off campus for informational interviews? Good news! GECD and the Alumni Association are bringing the networking TO YOU through the Infinite Careers alumni speaker series. Come chat with alumni over a meal (no pizza or sandwiches) and connect over your majors, professional interests, and hobbies. Freshmen through seniors and graduate students are all welcome.

The speaker for this event is Khalea Ross Robinson. Khalea is an Associate Producer at CBS News. Previous positions include Staff Associate at the MIT Office of the President, Engineering Intern at Eiffage Travaux Publics, and OMB Intern at The White House. She received her Bachelor’s from MIT in Civil Engineering and minored in French and Political Science.

Space is limited to 20 attendees. Dinner will be served. Pre-registration required on Careerbridge. Please contact Tianna with any dietary restrictions.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/24

Wed

06:00PM-07:00PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants

Want to network but don’t have the time to send countless emails or travel off campus for informational interviews? Good news! GECD and the Alumni Association are bringing the networking TO YOU through the Infinite Careers alumni speaker series. Come chat with alumni over a meal (no pizza or sandwiches) and connect over your majors, professional interests, and hobbies. Freshmen through seniors and graduate students are all welcome.

The speaker for this event is Tarikh Campbell. Tarikh is the Program Manager for Workplace Inclusion at Microsoft New England Research & Development. Previously he was the Senior Director of Marketing at The Partnership, Inc., the Digital Marketing Manager at Ecovent Systems, and his first role was Process Engineer in the Polymer Chemistry group at BIND Therapeutics. He holds a B.S. in Chemical-Biological Engineering from MIT.

 Space is limited to 20 attendees. Dinner will be served. Pre-registration required on Careerbridge. Please contact Tianna with any dietary restrictions.

 

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian

Jan/23

Tue

03:00PM-04:00PM

4-231, Bring your laptop with your LaTeX setup

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: a working knowledge of LaTeX

Are you using LaTeX to create your documents? Are you looking for more guidance on integrating Zotero or Mendeley into your workflow? Do you keep running into issues with your citations or your .bib files? If you have a working knowledge of LaTeX and are looking to optimize how you manage citations and integrate your favorite citation management tools like Zotero, Mendeley or JabRef, this is the workshop for you!

Note, this is not an introduction to LaTeX or BibTeX – a working knowledge of LaTeX is assumed. Bring your laptop with your LaTeX setup to follow along. 

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3770622

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU

Jana Dambrogio

Jan/10

Wed

10:00AM-12:00PM

14-0513

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come to the Wunsch Conservation Lab and use handmade paper, ink, sealing wax, and your brass rats to letterlock like the sixteenth-century queen. Participants will learn how to paper engineer, build physical security, and add authentication enhancements into their paper-based correspondence. The class will view original locked manuscripts from 17th–20th centuries.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3777630

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jana Dambrogio, jld@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/16

Tue

01:30PM-03:30PM

10-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

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.  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.  More at www.principiae.be.

This workshop is open to MIT Community.

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum

Feb/03

Sat

01:00PM-03:00PM

MIT Museum, N51

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/02

Do you have a silver tongue or the gift of the gab? Are you the one always picked out to share out the small group’s discussion? Do you never back down from a dinner discussion? Then show your stuff at the MIT Can Talk competition and win some great prizes in the process!

Participants will give a 5-minute speech on the topic “Taking Risks”. Material must be original but can include excerpts from elsewhere, including poems, stories, songs, etc. as long as sources are properly attributed. A panel of judges will determine who wins the top prizes! The contest is open to everyone in the MIT community; competitors must attend at least one of the MIT Museum's IAP 2018 communication workshops in order to participate in the preliminaries on Friday, February 2 from 5-8pm. The final competition will be from 1-3pm on Saturday, February 3 in the MIT Museum.

First place prize: $500

Second place prize: $300

Third place prize: $200

Audience Favorite prize: $200

**Competition registration and details will be sent by email to interested participants who attended at least one of the MIT Museum's IAP 2018 public speaking workshops. Please contact Jennifer Novotney (novotney@mit.edu) with questions.

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@mit.edu

MIT Language Conversation Exchange team

	Jan/17	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	56-154
	Jan/31	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	4-153

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none

Twice monthly lunch mixer for language enthusiasts to meet native speakers and exchange about language and culture! All MIT community members welcome. Multicultural foods will be served at each lunch. This is a great way to find a language partner.

Eat, Meet, Speak

Sponsored by the School of Science Quality of Life Grants

Sponsor(s): MIT Language Conversation Exchange
Contact: The MIT Language Conversation Exchange Team, E23-473, 617 253-1614, lce@mit.edu

Steven Strang

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none

Calling all creative writers! Want to write something creative but need some motivation or support or some thoughtful readers?  Join other MIT writers to get advice about your own writing, to be a reader of other writers' work, and/or to get inspiration to write something. Any type of creative writing is welcomed:  e.g., fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, memoirs, personal essays, plays, blog entries, book reviews. We help each other get started on a creative writing project, we help each other develop ideas and style, and we function as engaged and encouraging readers of each other's material.  The Group includes emerging and established writers. We meet every Monday from noon-1:00 p.m. Open to MIT undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, lecturers, staff, faculty, spouses and partners. Please note that this is not a class and not a group for technical writing or for thesis writing.

Please email <smstrang@mit.edu> to register.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, E18-233 B, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU

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MIT's Writers Group

	Jan/08	Mon	12:00PM-01:00PM	E17-136
	Jan/22	Mon	12:00PM-01:00PM	E17-136
	Jan/29	Mon	12:00PM-01:00PM	E17-136

Steven Strang

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Session Title TBD

Session Leaders TBD

Kirsty Bennett

	Jan/11	Thu	12:00PM-01:30PM	4-149
	Jan/31	Wed	12:00PM-01:30PM	4-149

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

How do you tell a good story? Why should you want to?

MITell is a storytelling group, meeting monthly on campus and open to all in the MIT Community. If you’ve been thinking about sharing a story but wondering how to start, this is the workshop for you! Taught by Kirsty Bennett, a former director and producer for The Moth, this class will introduce basic narrative storytelling structure and help you begin to craft your own story.

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. It's also a great first foray into tackling public speaking, and finding the confidence to share your own experiences. Sharing stories helps us build connections with our wider communities, understand better the lives of others, and appreciate and celebrate our differences. Join us!

Sponsor(s): MIT Womens League
Contact: Kirsty Bennett, 10-342, 617 253-3656, KBENNETT@MIT.EDU

GECD

Jan/17

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop will examine the many variables that exist during the evaluation and negotiation process of Job Offers.  How do you know if this job is right for you?  Salary vs. Total Compensation will be looked at.  Strategies on the negotiation process will be discussed along with should you negotiate and “What Can” and “What Can Not” be negotiated.  These strategies are used throughout your career. 

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

Pre-registration requested on Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/09

Tue

02:00PM-02:30PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

In addition to examining aesthetics like coffee pots and scenic views, visiting an employer encompasses taking a deep look at those around you, and even yourself. Develop a strategic outlook on what an employer can offer by prepping for a site visit. Reconnect your interests, values, and skills and gain insight on assessing workplace culture, team-management dynamics, and opportunities for progression. 

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

Registration requested on Careerbridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Juergen Schoenstein, Lecturer: Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication, Anna Kohler, Senior Lecturer in Music and Theater Arts at MIT

	Jan/17	Wed	09:30AM-12:30PM	2-147
	Jan/18	Thu	09:30AM-12:30PM	1-273 and 1-277
	Jan/18	Thu	02:00PM-04:00PM	4-364

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

As engineers and academics, we love to talk about our work – unless it is in front of an audience. For many, public speaking is one of the biggest fears they have to face; even experienced presenters often agonize over the prospect of facing an audience. This workshop will address not only the tasks of crafting a talk and designing the slides, but also how to become confident and comfortable as a speaker. This workshop is intended for graduate students and faculty members who want to improve their oral presentation skills, but undergraduates are welcome, too.

The first part will be a half-day workshop in crafting an audience-specific narrative, and designing professional slides; the next morning, we will do a “clinic” where participants get an opportunity to give a 5 to 10-minute presentation (about their thesis, current research, or any other topic they choose) to a friendly audience of peers, get feedback and practice how to handle the Q and A. In the afternoon, things will become more physical: Anna Kohler, Senior Lecturer for Theater at MIT, will lead a workshop on “Speaking with confidence”. In this workshop, you will do exercises that will enable you to find and fill both the space within you and the space immediately around you, so that you can confidently be yourself in front of a large audience. This workshop is not about oral performance and theatrical speech, but about physical presence and comfort on stage - wear loose clothing conducive for physical movement.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: Juergen Schoenstein, juergen@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/26

Fri

11:00AM-12:00PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

You have valuable transferable skills apart from technical skills, but sometimes they can be difficult to recognize.  Join us to learn the importance of transferable skills in the job search and what skills are most sought by employers, identify your unique set of transferable skills, and discover ways in which you can effectively market your skills to potential employers.

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

Pre-registration required on Careerbridge.

 

 

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifery Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum

Feb/02

Fri

02:00PM-04:00PM

N51, MIT Museum

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/01
Limited to 30 participants

Take part in a series of 6 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.

In this workshop participants will explore how to loosen their minds and bodies though a series of improv games and activities. Please wear clothing you feel comfortable moving in. This session will be led by Dr. Jennifer Novotney, the American Chemical Society's 2014 Chemistry Champion.

Register to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iap-workshop-loosening-up-mit-can-talk-tickets-41243599717

* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@MIT.EDU

Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator

Feb/01

Thu

02:00PM-04:00PM

N51, MIT Museum

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
Limited to 30 participants

Take part in a series of 6 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.

When learning something for the first time, once is not enough! People generally need to be exposed to information multiple times and in different ways in order to master new knowledge. In this workshop participants will discuss the importance of presenting information through multiple modes and how to address different learning styles when presenting to a wide range of audiences. We will explore and compare classroom teaching, research presentations, and informal learning in museums in terms of effective targeted communication.

Register for this workshop here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iap-workshop-increasing-presentation-effectiveness-mit-can-talk-tickets-41243550570

* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, N52-217, 617-324-7313, novotney@mit.edu

Suzanne Lane, Director, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication

Jan/23

Tue

01:00PM-03:30PM

E17-136

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 30 participants

The free exchange of ideas is central to democracy and to academic work.  Yet often this exchange can be fraught with misunderstanding, anxiety about how our ideas or positions will be received, and unnecessary conflict.  This workshop will teach participants central concepts of rhetoric and argumentation that can aid in generating useful debate that fosters open dialogue towards understanding and problem solving.  Open to the entire MIT community, but space is limited to 30. 

 

For more information, or to reserve a space, pleace contact the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication program (WRAP)

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: WRAP, E18-228a, 617-253-3039, wrap@mit.edu

Seth Michaels, Union of Concerned Scientists Communications Officer

Jan/31

Wed

05:00PM-06:30PM

4-149

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

The Union of Concerned Scientists, the Undergraduate Energy Club, the GSC External Affairs Board, the Science Policy Initiative, and Fossil Free MIT invite you to a training on media strategies for science advocacy. The media world can be difficult to navigate; journalists have a small amount of space to cover complex scientific topics in a 24-hour news cycle, and scientific expertise has never been in higher demand in mainstream media. Members of Congress keep a close eye on media coverage, to keep a 'pulse' on issues of importance to their constituents. This training, led by UCS Communications Officer Seth Michaels, will offer strategies and ways to influence public and political opinion on science, environmental, and climate policy through media engagement.

Sign up at: bit.ly/iapsciencemedia2018

Sponsor(s): Fossil Free MIT
Contact: Patrick Brown, 617 324-3801, PRBROWN@MIT.EDU

Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator

Jan/29

Mon

02:00PM-04:00PM

N51, MIT Museum

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
Limited to 30 participants

Take part in a series of 6 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.

If everything that you say is delivered in the same exact way, with little variation in your speech, then it’s easy for an audience to lose focus and miss your message. You need to help your audience separate the signal from the noise. Help them parse (and consequently better understand) what it is you are saying by using ideas like silence, emphasis, speed and intonation to verbally punctuate your speech.

This session will be led by Tony Eng, creator of the MIT Can Talk competition and EECS Senior Lecturer.

Register to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iap-workshop-vocal-variation-mit-can-talk-tickets-41243389087

* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, N52-217, 617-324-7313, novotney@mit.edu

Mico Tatalovic, KSJ fellow

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

A series of short lectures given by a group of elite science journalists about current issue and challenges facing scientific research in the press. The lecturers are Knight Science Journalism fellows at MIT.

Talks to include:

-What not to do when talking to journalists: common mistakes professionals make when communicating with lay people and the media, Teresa Carr, a senior content editor for Consumer Reports and an award-winning investigative reporter, focusing on consumer and public health

- Turn that page: Constructing narrative in short and long-form writing, by Ehsan Masood, editor of Research Fortnight, a London-based science policy magazine, and the author of several books, including The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making and Unmaking of the Modern World

-Making online science news viral: how to strike a balance between popularity and hype, by Mico Tatalovic, environment and life sciences news editor at New Scientist

-Data journalism and visualizations: the state of the art and craft, by Joshua Hatch, assistant editor for data and interactives at The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, where he oversees a team of database reporters and designers

Sponsor(s): Science, Technology, and Society
Contact: Mico Tatalovic, E19-623, 617 452-3513, MICO@MIT.EDU

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How to talk to and write for media

Jan/16

Tue

04:00PM-06:00PM

E19-623 seminar room

Talk 1: What not to do when talking to journalists: common mistakes professionals make when communicating to lay audiences, by Teresa Carr, senior content editor for Consumer Reports and award-winning investigative reporter

Talk 2: Constructing compelling narrative in short and long-form science writing, by Ehsan Masood, editor of Research Fortnight, a London-based science policy magazine, and the author of several books

Teresa Carr - KSJ fellow, Ehsan Masood - KSJ fellow

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Making online science stories effective

Jan/17

Wed

04:00PM-06:00PM

E19-623 seminar room

Talk 1: Making online science news go viral: how to strike a balance between popularity and hype, by Mico Tatalovic, news editor at New Scientist and chairman of the Association of British Science Writers

Talk 2: Data journalism and visualizations: the state of the art, by Joshua Hatch, assistant editor for data and interactives at The Chronicle of Higher Education, and president of the Online News Association

Mico Tatalovic - KSJ fellow, Joshua Hatch - KSJ fellow

Suzanne Lane, Director, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication

Jan/25

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

E17-136

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 30 participants

Whenever we do research—whether in the library, the lab, or the field, or just reading the assigned texts for a class—we hope to develop new ideas: to form and test hypotheses, develop new and better methods, produce richer evidence, and refine existing theories.  Our research is often collaborative, and always builds on work by previous researchers and writers.  But how do we develop new ideas from these sources?  How do we document where others’ ideas contribute to our thinking, and where our ideas build on theories and evidence that’s already published?  And why do the practices of incorporating and citing sources vary so much from one discipline or journal to another?  This workshop will help you learn how to write with sources—published, online, or live—in ways that will help both you and your readers understand how your ideas build on, and move beyond, those of your sources.

Space is limited to 30.

For more information, and to reserve a space, please contact the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication program (WRAP)

 

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: WRAP, E18-228a, 617-253-3039, wrap@mit.edu

Kitty Huang

Jan/17

Wed

06:00PM-07:30PM

E51-057

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

 

Have you ever felt possessed by anger, sadness or jealousy? Challenging emotions can consume our energy, get us off track, and damage the quality of our lives and relationships. The anger that makes our blood boil and stomach turn, the sadness that leaves us feeling hollow and heavy, and the jealousy that releases poisonous bitterness sometimes intertwine and beat us down. Events that trigger these emotions can be big or small; such as being cut off on the road, being treated unfairly at work, a breakup, loss of a loved one, not getting the job, respect, or attention we wish to have.

This interactive workshop provides several techniques that help you to process challenging emotions and have a better understanding of your circumstances. These steps can lead to the ultimate solution for you to feel better and stronger. Bring the difficult situations you encounter to the workshop and we will discuss the possible approaches to take. Please email for classroom information and to reserve a space.

 

Contact: Kitty Huang, Heart to Heart Talk, h2htalk@gmail.com

Louise Harrison Lepera, Lecturer, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication, Susan Carlisle, Lecturer, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication

Jan/22

Mon

01:00PM-03:00PM

E17-136

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 20 participants

You don't have to be famous or have lived a long, illustrious life to start writing your autobiography. Telling stories about your life can not only help you remember experiences, but also help you understand them better. This two hour workshop is a bite-sized sample of one of our most popular introductory writing classes, Reading and Writing Autobiography. In this workshop we will discuss a few short excerpts from contemporary autobiographies. We will then use some thought-provoking writing exercises to help us open up our memories and choose significant moments to write about. Workshop participants will have the chance to write about one of these moments and get feedback on how to shape it into a longer piece.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Louise Harrison Lepera, lhl3@mit.edu

Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum

Feb/01

Thu

10:00AM-11:30AM

N51, MIT Museum

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
Limited to 30 participants

Take part in a series of 6 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.

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. Taught by Kirsty Bennett, a former director and producer for The Moth, this class 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.

Register to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iap-workshop-storytelling-101-tickets-41319471652

* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@MIT.EDU

GECD

Jan/22

Mon

01:00PM-02:00PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

This presentation will focus on research related to non-verbal behavior during job interviews, including the work of Amy Cuddy—a social psychologist who studies the effects of powerful and powerless postures.  Advice on integrating this information for better performance during job interviews will also be covered. 

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

Pre-registration required on Careerbridge.

 

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

GECD

Jan/25

Thu

01:30PM-03:00PM

E19-202

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

While your technical skills will get you the interview, it is your behavioral attributes that will get you the job.  In this workshop we 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 those tough questions. 

This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni.

Pre-registration requested on Careerbridge.

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu

Amy Carleton, Lecturer: Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication, Jane Kokernak, Lecturer: Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication

	Jan/31	Wed	10:00AM-01:00PM	4-231
	Feb/01	Thu	10:00AM-01:00PM	4-231

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 60 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Embarking on any research-based writing project, like the undergraduate thesis or a technical report, can often seem daunting. How does one choose a suitable topic or focus? What is an approach for conducting and cataloguing a literature search? What are strategies for outlining and drafting your final document? What are the qualities of effective technical prose?

This IAP workshop will offer students a strategic and intense opportunity to prepare for their upcoming thesis or other large writing project by

 - conducting genre analysis of sample theses and reports,
 - formulating a viable research question,
 - generating a preliminary research bibliography,
 - examining the features of effective prose, and
 - designing a realistic timeline keyed to the chief writing tasks.

Day one will focus on the components of thesis and report writing, the research question, and background research with help from an MIT research Librarian.  On day two, we will isolate features of technical prose and their application to your writing, design a project timeline and get quick feedback, and address questions specific to your project.  Participants are asked to bring laptops and any project guidelines to the meetings. Note: while the emphasis is on undergraduate research in MechE, anyone is welcome to attend.

Attendance capped at 60.

To register, fill out the Google form here: http://bit.ly/2ijWgXK

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Mechanical Engineering, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: Amy Carleton, amymarie@mit.edu

Ruth Levitsky, Secretary, Humor & Drama Toastmasters

Jan/13

Sat

10:00AM-12:00PM

3-133

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Come learn how Toastmasters will make you a better speaker and leader at our Open House.

Contact: Ruth Levitsky, 3-133, 857-266-3400, LEVITSKY@MIT.EDU

Zachary Angles, Instructor, Valentina Rosales, Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This workshop will develop stories in both drawn and textual form to explore and learn meth­ods for translating prose fic­tion into explicit architectural imaginings. The methods borrow from literary and archi­tectural techniques and revel in swerving between these two disciplines. The workshop concentrates on the building of indi­vidual fictions through a series of lessons and exercises that guide students through the abductive process of fictive imagination.

Lessons outline key historical and theoreti­cal threads critical to the project, fictocriticism, and the possibility of a “nar­rative architecture.”

Students can expect to learn about stories, design, and imagination while producing a series of drawings and written stories. There is the possibility for students to develop stories they have already begun writing or to write stories for designs they have already created.

And at the end, we hope to see better stories and better worlds.

 

** Please contact Zachary Angles, to enroll by January 12.** Enrollment limited to 10.

Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Zachary Angles, zangles@mit.edu

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Session

	Jan/17	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/19	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/22	Mon	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/24	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/26	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA

Zachary Angles - Instructor, Valentina Rosales - Instructor

Andreas Karatsolis, Assoc. Director, Writing, Rhetoric, & Prof. Communication

	Jan/09	Tue	12:00PM-02:30PM	E17-136
	Jan/11	Thu	12:00PM-02:30PM	E17-136

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

Following last year’s successful IAP offering, WRAP is extending the workshop on Writing Successful Proposals to two days (5 hours in total). At the heart of this workshop is a conceptual framework for proposal writing, centered around the baseline logic of the proposal as a genre, and the associated rhetorical moves within proposal sections. As an extension to this framework, participants will be presented with a model to effectively develop methodology sections, project timelines and budgets. In the second session of the workshop, participants will work on applying the baseline logic model into their own project ideas, and learn how to integrate visuals and generate discourse for the different sections. Finally, we will discuss how to create a persuasive line of argument through the use of themes that the potential sponsors will feel compelled to consider for funding.

The workshop is targeted towards advanced undergraduate students engaged in original research, graduate students and faculty or staff in the process of submitting proposals for funding.

Space is limited to 30 participants.

For more information, and to reserve a space in the workshop, email the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication (WRAP). 

 

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: WRAP, E18-228a, 617-253-3039, wrap@mit.edu

Elizabeth Fox, Ph.D., Lecturer, Writing and Communication Center

Jan/25

Thu

04:00PM-05:30PM

E17-136

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: none

          Get resources, strategies, and tips to streamline your writing process. We’ll discuss similarities between writing a dissertation (or Master’s thesis) and writing a course paper but also recognize the differences so they do not derail you.  Learn about “zero drafts,” writing groups, “writing scared,” and other techniques to get you to your goal:  the last draft.  Avoid isolation by structuring your time to balance work, sleep, socializing, and sanity.

The workshop will occur on Thursday, January 25, 2018, from 4-5:30, in E17-136.  Bring laptops.

Please sign up by contacting Elizabeth Fox, Ph.D. and Writing Center Lecturer, at emfox@mit.edu

 

Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Elizabeth Fox, E18-233, 617-253-3090, emfox@mit.edu

Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum

Jan/31

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

N51, MIT Museum

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
Limited to 30 participants

Take part in a series of 6 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.

Are you tired of reading tiny font and listening to a presenter in the background? Then come to this workshop to learn how to make yourself stand out from your slides! Work with a professional actor to practice effective body language, and explore how to use your body to emphasize and enhance your presentation. Please wear loose clothing conducive for physical movement. This session will be led by Debra Wise, Artistic Director of the Underground Railway Theater.

Register to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iap-workshop-your-place-on-stage-mit-can-talk-tickets-41243486378

* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@MIT.EDU

Rhonda Kauffman

Jan/19

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

2-103

Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757941

Zines (rhymes with “beans”) are independently- and often self-published, photocopied, cut and paste publications created for passion rather than profit. They have roots in 1950s sci-fi, punk rock, riot grrrl, and underground scenes. They are made for trading, communicating and sharing and cover any topic under the sun, including Dr. Who’s Authority Record, cats, social justice, cooking, parenting, and Morrissey. In this workshop, we will examine zines from the 1990s to today, hear about current trends in zine librarianship, the mechanics of making zines, and, of course, we’ll make a zine! Attendees are encouraged to bring writings/art/craft supplies, etc. that can be used to create a zine. The instructor will provide supplies (paper, stamps, markers, stickers, old magazines, craft paper, pens, staplers, glue sticks).

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757941

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Rhonda Kauffman, rhonda@mit.edu