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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Jesse DeLaughter <<a href="mailto:jessed@mit.edu">jessed@mit.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>New IAP course- Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Theory and Practice</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">December 12, 2014 at 2:01:50 PM EST<br>
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<div>I am writing to share a new course from the Department of Comparative Media Studies and Writing, and sponsored by the MIT-SUTD Collaboration office. It aims at giving participants broadly applicable skills for working in multicultural teams. We would love
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<div><font size="-1" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.</font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<font size="-1" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Limited to 20 participants.</font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<font size="-1" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Prereq: </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<font size="-1" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Level: U 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">It is a rare job or class that does not require working with others. Today's engineers, designers,
programmers and architects need to be experts in the skills of their trade, but they also need the skills to work with others to get things done. As work becomes increasingly global in nature, this means communicating effectively with people from across many
cultures, identifying and overcoming sources of tension, and creatively combining the strengths that individual team members bring to the table. In this course, participants will:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">-Gain knowledge of cultural factors that may influence group and individual work dynamics</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">-Understand typical stages of group development</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">-Gain tools for effective communication</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">-Assess their own areas of strength and weakness and identify areas of growth to work on during
the program</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">-Explore various paradigms of leadership and analyze them through different cultural lenses</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">-Gain significant experience working in teams</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">Students should register on WebSIS and contact instructor to sign up for the 8am-9:30am or
10am-11:30am session. MIT student enrollment in each session limited to 10. 20 students from Singapore University of Technology and Design will also participate in each session. Limited sessions are open to listeners; please email ahead of time if interested. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">Contact: Jane Connor,
<a href="mailto:jconnor@mit.edu">jconnor@mit.edu</a> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
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<b style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; font-size:13px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Session One</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
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<font size="-1" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Tue, Thu, Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 08-09:30am, 54-915<br>
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<b style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; font-size:13px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Session Two</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px; background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:13px; line-height:16.847999572753906px">
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<font size="-1" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:'Lucida Grande',Geneva,sans-serif; line-height:16.847999572753906px">Tue, Thu, Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 10-11:30am, 54-915</font></div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Jesse DeLaughter</div>
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<div>Jesse DeLaughter</div>
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