sessions on presenting skills, effective posters, intellectual property, and more next week

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

For MIT Postdocs: Dr. Jean-luc Doumont is not to be missed! Below are 
some highlights for next week from GECD. Many other sponsors' events are 
posted in MIT Independent Activities listings 
(*http://web.mit.edu/iap/), with special listings from the Libraries and 
Technology Licensing Office (*http://bit.ly/2mgrKld *and 
https://libraries.mit.edu/news/events/). 
<https://libraries.mit.edu/news/events/>*

*Making the Most of Your Presentation**- Tuesday, January 16^th , 1:30pm 
- 3:30pm, 10-250 - **Dr. Jean-luc Doumont*

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 
<http://www.principiae.be/>.**Pre-registration requested via 
Careerbridge 
<https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=60818>.

*Negotiating a Job Offer **- Wednesday, January 17^th , 1:00pm – 2:30pm, 
E19-202*

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 
via Careerbridge 
<https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=60768>.

*Creating Effective Research Posters **- Thursday, Jan 18^th , 1:30pm - 
3:30pm, 10-250  - Dr. Jean-luc Doumont*

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.Pre-registration requested via 
Careerbridge. 
<https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=62501>


<https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=62501> 


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mit-postdocs/attachments/20180112/be6839f2/attachment.html