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Academic Job Search
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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
All About UROP
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Jan/11 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 2-105 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Come learn about all aspects of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at MIT, including how to participate, what type of research is available, and more.
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: J Alex Hoyt, 7-104, 617 324-6700, JAHOYT@MIT.EDU
AMITA Women Mentoring and Networking 2018
Dorothy Curtis
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Jan/25 | Thu | 06:30PM-08:30PM | 34-401/Grier Room |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 90 participants
Please join us for AMITA's Women Mentoring and Networking event on Thursday, January 25th in the Grier Room (34-401) at MIT. You are welcome to drop by at 6:30pm or later for Bertucci's pizza and conversation on work-life balance and other career topics. [Details/RSVP]
Contact: Dorothy Curtis, dcurtis@alum.mit.edu
Bite-sized Professional Development
Sally Susnowitz, Director, DSLx Life Learning
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Professional development is great– but where to find the time? We’re offering an array of short, practical workshops to enable you to learn and apply important professional and life skills in as little as an hour. Designed with busy staff, graduate students, post-docs in mind, each session will include a concise presentation, brief Q&A, and hands-on practice.
Sign up for one or more than one -- but sign up soon since space is limited!
Sponsored by the Division of Student Life (DSL) Professional Development group and DSLx Life Learning
Contact: Sally Susnowitz, W32-119, 617 258-7344, SUSNOWIT@MIT.EDU
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Jan/09 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-145 |
Preparation and practice are key to standing out in a job interview. This workshop emphasizes tips, resources and practice to help you prepare. You will become familiar with common types of interview questions, how to identify areas for growth and focus to ensure success during the interview, and how to participate effectively in the interview process with greater confidence.
Michelle King Harrington - Career Development Specialist, MIT Human Resources
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Jan/10 | Wed | 05:00PM-07:00PM | tba, Prerequisite: watch the video noted below |
Watch a live demo of the active listening triangle method & Positions-Interests-Options-Solutions (PIOS) process, then get to practice your skills and this process yourself! We'll serve a light dinner to keep your energy level active.
Come prepared by first watching this short video presentation on active listening, since the session will build on this information: http://dslx.mit.edu/resources/active-listening
Monika Avello - iREFS
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Jan/11 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 4-145, for staff, post-docs, GRT, GRAs, etc. |
Full title: Under Your Skin: Working with Students Who Challenge your Values
Working with students whose values differ from our own can significantly impact staff when the differing values transgress on identity and/or lived experience. We'll explore the intersection of serving students and self-preservation, and identify strategies for finding balance.
Intended audience: Staff, including post-docs, GRTs, and GRAs
Kristen Covino - Associate Head of House, Joseph Zimakas - Student Support Services Staff Associate
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Jan/16 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | W20-407 |
Do you often feel stressed in your personal and/or professional life? Most people do. Are the techniques you use to deal with stress effective? Dr. Brooks will describe specific, realistic strategies to develop resilience in ourselves and assist others to do the same. He will also examine the importance of empathy and empathic communication in relationships even when faced with ¿difficult¿ people or situations.
Dr. Robert Brooks - Psychologist
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Jan/16 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 4-145 |
Full title: Under Your Skin: Working with Colleagues Who Don't Share Your Principles
Diverse skills and viewpoints often makes a team stronger. However, sometimes there's pressure for members of the team to compromise their values and principles. This session will focus on improving team dynamics and working relationships through constructive confrontation and role modeling.
Kristen Covino - Associate Head of House, Joseph Zimakas - Student Support Services Staff Associate
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Jan/17 | Wed | 05:00PM-07:00PM | tba, Please prepare by watching the short video linked |
Active listening is a key step in conflict resolution, and you can help others to learn how to resolve their own conflicts using this approach. Come join us for a light supper and a great session about how to coach others to use the active listening method and the Positions-Interests-Options-Solutions (PIOS) process. Prepare by watching this short video: http://dslx.mit.edu/resources/active-listening
Monika Avello - iREFS
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Jan/18 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 4-145 |
Come learn from two seasoned supervisors about some essential ways to manage employees. We will talk about things to do and things to avoid, and we'll think through some scenarios. You don't need to be a supervisor -- just someone who is interested in managing people.
Claudette Palmer - Manager, Campus Activities Complex, Jennifer Smith - Assistant Director, Campus Activities Complex
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Jan/23 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 4-145 |
Whether you are interested in finding a mentor, improving upon your mentoring skills, or being a good mentee, come learn more about making mentoring a successful part of your 2018!
Don Camelio - Associate Dean, Residential Education, Leah Flynn Gallant - Asst. Dean and Director, Student Leadership and Engagement
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Jan/24 | Wed | 05:00PM-07:00PM | tba, Please watch video mentioned below |
Join us for a light supper and some strategic thinking about how to use active listening and conflict resoluion in challenging situations that are thorny and complicated. To prepare, please watch this short video: http://dslx.mit.edu/resources/active-listening
Monika Avello - iREFS
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Jan/30 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 4-145 |
Want to be your best self at work? Interested in learning neuroscience-based management practices? The SCARF model highlights five key social domain areas that the brain is hardwired to respond to, and since these areas dramatically impact motivation levels and performance, you should know more about them.
Sonja Dagbjartsdottir - DSL Human Resources Administrator
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Feb/01 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 4-145, For DSL Staff only |
What is your next career move going to be? Whether you're just starting a position or have been in your role for years, taking some time to map out your career plan can benefit you personally and professionally. We'll do some career vision mapping and then have an open discussion about career goals. This session is intended to lift up your spirits and get you excited about where you are going. Take a moment to dream big!
Tessa McLean - Associate Dean of Student Conduct
Branding Yourself: Effective Communication Skills
GECD
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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
Career Values 101
GECD
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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
Commercialization of University Technology: Innovation, Tech Transfer and Licensing
Jack Turner, Senior Associate Director, Lauren Foster, Associate Director
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Jan/31 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-133 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
Technology transfer is the movement of knowledge and discoveries to the general public. This transfer is generally affected by means of IP licensing agreements (contracts) between universities and private companies.
For MIT, however, technology transfer refers to the formal licensing of technology to third parties, managed and administered by the TLO.
Jack Turner and Lauren Foster will walk you through the commercialization process, patenting decisions, and the MIT policies when it comes to technology transfer.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, which will then be followed by a complementing session on “The Engine and early stage venture fundraising” .
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Connecting Across MIT - Creating a LinkedIn Profile
Megan Chester, Career Development Consultant
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Jan/09 | Tue | 12:00PM-01:00PM | NE49-5145A, T-Lab, Bring your laptop or tablet |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Connecting Across MIT - Creating a LinkedIn Profile
A professional online presence can give you an advantage in a job search. This LinkedIn Profile workshop will show you how to create, refresh or update your profile to highlight your experience at MIT, your strengths and your accomplishments. This workshop is for the novice LinkedIn user who wants to get started with profile basics and learn how to navigate the site.
Sponsor(s): MIT Human Resources
Contact: Megan Chester, NE49-5000, 617-258-6476, mchester@mit.edu
Connecting Across MIT - Networking Through LinkedIn
Megan Chester, Career Development Consultant
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Jan/17 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | NE49-5145A, T-Lab, Bring your laptop or tablet |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Connecting Across MIT - Networking Through LinkedIn
Connections with colleagues in departments, labs and centers can help you develop your career path at MIT. This LinkedIn workshop will show you how to identify colleagues at MIT, effectively connect, communicate and build relationships that will lead to advice and new opportunities. This workshop is for LinkedIn users who have a LinkedIn profile, some comfort navigating the site and who are looking for ways to better leverage LinkedIn to connect with MIT colleagues.
Sponsor(s): MIT Human Resources
Contact: Megan Chester, NE49-000, 617-258-6476, mchester@mit.edu
Creating a Successful Career--Strategies, Techniques, and the Big Mistakes You're Going to Make
Mark Herschberg 95, MNG 97, 05, Principal, White Knight Consulting
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Jan/31 | Wed | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 32-155 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Upon graduating from MIT you will begin a career. MIT has provided you with countless facts and formulas to help you with your job, but what have you learned to help you with your career? This talk gives you structure to think through your career and help you maximize both your income and happiness. It will teach you how to answer questions such as: How do you know which job is right? Where will you be in 20 years? What to ask for in job negotiations? The talk also covers the common job mistakes and how to avoid them. Register today! Walk-ins welcome.
MARK HERSCHBERG Educated at MIT (with degrees in physics, EE/CS, and a masters in cryptography) Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 100s, and academia. Mark has worked at and consulted to number startups typically taking on roles in general management, operations, and technology. He has been involved from inception and fundraising through growth and sale of the company. These startup companies have included a wireless application platform, online advertising, OLAP, and new language development. Mark was instrumental in launching ServiceLive.com Sears online home services labor market; he also helped fix NBCs online video marketplace (now Hulu.com). In academia, he spent a year at HBS working with two finance professors to create the upTick system now used to teach finance at many of the top business schools and at MIT helped launched UPOP at which he's taught the past 15 years.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Creating Effective Research Posters
GECD
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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
Developing Leadership in Yourself and Others
David Nino, Senior Lecturer, GEL-MIT Engineering Leadership Program
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Graduate Status
Join us for this workshop series designed for MIT graduate students interested in “making a positive difference” in their chosen fields. Grounded in research but experiential and engaging in delivery, these workshops will build practical skills that apply to engineering and technology environments.
This series is offered through the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program in collaboration with the Graduate Student Council. Students are welcome to attend some or all of these workshops. Those who attend the entire series will receive a special acknowledgement from the Gordon-MIT Engineering Program.
Limited to 35 participants
To Register: Email Lisa Stagnone (lstag@mit.edu)
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Lisa Stagnone, lstag@mit.edu
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Jan/18 | Thu | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 4-149 |
Turning a smart group of people into a committed, focused, & effective team is not easy feat and "real teams" rarely evolve naturally. Acquire a proven framework for designing and leading new teams in engineering and technology environments.
Complete this workshop to be able to
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Jan/23 | Tue | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 3-442 |
The heart of leadership is the ability to inspire people without relying on authority. Only one in ten practicing managers are skilled in motivating others. Learn to engage and develop people to deliver their best work.
You'll be able to
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Jan/25 | Thu | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 4-149 |
In a safe and open environment, conflict can serve an essential role in building collective capacity for creativity, innovation, and group learning. Learn how conflict can achieve these constructive outcomes.
Attendees will learn to:
Assess your own personal preferences for conflict.
Become a better problem solver in groups.
Increase your ability to deliver and receive critical feedback.
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Jan/30 | Tue | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 4-149 |
Discover your leadership strengths and invent career pathways for putting them to work. We will be joined by John Strackhouse, who advises some of today¿s top leaders in technology.
Attendees will learn to:
Discover your distinctive professional strengths.
Identify work environments that can bring out your best.
Explore strategies for securing jobs that align with your life aspirations.
Exceptional Service
Scott Rolph, Organization Development Consultant
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Jan/16 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | NE49-5145, T-Lab |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
This interactive workshop will focus on ways to build and maintain relationships with customers, including administrators, faculty, colleagues and others with whom you work closely and strategies for providing exceptional customer service to your internal and external customers.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Sponsor(s): MIT Human Resources
Contact: Elizabeth Hawley, NE49-5000, 617-253-0497, eahawley@mit.edu
Exploring Pelvic Pain Through a Team-Based Approach
GECD
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Jan/29 | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E19-202 |
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Jan/30 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E19-202 |
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Jan/31 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E19-202 |
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Feb/01 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E17-290X |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
On the week of JANUARY 29 - FEBRUARY 1, from 10AM-12PM, the Prehealth Advising Office will be offering a non-credit course that will explore pelvic pain from a team-based approach. This course is being offered within the MIT Independent Activities Period.
Pelvic pain is a broad term used to describe discomfort in the pelvic region that lasts for at least six months or more. It can be caused by pelvic floor dysfunction, diseases such as endometriosis and adenomyosis. Throughout the week-long course, we will examine how various healthcare professionals treat pelvic pain. Some of these healthcare professionals include; a surgeon, an OBGYN, a nurse practitioner, an anesthesiologist, and more.
This course is great for anyone interested in learning about pelvic pain or anyone looking to become a health professional in the future.
Registration requested.
Email Prehealth with any questions.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Fundamentals of Science and Technology Public Policy Making: MIT Sci/Tech Policy Bootcamp
William Bonvillian, Director, MIT DC Office
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/11
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants should attend all sessions but it is not mandatory
Examines the public policy behind, & the government's role in science and technology-based innovation system. Emphasis placed on US S&T system, but international examples discussed. Seminar aims to equip those planning careers in and around science and technology with basic background for involvement in science policymaking.
Issues: 1) drivers behind S&T support: growth economics, direct, indirect innovation factors, innovation systems theory, the "valley of death" between R&D and public-private partnership models; 2) organizing framework behind US science agencies, and the DARPA model as an alternative; 3) how innovation is organized when it's face-to-face; 4) barriers and challenges to health science advance; 5) the energy technology challenge - how the science/tech innovation system needs to be organized to meet it within an existing and established complex economic sector; and 6) upcoming competitiveness challenge in advanced manufacturing.
Undergraduate and graduate students from all schools are welcome
Enrollment is limited. Accepted students MUST commit to attend all sessions to earn a spot in the class
Please fill out this web form by December 11 to participate in activity:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHxJYVN_x8SbOIn6CWYprfZqGDwezqPyOlSTtGGK27CHC-VQ/viewform
Sponsor(s): Political Science, MIT Science Policy Initiative
Contact: Quantum Wei, qwei@mit.edu
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Jan/22 | Mon | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
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Jan/23 | Tue | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
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Jan/24 | Wed | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
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Jan/25 | Thu | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
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Jan/26 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 56-114 |
Goal Setting
Amanda Bennett, Manager, Talent Management
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Feb/02 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:00PM | NE49-5145, L-Lab |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
This interactive workshop will focus on the importance and distinction between performance and professional development goals; utilize templates that incorporate best practices for goal setting; and include time to practice writing your goals.
Sponsor(s): MIT Human Resources
Contact: Elizabeth Hawley, NE49-5000, 617-253-0497, eahawley@mit.edu
How to Actually Resolve Disagreements
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator
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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
If your recruiting season hasn't worked out... We (NDT) Can Help You!
Beverly Kahn, Risa Kahn
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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
(CANCELED) Improv Skills for Business
Louis Sweeny SM '95
| Jan/23 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 5-232 |
| Jan/24 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 5-232 |
| Jan/25 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 5-232 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
The speaker was called home (Washington state). Please register for IAP 2018 Activity: Improv to Improve Communication Skills taking place on January 29, 2:30 p.m., E19-202.
This workshop will introduce a set of simple improv games or exercises that promote creativity, problem solving, and are easy to learn. They are also fun. We will review the game rules, demo them, play them, and then reflect/analyze.
Allaying some common concerns:
1. I'm too shy: this is a safe space, many people who come will be shy, you can play "shy" and your other characters can react and give you things to respond to, and its all over in a few minutes.
2. This is touchy-feeling and can't help me in my professional life: improv training is now a standard component of many fortune 500 professional development courses
3. I'm not funny: you don't have to be, trying to be funny is a "crutch" in this work, you just have to be present, listen hard, and respond with the fist thing that comes to your mind, which often turns out to be funny for reasons you would never expect.
4. My English is not perfect. Excellent! That is a great offer to your partner.
Register for this free event: http://alumic.mit.edu/improv_skills_for_business_2018
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Improv to Improve Communication Skills
GECD
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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
Infinite Careers Alumni Speaker Series: Anna Wexler (SB Course 9; PhD HASTS)
GECD
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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
Infinite Careers Alumni Speaker Series: Ayanna Samuels (Course 16)
GECD
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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
Infinite Careers Alumni Speaker Series: Khalea Ross Robinson (Course 1, 17, 21)
GECD
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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
Infinite Careers Alumni Speaker Series: Tarikh Campbell (Course 10b)
GECD
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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
Making the Most of Your Presentation
GECD
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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
Managing With Situational Leadership II
Margaret Ann Gray, Senior Consultant, Leadership Programs, Dyan Madrey, Organization Development Consultant
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Jan/31 | Wed | 09:00AM-04:00PM | NE49-5145, L-Lab |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Managing With Situational Leadership® II
This course teaches a practical model for deciding how best to lead others and obtain results. It puts into perspective the ever-changing roles found in leadership, management, and supervision. This course matches clearly MIT's new emphasis on performance management.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Sponsor(s): MIT Human Resources
Contact: Elizabeth Hawley, NE49-5000, 617-253-0497, eahawley@mit.edu
Managing Your Negative Self-Talk: Growing from Overachiever to High Performer
Di Ye, Zhennovate Founder
Enrollment: Sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/u8XYQ3ofDpDykMY73
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: MIT Community members
Ever felt inadequate, disheartened, paralyzed, or anxious because of that judgmental negative voice in your mind? What are you telling yourself in the face of dreams, opportunities, challenges, and failures? Inner Critic, the negative voice that arises in our mind, is a natural part of human experience. Inner critic can send us through an emotional downward spiral if we do not know how to manage it.
How you talk to yourself matters.
Interwoven with real-life stories and insights experienced by MIT students and alums, these workshops will teach practical tools to help you discover blind spots and manage inner critic.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Di Ye, hello@zhennovate.com
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Jan/22 | Mon | 07:00PM-09:30PM | 56-114 |
Understand how inner critic works
Debunk myth about inner critic and resilience
Discern disempowering language patterns in your daily conversations
Learn tools to channel your self-judgements into the supporting voice to get unstuck and focus on addressing the real problems (Part 1)
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Jan/26 | Fri | 07:00PM-09:30PM | 56-114 |
Learn more tools to channel your self-judgements into the supporting voice to get unstuck and focus on addressing the real problems (Part 2)
Practice generating empowering self-talk in various scenarios, ranging from daily work planning, to preparing for job interviews, to failing forward with an important project, to speaking up at meetings, to networking for resources, etc.
MIT Can Talk!
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
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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 VMS Boot Camp: Crash Course in Enterprise B2B Sales for Startups
Kent Summers, MIT VMS Mentor, Haley Tidd, Program Administrator
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Jan/26 | Fri | 09:00AM-04:00PM | 4-370, Lunch break from 12-1 PM |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 110 participants
Prereq: None
In its 7th year, this popular IAP workshop is consistently received by attendees with enthusiasm. Providing practical knowledge of "how to sell," the Sales Boot Camp provides entrepreneurs starting a new venture and business school graduates entering a new profession with basic tools for success—how to target enterprise sales opportunities, manage a sales process, acquire customers and generate revenue. Attendees will gain basic knowledge and confidence to support better sales decisions.
The workshop is comprised of two 3-hour sessions, combining lecture, interactive exercises, and anecdotal evidence from real sales situations. Attendees will trouble-shoot “failed sales” Case Studies and recommend corrective action or behavior. The first session focuses on basic concepts and tools and mechanics required for sales focus and efficiency. The second covers more subtle aspects of selling with emphasis on how to navigate an organization, overcome bias, build consensus, negotiate and close deals.
Kent Summers has been offering this Boot Camp in collaboration with VMS since 2008. He regularly presents the Sales Boot Camp at the MIT Sloan School, the Harvard MBA program and the Wharton School of Business. Summers founded and sold three software companies in the Boston area, and since 2002 has served as a mentor to dozens of MIT start-ups. His success with early-stage ventures and enterprise sales is uniquely suited to the needs of start-up ventures.
Email vms@mit.edu to register
Sponsor(s): MIT Venture Mentoring Service
Contact: Haley Tidd, W31-310, (617) 258-0720, vms@mit.edu
Negotiating a Job Offer
GECD
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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
Patent Law Fundamentals
Jeffrey A. Meldman, Senior Lecturer
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
Intensive introduction to the basic provisions of U.S. patent law, emphasizing the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent. Designed for students in all MIT departments.
Meets MWF Jan 17 through 29, 2-4 pm, E51-151.
Topics include: Requirements for a patentable invention : utility, novelty, and non-obviousness . . . Eligible categories of invention (software? business methods? human genes?) . . . Applying for a patent, including patent searches and the language of patent claims . . . New U.S. law of inventor priority (first to invent? first to file? first to disclose, or what?) . . . Infringement, defenses, and remedies . . . Patents in comparison with copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.
Meets with 15.620, which offers 3 units of G credit. (Students who wish to receive credit should register for 15.620 and plan to take a comprehensive quiz in the final class meeting on January 31.)
Reading materials include key sections of the U.S. patent statute (Title 35, U.S. Code) and related judicial decisions. All readings and lecture slides will be posted on the 15.620 Stellar website. No textbooks or course packs. For the benefit of non-credit participants, the MIT community will have access to the 15.620 website throughout IAP.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Jeffrey Meldman, E62-317, 617 253-4932, JMELDMAN@MIT.EDU
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Jan/17 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Overview of U.S. patent law and of intellectual property more generally. Critical differences among patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.
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Jan/19 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Requirements for a patentable invention: utility, novelty, and non-obviousness. New U.S. law regarding inventory priority.
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Jan/22 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Eligible subject matter. Can software be patented? Business methods? Human genes? Rights of patent ownership.
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Jan/24 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
The process of applying for a patent. Contents of the patent application, especially the specification. The role of the patent search. Demonstration of on-line search tools available to MIT students.
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Jan/26 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Patent claims as property boundaries. The scope, language, and structure of patent claims. Patent licences and the MIT Technology Licensing Office
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Jan/29 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Literal infringement and the doctrine of equivalents. Patent invalidity and other defenses. Legal and equitable remedies. Anatomy of a recent patent infringement case. ALSO-- Introduction to the B.U. Entrpreneurship and Intellectual Property Law Clinic at MIT.
Planning to work as an Engineer? How to Make Sense of your Engineering Education
Emanuel Sachs, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Feb/02 | Fri | 03:00PM-04:00PM | Rm 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None
Happily, you will not be doing problem sets as a working engineer! Not even close. No one right answer, for starters. So, what will you be doing? How do the pieces of engineering that you have been exposed to fit together? What other pieces are needed to complete the puzzle? What is the picture formed by the completed puzzle? (Hint: math and science may not be at the center.)
Come hear the thoughts of a faculty member who has spent half his career in academia and half in industry and has been involved with eight start-ups (some in 3D Printing, some in Photovoltaics) including licensor, co-founder and CTO roles.
Just an hour long. Good chance you'll hear something worth the hours' time.
Contact: Emanuel Sachs, 35-136, 617 253-5381, SACHS@MIT.EDU
Prepping for a Site Visit: Culture, Fit, and Growth
GECD
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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
Presentation Skills Workshop
Cori Champagne, Recognition Administrator
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Jan/17 | Wed | 09:00AM-01:00PM | NE49-5145, T-Lab |
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Jan/24 | Wed | 09:00AM-01:00PM | NE49-5145, T-Lab |
| Date TBD | 09:00AM-01:00PM | NE49-5145, T-Lab | ||
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Preparing and Delivering Presentations
Not sure where to start in preparing a presentation? Would you like a safe space for practicing and improving your public speaking skills? This participatory workshop will provide helpful tools and tips for preparing and delivering a presentation and the opportunity for each participant to deliver their own presentation in a fun, relaxed, and supportive setting.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Contact: Elizabeth Hawley, NE49-5000, 617-253-0497, eahawley@mit.edu
Promoting Your Value through Transferable Skills
GECD
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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
Reaching audiences through multiple modes
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator
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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
Sampling of Careers in Biology
Biology Department & Biology Graduate Students
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
This program will cover five career paths for Biology PhDs.
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Jing-Ke Weng, WI-361C, 617-324-4921, wengj@wi.mit.edu
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Jan/11 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 68-181 |
Innovative science needs innovative communication. Come join the discussion on how science communication shapes the way scientists find and share new discoveries, the ways that new platforms are broadening audiences of your research, and the responsibilities that come with spreading ¿world-changing¿ discoveries.
Richard Sever - Co-founder, Eric Boodman - Reporter, Megan Talkington - Senior Science Writer, Vivian Siegel - Director of Communications, MIT Biology, Yarden Katz - Fellow, Departmental Fellow in Systems Biology
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Jan/16 | Tue | 01:30PM-02:30PM | 68-181 |
We have a diverse set of panelists spanning a range of careers in science policy to illustrate the challenges that arise at the intersection of areas such as research, biotechnology, and ethics with policy. Join us to hear about what a career in science policy entails, and to learn about how our panelists made the transition from the bench to where they are today.
Dan Pomeroy - PhD, Managing Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Hannah Lewis-Rosenblum - Entomological Identifier/Plant Health Safeguarding, Larisa Rudenko - PhD, DABT, Senior Advisor for Biotechnology, Sheldon Krimsky - Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning
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Jan/17 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 68-181 |
Learn about the opportunities and challenges of working in the fast-paced and rapidly developing field of Research and Development in biotechnology. Thought leaders from the biotech industry will share their experiences and guidance for those interested in entering the field.
Dr. Daniel Grenfell-Lee - Site Leader and Director Biotech Fermentation & DSP, Dr. Ryan Philippe - Director of Innovation, Dr. Janice Lee - Scientist, Dr. Michele Maxwell - Principal Scientist, Translational Research
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Jan/23 | Tue | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
Panelists represent a cross section of the consulting & investment industry in healthcare. The panel would give you a good sense about the breadth of opportunities in the consulting and investment world, and how one can transition into these careers after school. The panelists also represent a good example of how much fluidity there is between these career options.
Seamus Levine-Wilkinson - Manager, Maria Denslow - Healthcare Lead Knowledge Analyst, Jason Ruth - Associate, Burt Adelman - Senior Advisor
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Jan/26 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 56-154 |
What does it take to translate an idea from bench to business? Hear from founders of successful biotech start-ups, both non-profit and for-profit, about the paths they took to build their organizations, and from a Flagship Pioneering associate about how these teams are discovered and developed in the fast-moving world of venture capital.
Melina Fan - Co-founder and Director of Scientific Outreach, James Wilson - CEO, Diana Bernstein - Associate, Daniel J. Mandell - CEO
Science Communication: Vocal Variation
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator
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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
Social networking sites & article sharing
Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian
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Jan/29 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783447
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 30 participants
Many researchers promote and share their publications on sites like ResearchGate and Academia.edu. Come to this IAP session to learn about how sharing on these sites relates to copyright and open access, as well as how the sites compare to institutional and subject repositories like DSpace@MIT or arXiv. We'll also discuss recent ResearchGate controversies and lawsuits. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783447
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253-9879, KHDUNN@MIT.EDU
Story Telling 101
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
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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
Successful Interviewing Through Body Language
GECD
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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
The Art of Behavioral Interviewing
GECD
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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
The Engine and early stage venture fundraising
Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at The Engine
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Jan/31 | Wed | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-133 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
In this session you will learn about The Engine, the new initiative that MIT put into motion to support tough-tech startups with capital and other resources.
Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at The Engine, will also talk about the general early stage venture capital funding in Boston and how to think about that. Over the last seven years, Reed has invested into more than 100 companies in Boston - as an angel, at Techstars, Project 11, and now at The Engine.
We will have time for interactive feedback and advice on your companies & plans as well.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, and will be followed by this session.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
UROP Open House
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Jan/30 | Tue | 03:30PM-04:30PM | 6-104, Chipman Room |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Come enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and some cookies while speaking with current UROP supervisors and students about participating in undergraduate research at MIT.
Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program -UROP, Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: J Alex Hoyt, 7-104, 617 324-6700, JAHOYT@MIT.EDU
UROP Student Panel
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Feb/01 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 5-134 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Come hear from current UROP students about their experiences conducting research at MIT. UROP staff will also be available to answer questions.
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program -UROP
Contact: J Alex Hoyt, 7-104, 617 324-6700, JAHOYT@MIT.EDU
What Every International Student Should Know about U.S. Employment
Marilyn Wilson
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Jan/24 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:30PM | E25-111 |
Enrollment: Registration Preferred: careerbridge.mit.edu
Dan Beaudry, former head of campus recruiting at Monster.com, shares the potent job search system used by many international students to find U.S. employment. H-1B's are won in ways you likely don't expect. What you'll discover in this presentation may surprise you:
Dan’s programs at MIT have been very popular in years past. Find more information about him and his book, The International Student’s Guide to Finding a Job in th United States, at www.powerties.net.
Contact: Libby Reed, E17-294, 617 253-3224, LAREED@MIT.EDU
You've invented something cool! Now what?
Christopher Noble, MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement, Tod Woolf, MIT Technology Licensing Officer
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Jan/24 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Chris Noble (MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement) and Tod Woolf (MIT Technology Licensing Officer) will give you the inside scoop on getting a patent (and if you need to) and how to negotiate with the TLO and with your investors to spin out your startup.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries. Food will be served.
Wednesday, January 24, 10:00am - 11:30am EST
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Your Place on Stage
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
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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
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