IAP 2018 Activities by Sponsor - MIT Museum

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

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

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

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

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

Gary Van Zante, Curator, MIT Museum, Julia Meer, Design Historian at Humboldt University, Berlin

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

The course will provide an overview of modernist graphic design with a particular emphasis on the important contributions of the MIT Office of Design Services in the 1960s-1980s and its designers, Jacqueline Casey, Muriel Cooper, Ralph Coburn and Dietmar Winkler. The MIT design office was one of the most innovative design practices in the country at this time, and made important contributions to the assimilation of Swiss graphic design in America. 

By visiting and examining different collections we offer insights in the design process including the influence of printing and layout techniques. We will discuss how graphic design artifacts can be used as a source for research, and we will problematize how the history of design is written and how it differs from similar disciplines such as art history.

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Gary Van Zante, N51-211, (617) 253-2825, vanzante@mit.edu

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	Jan/10	Wed	01:00PM-03:00PM	MIT Museum (N51)
	Jan/17	Wed	01:00PM-03:00PM	MassArt - See Below
	Jan/24	Wed	01:00PM-03:00PM	MIT Museum (N51)

1/17/18 event location:

Massachusetts College of Art, Presidents Gallery, 1 p.m.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Presidents Gallery (in the Tower building)

621 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA

Gary Van Zante - Curator, MIT Museum, Julia Meer - Design Historian at Humboldt University, Berlin

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