January IAP sessions: career-related talks and more

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Dear MIT Postdocs,

Reminder: MIT's Independent Activity Period (IAP) will run from Jan. 7 - 
Feb. 1.
Many classes and activities meet for one hour and are free.

Go to *http://web.mit.edu/iap/* and explore the listings of non-credit 
areas by*sponsor <http://web.mit.edu/iap/www/iap13/iap/nstoc.html>* (see 
for example Biology), *category 
<http://web.mit.edu/iap/www/iap13/iap/nctoc.html>*, and/or date. Note 
when advance sign-up is required, and check for any restrictions. 
Categories include: Careers; Engineering; Law and Legal Issues; 
Management and Entrepreneurship; Writing and Communication Skills; 
Academic Skills and Resources; Research Skills; and many others. You 
will also find some purely "fun" activities, and sessions related to 
art, music, film, cooking, hobbies, and more.

These are just some examples:

Negotiating for Women

Protect your invention and turn it into a start-up!

Start-ups 3.0

Patents

Obtaining Research Funding

MIT Can Talk: sessions on public speaking/oral communication (see more 
info below*)

How to Speak (Professor Winston -- improving your speaking ability)

A Short Short Short Guide to Public Speaking Skills

Managing confidential data

Research Data Management

Biotech Business Information for Engineers and Scientists

Career Management with Alumnus Mark Herschberg

MIT's Charm School

Learn to Square Dance


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*MIT Can Talk, IAP 2014

*A series of independent workshop sessions on public speaking/oral 
communication will be offered from January 24 -- 29^th . These are meant 
to be practical and hands-on, and are open to all members of the MIT 
community and beyond. Come to as many or as few as you like!*

Many of the great thinkers of the past, the so called "Renaissance Men", 
excelled in both Engineering/Science and Exposition/Rhetoric/Oration.MIT 
engineers and scientists of today, the creative men and women who will 
be the leaders of tomorrow, can as well. "MIT Can Talk" was organized to 
promote campus-wide awareness of good oral communication skills.

(There is also a related competition that is open to MIT students only.)

*Visit **mitcantalk.mit.edu <http://mitcantalk.mit.edu/>**for more 
info.*Let the world know that MIT can talk!

Sample topics (there are many others):

Cracking the Code: Learn to Speak "American"

Express Yourself!

Enliven Your Speech

Nonverbal Behaviors for Effective Speaking


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Enjoy!

Dana

-- 
Dana Bresee Keeth
Project Manager, Office of the Vice President for Research,
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
MIT, 10-256 (mail: 10-219)
tel. 617-715-4671

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