IAP 2018 Activities by Sponsor - Writing and Communication Center

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

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

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 Leaders TBD

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