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October 21, 2011

Akbulut Halatci, Choudhury, Aiello, Hashmi and Joshi Win the Future

Future Faculty FellowsThree MIT graduate students (Nada Hashmi of Sloan, Clarice Demarchi Aiello of NSE, Gauri Joshi of EECS),  one MIT graduate alumna (Ozge Akbulut Halatci of DMSE), and one MIT visiting professor (Charisma Choudhury of CEE) are currently Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows. These fellowships are awarded to women academics in science and engineering from developing and emerging countries, and provide funding for advanced graduate study at top universities abroad. Launched in 2004, the program has a long-term goal of generating conditions that result in more women pursuing doctorate and post-doctorate studies in scientific disciplines. Read more

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GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

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March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52929 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52928 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52927 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52926 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

Ses 3 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Diversity in leadership II This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

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Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

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Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 40534 | Updated 2 years ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology Culture Forum

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For 45 years The Technology and Culture Forum (TAC) has been an on-going, Institute-wide arena for the discussion of ethical issues related to science, technology and innovation.

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Career Paths Relating Engineering and Physical Sciences to Life

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Learn about the places you can go by relating both engineering and physical sciences to life. Organized by the MIT Graduate Student Council; filmed by the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education.

MIT L.E.A.D. – How to Make Connections: Networking

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This workshop covers how to make personal and professional connections and the significance of networking.  Participantsl discuss the “art of small talk” and are shown strategies of networking with professionals to promote oneself and one’s student organization.  Focusing on providing students with ooportunities that allow them to develop...

MIT L.E.A.D. – How to Make Connections: Networking

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This workshop covers how to make personal and professional connections and the significance of networking.  Participantsl discuss the “art of small talk” and are shown strategies of networking with professionals to promote oneself and one’s student organization.  Focusing on providing students with ooportunities that allow them to develop...

MIT L.E.A.D. – The Benefits of Diversity

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Embracing diversity is an important quality as a leader.  Leaders gain understanding, perspective, and generate opportunities for themselves and others.  This workshop discusses and demonstrates the benefits of diversity and its importance within a student organization.  The focus is on providing students with opportunities that allow them to...

There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel

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A Panel of recent MIT alumni across academia, industry, consulting, and entrepreneurial careers speak about how they planned and accomplished graduation (convincing advisor, committee); how their career paths post-graduation have changed since MIT (work style, pace, perks, drawbacks); and what they know now that they wish they had...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference – Look Like A Leader

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Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle (CEO of Science from Scientists and Counterpoint Health Systems and former “Miss Massachusetts 2004″) provides tips on how to present oneself when networking with other professionals at meetings, interviews, and conferences. Topics covered range from “what to wear” to “how to give a short...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference – Look Like A Leader

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Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle (CEO of Science from Scientists and Counterpoint Health Systems and former “Miss Massachusetts 2004″) provides tips on how to present oneself when networking with other professionals at meetings, interviews, and conferences. Topics covered range from “what to wear” to “how to give a short...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference 2012 – Leadership in Academia and Industry

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Panelists discuss their ascension into leadership positions in academia, industry, or both in some cases. They discuss both the skills necessary for their leadership roles as well as provide insight into how they decided which career path to take after obtaining graduate degrees in STEM fields. Panelists: Nancy Levy...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference 2012 – Leadership in Academia and Industry

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Panelists discuss their ascension into leadership positions in academia, industry, or both in some cases. They discuss both the skills necessary for their leadership roles as well as provide insight into how they decided which career path to take after obtaining graduate degrees in STEM fields. Panelists: Nancy Levy...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference 2012 – Keynote: Take Charge of Your Vision

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An opening keynote, Carley Roney, Founder and Editor in Chief of TheKnot/XO Group, kicks off the week-long GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference. In the address, Carley discusses how everyone has a vision for their career and their future and offers her persepctive on how to assume leadership and “Take...

Putting Your Degree To Work! Career Strategies with Peter Fiske

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Many career avenues are open to young scientists and engineers in the current work environment. MIT students and postdocs are intrigued to consider their expanding opportuities, but may not know what these options are or how to pursue them. How do you transition from grad school or post...

Career Paths for PhDs in Energy Industry

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Find out what people in the energy field are doing and how to connect your research to real world issues. A panel of speakers share their career path stories and discuss various career options for entry in an energy related field. The speakers span science and engineering disciplines,...

GSC Panel: Finding a Good Research Advisor

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Are you looking for a research advisor? This panel discussion will help you make an educated decision about one of the most important choices in grad school. Get an overview of what considerations should go into choosing a lab and the pros and cons at different advising styles....

Finding a Good Postdoc

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Are you considering a career in academia? Are you seeking to diversify your research skills before launching into an industry career? Perhaps you are already a postdoc, and wish to maximize your experience or make a change. This panel presentation will discuss various aspects of finding, selecting, and...

GSC Professional Skills Seminar: Writing a Successful Graduate Fellowship Proposal

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Thinking of applying for a graduate fellowship to get funds for your research and enhance your CV?  Learn about how to find out what fellowships are available and how to put together a successful application.  Speakers include professors, postdocs, and students who have won fellowships, from disciplines including...

Academia, Industry or Both?

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Are you trying to decide between academia and industry? David Weitz, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard; Lita Nelsen, Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office; and Annalisa Weigel, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, will be sharing their experience and insight on making...

OEx: OpenEducation-x

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Invited presentation on the modern era of Open Education, moving from a focus on content to a focus on practice, courses and certification. Slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/bmuramatsu/oex Presented by Brandon Muramatsu at Tacoma Community College, April 27, 2012.

Distinguished Lecture: Professor Moniz, Director, MIT Energy Initiative

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Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and the Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. Professor Moniz served as U.S. Under Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 2001 and as Associate Director...

Climbing the Career Ladder: Gender and the Workplace

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A panel discussion with speakers from fields where women are typically under-represented, including Aditi Garg (Tesla Motors), Pamela Benkert (Philips Healthcare), Hilda Tang (Oliver Wyman), and Leah Buechley (MIT). The speakers share their career paths and experiences in the workplace, as well as discuss the evolving influence of...

Challenges of Urban Energy Planning in China, March 14, 2012

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March 14, 5:30-7 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Stephen Hammer Challenges of Urban Energy Planning in China | Discussant: Karen R Polenske Dr. Stephen Hammer is a Lecturer in Energy Planning at MIT DUSP. Dr. Hammer also serves as co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, an...

Caroline Woolard, “SolidarityNYC, OurGoods.org, and Trade School”

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Caroline Woolard speaks about her work with SolidarityNYC, OurGoods and Trade School, two barter economies for cultural production. OurGoods.org connects artists, designers, and craftspeople to trade skills, spaces, and objects to get independent projects done. Trade School, a program of OurGoods.org, is model for barter-based education that has...

Caroline Woolard, “SolidarityNYC, OurGoods.org, and Trade School”

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Caroline Woolard speaks about her work with SolidarityNYC, OurGoods and Trade School, two barter economies for cultural production. OurGoods.org connects artists, designers, and craftspeople to trade skills, spaces, and objects to get independent projects done. Trade School, a program of OurGoods.org, is model for barter-based education that has...

Communications Forum: Adapting Journalism to the Web

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Networking – Making Connections for Career Success

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Did you know that 80% of individuals find jobs through their connections? Do you have a difficult time figuring out what to say at social events, career fairs or company functions? Does the very idea of networking frighten you? Learn how to connect effectively with others while making...

Getting and Negotiating Academic Job Offers

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Are you in the process of searching for academic positions? Are you wondering how the hiring process works for a faculty position? Do you want to know if you are able to negotiate academic job offers, and if so, how? Hear from newly appointed faculty members at MIT...

Getting and Negotiating Academic Job Offers

Views: 14862 | Updated 1 year ago

Are you in the process of searching for academic positions? Are you wondering how the hiring process works for a faculty position? Do you want to know if you are able to negotiate academic job offers, and if so, how? Hear from newly appointed faculty members at MIT...

The Emerging Leader: Maintaining Your Culture and Values within Your Student Groups

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Alana Hamlett, Assistant Director in the Student Activities Office, and Katie Maloney, from the MIT Alumni Association discuss how to find your way in a student organization as well as the role of alumni in student organizations. Part of the Spring 2012 MIT L.E.A.D. sessions, a workshop series...

The Emerging Leader: Managing Intergroup Conflict

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Stephanie Kloos, from the MIT Z Center, introduces methods to better manage intergroup conflict. Part of the Spring 2012 MIT L.E.A.D. sessions, a workshop series that focuses on developing personal leadership skills and knowledge.

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

Views: 9608 | Updated 1 year ago

With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

Views: 9609 | Updated 1 year ago

With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

Views: 9610 | Updated 1 year ago

With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

The “R” In Resume Stands for Reflection

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David Nguyen discusses the aspect of reflection in career development, and how it can help you answer one of the most important interview questions: “Tell me about yourself.”

The “R” In Resume Stands for Reflection

Views: 13568 | Updated 1 year ago

David Nguyen discusses the aspect of reflection in career development, and how it can help you answer one of the most important interview questions: “Tell me about yourself.”

Tech’s Top Teachers Talk Turkey

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Dr. Lori Breslow, Director of the Teaching and Learning Laboratory, moderates a discussion with some of MIT’s award-winning teachers, including Professor Dave Darmofal (Aero/Astro), Professor Nergis Mavalvala (Physics), and Professor Anne McCants (History). 

Social Media on a Shoestring

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Some MIT departments are fully engaged in social media while others may feel they are lagging behind. Join us to learn how social media can benefit your department and how to effectively use your current resources. Stephanie Hatch, MIT’s new social media and email marketing specialist, will cover the...

From Unlocked To Unleashed: Leadership In Your Life

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You know the “Keys to Leadership”, so now what? Lila Ibrahim, partner at VC firm KPCB and former Intel executive, shows you how to put these together in your life, as you make your path to leadership. During her keynote, Lila focuses on the transition points of our...

Professor Jacks talks on: Collaboration at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

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Professor Griffith talks on: Research background and Industry Collaboration

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The Future of Learning

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04/29/2011 8:30 AM Diana Rhoten, Cofounder and Managing Director of Startl Description: Although she is committed to boosting interactive digital technology for learning, Diana Rhoten’s talk is framed by movies. Waiting for Superman is the starting point: a good demonstration of how schools are failing our children, but...

Plays Well With Others: Leadership in Online Collaboration

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04/28/2011 9:30 AM Amy Bruckman, SM ’91, PhD, ’97, Associate Professor at the College of Computing, Georgia Tech Description: Amy Bruckman finds the accomplishments of such online collaborations as Wikipedia, Apache and Firefox “nothing less than astounding,” and is both eagerly seeking and hoping to foster the next...

Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice and the Quality of Life

Views: 14855 | Updated 1 year ago

02/09/2011 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallKhalea Robinson, ’11; Pierre Fuller, ‘G Description: In their brief remarks honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two students strike the theme of collaboration. They touch on the importance of humility and listening to one’s inner voice while pursuing a...

Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice and the Quality of Life

Views: 14856 | Updated 1 year ago

02/09/2011 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallKhalea Robinson, ’11; Pierre Fuller, ‘G Description: In their brief remarks honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two students strike the theme of collaboration. They touch on the importance of humility and listening to one’s inner voice while pursuing a...

A Conversation on Leadership

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03/03/2011 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumUrsula M. Burns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation Description: Her “journey to the top” is one that “could only happen in the United States of America,” says Ursula Burns, describing her rise from New York City projects to the apex of corporate...

An Engineering Career – 50 Years Out

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12/01/2010 4:45 PM 10″250Kent Kresa, ’59, ’61 MS, ’66 EAA, Chairman Emeritus, Northrop Grumman Corporation Description: Returning to his freshman physics classroom after half a century, Kent Kresa still feels passionate about MIT: “It’s a place I love; I feel good when I come back, and it’s been...

The Art of Science Communication

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10/14/2010 5:30 PM 46Alan Alda, Actor and Writer Description: You wouldn’t know that Alan Alda felt nervous in advance of addressing this audience of neuroscientists. In his trademark style, Alda chats up the crowd like an old friend, sharing anecdotes involving one of his great pursuits: “I love...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age

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04/23/2010 11:45 AM e14″633James Paradis, Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing, Program Head, Writing and Humanistic Studies; Beth Coleman; Philip Tan; Ivan Askwith; Clara Fernandez”Vara; Brett Camper Description: In a panel moderated by James Paradis, five former Comparative Media Studies (CMS) students discuss their personal experiences within the...

Ethics and Enlightened Leadership

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04/30/2009 2:00 PM KresgeHis Holiness The Dalai Lama Description: His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke at an inaugural event for a new institute in his name, the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values. He tempered his provocative ideas about promoting ethics in a secular society with...

Leadership and Entrepreneurship

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10/20/2009 4:00 PM e51″335David Fialkow, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners; Ben Fischman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Retail Convergence, Inc.; Alex Laats, 89, President, BBN Technologies’ Delta Division Description: While their ventures couldn’t be more dissimilar — engineering high tech defense gear for soldiers, and running an exclusive...

Leadership and Entrepreneurship

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10/20/2009 4:00 PM e51″335David Fialkow, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners; Ben Fischman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Retail Convergence, Inc.; Alex Laats, 89, President, BBN Technologies’ Delta Division Description: While their ventures couldn’t be more dissimilar — engineering high tech defense gear for soldiers, and running an exclusive...

Composing a Career and Life

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05/07/2009 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumLinda A. Mason, Chairman & Founder, Bright Horizons Family Solutions Description: Linda Mason was originally going to make a case study of Bright Horizons, her $1.3 billion, early childhood care business, but reconsidered in light of the current economic crisis — to the benefit...

A Few Things Learned from Craigslist

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11/14/2008 12:00 PM NE25Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist Description: In his unassuming way, Craig Newmark believes his eponymous website might just help nudge people toward greater civic engagement. While Craigslist.org “is a simple platform where people help each other out,” focusing on everyday needs like getting a job or...

A Few Things Learned from Craigslist

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11/14/2008 12:00 PM NE25Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist Description: In his unassuming way, Craig Newmark believes his eponymous website might just help nudge people toward greater civic engagement. While Craigslist.org “is a simple platform where people help each other out,” focusing on everyday needs like getting a job or...

Building the Next Generation Company: Innovation, Talent, Excellence

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10/15/2008 5:00 PM Kirsch 32″123John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco Description: While the ongoing world economic crisis has left many business leaders sweating (or worse), John Chambers is rolling up his sleeves in anticipation of an eventual recovery. After every economic challenge, he says, Cisco has come out...

Collaboration and Collective Intelligence

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04/27/2007 5:45 PM Bartos theaterThomas Malone, Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT Sloan; Mimi Ito, Research Scientist, Annenberg Center for Communication; Cory Ondrejka, Chief Technology Officer, Linden Lab; Trebor Scholz, professor and researcher in the Department of Media Study SUNY Buffalo Description:...

Scholarly Communication in a Digital World: A Thought Provoking Symposium To Celebrate the World-Wide Launch of DSpace

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11/04/2002 8:30 AM BartosAnn J. Wolpert, Director, MIT Libraries; ; Hal Abelson, PhD ’73, Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT School of Engineering Description: MIT Libraries Director Ann Wolpert defines Dspace and explains that “solving the digital problem” is central to the mission of...

Piled Higher and Deeper with Jorge Cham

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Watch as popular comic “Piled Higher and Deeper” creator Jorge Cham introduces the new PhD movie and answers questions along with MIT alums. The Q&A includes Jorge, Evans Boney (cast member and MIT alum), and Meg Rosenburg (producer and MIT alum).

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Opening Keynote

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Christine Furstoss, Technical Director at General Electric, talks about her experiences at the company, how she built up her contact network, and how you can realize your leadership potential and learn how to grow your sphere of influence.

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

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Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

Views: 18692 | Updated 1 year ago

Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

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Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

Views: 18299 | Updated 1 year ago

Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Time and Stress Management Workshop

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Explore stress and time management techniques with Zan Barry and Lauren Mayhew from MIT Medical. Looking for more resources on time management? Check out the video Take Charge of Your Time, or try this exercise to match your energy level to the tasks you need to accomplish.

Engineering Leadership – Prof. Joel Schindall – MIT Club of Northern California

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On Tuesday Oct 18th, come hear about one of the newest and most innovative programs at MIT and see how it can apply to you! Launched through a $20 million gift (with a matching requirement) by the Gordon Foundation — the largest gift made to MIT’s School of...

Science Policy Initiative: Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

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Learn about the importance of science and engineering students at MIT engaging in large societal challenges. SPI’s goal is to inspire incoming graduate students to get involved in policy issues during their time at MIT. Featuring: –Claud Canizares, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost –Ian Waitz, Dean...

UAAP Time Management Video

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Student to Student advice on ways to successfully manage your time at MIT.

Grad School 102: Student Life, Activities, and Associations

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Need a break from all that studying? Check out the extracurricular activities and associations available to you at the Institute and the surrounding areas. Ellan Spero starts off with a brief on leadership and innovation opportunities. Lorenna Buck talks about the COOP. Katie Maloney introduces you to the...

Grad School 101: Resources to make your life easier

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At MIT, you have a wide variety of resources available. Jennifer Gallapher discusses MIT Recreational Sports. David Diamond shares details about MIT Medical. Xiaolu Hsi talks about MIT Mental Health Jennifer Tassi elaborates on spouses and partners. Robert Randolph gives information on the MIT Chapel and religious life....

Grad School 101: Careers and Professional Development

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“You are sitting with people who are going to become your network for life.” These are the words of Marilyn Wilson, MIT Careers Office, as she welcomes you to the institute and discusses the competitive and rewarding careers in academia as well as the numerous professional opportunities available...

Dr. Francis Carter & Dr Patricia Ordoñez Rozo: Fellowship Preparation

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How to Fund Your Graduate Education Dr. Francis Carter and Dr. Patricia Ordonez Rozo guide MSRP participants in creating a successful fellowship applications by tackling tough questions, fears, and common misperceptions. Presenters: Dr. Francis Carter PhD Dr. Patricia Ordonez

Academic Career Series II: Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search

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Considering an academic career? Wondering how to mount a successful job search in a highly competitive academic job market? This panel shares how some others have done it. “Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search” features faculty panelists who successfully landed a position. The speakers outline an...

Basics of Manuscript Writing

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Presented by Dr. Sonal Jhaveri Dr. Sonal Jhaveri of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT talks about Manuscript Writing for scientists: the do’s and do not’s of how to write a scientific paper or grant proposal. Dr. Jhaveri makes the distinction between popular science writing (for...

Linda Elkins-Tanton

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Linda Elkins, professor in Earth Science, opens her talk with a quote saying, ” Work when you can and do your absolute best.” Elkins also reveals that she did not get to where she was today via the “traditional path”. In her academic year as a sophomore, she...

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

Views: 35633 | Updated 1 year ago

June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

Views: 35634 | Updated 1 year ago

June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

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June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

Views: 31700 | Updated 1 year ago

June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Graduate Admissions Panel

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In this session, four professors from various departments and answer questions in regards to the graduate admissions process. All application processes are similar, however key differences are highlighted below. For the Electrical Engineering Department & Computer Science, applications are submitted online and read by 78 – 120 professors,...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52930 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52926 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52927 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52928 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52929 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships and Career Options

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May 13, 2011 – For more than 35 years, the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships have provided scientists and engineers with a unique opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to national and international issues in the federal policy realm, while learning first-hand about establishing and implementing...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

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March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

Views: 28816 | Updated 1 year ago

March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

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April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

Views: 26678 | Updated 1 year ago

April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Renetta Tull

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June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

Renetta Tull

Views: 39827 | Updated 1 year ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

Renetta Tull

Views: 39828 | Updated 1 year ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

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March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

Views: 28084 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

Make the Leap

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March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

Make the Leap

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March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

GCWS- Keynote Panel

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March 13, 2011 – Data can sometimes be misused and when misused causes harm. Barboza’s goal is to change the philiosophical ways that we think and view. She strives for people to look outside the traditional boundaries that society has set for us. In her talk, she discusses...

Graduate Student Panel

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June 6, 2011 – In this 2011 MSRP orientation session, six current graduate students give advice and answer questions regarding MIT and graduate community, as well as academia in general and occupational work. Panelists: Zinzile Brooks, Obioma Ohia, Daniel Soltero, Maria Telleria, David Hill.

The Ecosystem: Nurturing Entrepreneurship at MIT

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How do the innovative technologies developed at MIT change the world? How are new drugs brought to market, new energy solutions deployed, and new information technology products distributed? The answer is innovation-based entrepreneurship. From its founding, MIT has been an engine of both local and global economic growth,...

Civic Media Session: “Design for Vulnerable Populations”

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Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

Civic Media Session: Design for Vulnerable Populations

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Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 2

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This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

Teaser: Ethics & Forensics in the Age of Photoshop Photojournalism

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Guest Speakers Santiago Lyon & Hany Farid discuss common issues surrounding modern photojournalism. Sponsored by Knight Science Journalism at MIT. Full Presentation Here: http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/12482-ethics-forensics-in-the-age-of-photoshop-photojournalism

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 1

Views: 16302 | Updated 2 years ago

This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

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LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

Views: 26887 | Updated 2 years ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech — Bill Anderson

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LGO Web Seminar Series Bill Anderson, LGO ’95, Senior Vice President, BioOncology Business Unit, Genentech — View Bill’s Alumni Profile on the LGO website Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech Presentation date: Friday, March 25, 2011 Abstract: In March 2009 Genentech entered a new phase in its...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Dress for Success

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It’s not a pants suit world anymore, ladies, and Sheri Falk—designer, female entrepreneur, and owner of the Basiques store on Newbury Street in Boston—shows the GW@MIT women how to look and feel their best with a simple, elegant wardrobe during the Leadership Conference on November 9, 2010. Separates...

Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT

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Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT profiles three prominent interdisciplinary researchers at MIT. Profiles include Maria Zuber, a geophysicist renowned for her research on planetary surfaces; Vladimir Bulović, an electrical engineer developing lightweight solar cells; and Paula Hammond, a materials scientist creating new nanomaterials for cancer treatment....

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

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Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

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Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 35682 | Updated 2 years ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

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Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 40535 | Updated 2 years ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 40536 | Updated 2 years ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum (1988) – Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader

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Panel discussion at the Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum discussing issues of whistle-blowing and ethics with Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader (Caroline Whitbeck, moderator); held on April 14, 1988. [T13469, T13470, T13471]

Don Davis’ Leadership Mantras: A Tribute by LGO

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Don Davis, the former CEO of Stanley Works, was for 21 years a lecturer on leadership to students in the Leaders for Manufacturing/Leaders for Global Operations program, a dual-degree MBA and SM in Engineering program at MIT. Don Davis’ “leadership mantras,” together with his many personal examples of...

Lester C. Thurow and Carl Sagan – “Management in the Year 2000″ (1988)

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Here are presented highlights from the Spring 1988 “Symposium on Management in the Year 2000″ featuring the new dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management Lester C. Thurow and Cornell professor Carl Sagan. Moderated by Steven Starr. The symposium for the MIT Program for Senior Executives was...

Gabriella Coleman: “‘I did it for the Lulz! but I stayed for the outrage:’ Anonymous, the Politics of Spectacle, and Geek Protests against the Church of Scientology.”

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A CMS-sponsored talk on civic media issues. Trained as an anthropologist, Gabriella (Biella) Coleman examines the ethics of online collaboration/institutions as well as the role of the law and digital media in sustaining various forms of political activism. Between 2001-2003 she conducted ethnographic research on computer hackers primarily...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 36421 | Updated 2 years ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 36422 | Updated 2 years ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 36423 | Updated 2 years ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

Q&A: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 27596 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Andrea Pitzer: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 21156 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full event video available here: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Abrahm Lustgarten: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 22902 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Roz Williams: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 27866 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full talk, featuring Roz Williams, Abrahm Lustgarten, and Andrea Pitzer: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises-) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully...

Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 35872 | Updated 2 years ago

Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites following a water main rupture. However, like...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 32069 | Updated 2 years ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 32070 | Updated 2 years ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

Managing Labor in Service Operations

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Prof. Zeynep Ton, Harvard Business School

Alan Alda: The Art of Science Communication

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(39:56) Robert Desimone introduces keynote speaker Alan Alda at the 10th anniversary celebration of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. As the former host of the long-running PBS series, “Scientific American Frontiers,” Alda shares some advice on how scientists can communicate more effectively with the general...

Splendor, Destruction, and the Shift from Awe to Action in Environmental Documentary

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Speaker: Jeanne Marie Kusina, Bowling Green State University. Moderator: Madeleine Clare Elish, MIT. Abstract: This presentation discusses the role of digital media in the field of environmental ethics. There is a long, rich tradition of wildlife and natural history filmmaking devoted to documenting fact while dramatizing the content...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

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The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

Views: 27603 | Updated 2 years ago

The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

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Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

Views: 34394 | Updated 3 years ago

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

Views: 34395 | Updated 3 years ago

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

Steve Eppinger on Managing Complex Product Development Projects

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Professor Steve Eppinger explains the key concepts addressed in Managing Complex Product Development Projects, a program he teaches at MIT Sloan Executive Education. Learn more about the Managing Complex Product Development Projects program.

Webinar: Global Careers in Supply Chain

Views: 13703 | Updated 3 years ago

Profit pressures have caused many companies to relocate large parts of their operations to different parts of the globe. Growth pressures have pushed them to pursue market entry strategies in new countries. The challenges and opportunities of globalization have resulted in longer and more complex supply chains. As...

To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology Culture Forum

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For 45 years The Technology and Culture Forum (TAC) has been an on-going, Institute-wide arena for the discussion of ethical issues related to science, technology and innovation.

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

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Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 37105 | Updated 3 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 37106 | Updated 3 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

What’s the “Rational” Choice?: Risk, Values and the Politics of Geoengineering

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Judy Layzer, MIT

Historical Perspectives on “Fixing the Sky”

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James Fleming, Colby College

The Case for Geoengineering Research

Views: 12889 | Updated 3 years ago

David Keith, University of Calgary

Climate Engineering with Aerosols—Predictable Consequences?

Views: 12534 | Updated 3 years ago

David Battisti, University of Washington

Geoengineering Governance: Rendering the Possible Impossible?

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Catherine Redgwell, University College London

Spotlight Preview – MIT World’s Financial Services: Prospects for Your Future

Views: 20012 | Updated 3 years ago

In a lively discussion with Simon Johnson, Lawrence Fish deconstructs the near collapse of the banking system and points out the multiple factors that have contributed to the financial crisis. Fish delves deeply how greed factors into the equation, and perhaps may now be known for his statement...

Ray Stata’s “Systems Approach to Engineering Leadership” Presentation to Gordon Engineering Leaders

Views: 28816 | Updated 3 years ago

On November 18, a exclusive group of students in the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program enjoyed a presentation from Ray Stata regarding his “systems approach to engineering leadership.” This is a uncut video (1:33) of his remarks. Ray Stata co-founded Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) in 1965...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

Views: 33135 | Updated 3 years ago

How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

Views: 33136 | Updated 3 years ago

How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Open Park

Views: 27436 | Updated 3 years ago

The Open Park project looks to define an ‘ideal’ or at least improved model and practice for online collaborative news-reporting and -writing. As newsrooms across the country and beyond are grappling with the new economic realities of reduced budgets and news media professionals are busy drafting and testing...

Extract – Landman Report Card

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Chris Csikszentmihalyi presents the Extract program and its Landman Report Card tool. A landman is an agent that represents oil & gas companies in negotiations with landowners: their job is to get the best terms for the company. This interaction is perhaps one of the most important elements...

Webinar: Opportunities for Supply Chain Masters

Views: 28460 | Updated 3 years ago

Supply chain management offers a world of opportunities for those with degree specialization, because it is the backbone of so many different kinds of companies. Almost every business out there – manufacturing, retail, service, and public sector – must have reliable supply management professionals to ensure the most...

Saving the World with a Career in Supply Chain

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MLOG/ZLOG Webinar, February 27, 2009 – Many organizations, from the Red Cross to pharmaceutical firms, depend on efficient supply chains to deliver goods, services, and people to parts of the world where they are desperately needed. Learn about how you could have a career in the growing field...

Ses 6 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Obstacles, Gender styles This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 5 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Leadership skills, Interviewing handout, Sample resume, Resume tips This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 4 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Teamwork and communication This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 3 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Diversity in leadership II This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 2 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Diversity in leadership I, Leadership quotes, Styles of leadership This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

A Conversation with Joanne Stubbe

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Professer Joanne Stubbe talks about her life in science and biology. Part of the “Conversations with…” series sponsored by the MIT Department of Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Collaboration and Skills for the Future

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Game designer Jane McGonigal talks about the “skills for the future” participants can develop while playing big games. Gaming expert Philip Tan of the GAMBIT Singapore-MIT Game Lab stresses the value of being able to judge information.

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 24775 | Updated 4 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 24776 | Updated 4 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 39800 | Updated 4 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

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Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

Dean of Engineering Subra Suresh at MIT Alumni Leadership Conference, 2008

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School of Engineering Dean Subra Suresh speaks at the MIT Alumni Leadership Conference on September 20, 2008.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

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Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

Views: 28478 | Updated 4 years ago

Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

Supply Chain Careers for Professionals Over 30

Views: 13533 | Updated 4 years ago

MLOG/ZLOG Webinar – 12/10/08 After gaining experience in other fields, many professionals over the age of 30 successfully shift their career focus to supply chain management. On December 10, 2008, we explored how this is done with a panel of distinguished alumni from the MIT’s Masters Program in...

DJ Culture: Sampling and Ethics

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DJs define “sampling”, and then share their thoughts about the effects of copyright law in the world of electronic music. Featuring DJ C, DJ Flack, DJ M. Singe, and DJ Spooky.

Post Graduate School Careers

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Alana D. Tyler – Raytheon Dr. Karmella A. Haynes – Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Davidson College & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Reseach/Teaching Fellow

Dr. Stephanie Bird

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Professional Standards and Ethical Values in Science and Research

Environmental Programs Meet Supply Chain at Staples

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Mark Buckley, Staples, Inc. – Vice President, Environmental Affairs Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT-CTL and CSCMP The development of energy-efficient distribution centers is just one of the supply chain-related environmental programs underway at Staples. Mark Buckley explains how he collaborates with the supply chain to...

Women Don’t Ask

Views: 27792 | Updated 5 years ago

Ms Laschever’s presentation was an opportunity to learn from her research findings with Dr. Linda Babcock, and for attendees to ask “how to” questions about their own professional advancement and development opportunities. More details on the research and the authors’ backgrounds can be found at: http://www.womendontask.com This event...

CIS Starr Forum: Don’t Be an American Idiot

Views: 29697 | Updated 5 years ago

Don’t Be an American IdiotHow does the U.S. use human rights in its foreign policy? Does the occupant of the White House matter when it comes to U.S. human interests abroad? What is the role of civil society in making human rights matter?Julie Mertus co-director of Ethics, Peace...

Persuasive Communication Workshop: How People Make Decisions

Views: 22936 | Updated 5 years ago

Insight from a 2007 Alumni Leadership Conference workshop presented by Stever Robbins ’86 that shows how to influence decisions, sway opinion, and get what you want.

Persuasive Communication Workshop: The Two Sides of Persuasion

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Insight from a 2007 Alumni Leadership Conference workshop presented by Stever Robbins ’86 that shows how to influence decisions, sway opinion, and get what you want.

Persuasive Communication Workshop: Conveying Content with Voice Tone and Body Language

Views: 27519 | Updated 5 years ago

Insight from a 2007 Alumni Leadership Conference workshop presented by Stever Robbins ’86 that shows how to influence decisions, sway opinion, and get what you want.

Dr. Stephanie J. Bird

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Dr. Stephanie J. Bird leads an open discussion concerning ethics in the research community. The discussion centers around a scenario that involves John and Bill, two old friends returning home for Christmas. Their conversation about experiences in their respective research groups is cut short when Bill begins to...

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Career Paths Relating Engineering and Physical Sciences to Life

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Learn about the places you can go by relating both engineering and physical sciences to life. Organized by the MIT Graduate Student Council; filmed by the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education.

There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel

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A Panel of recent MIT alumni across academia, industry, consulting, and entrepreneurial careers speak about how they planned and accomplished graduation (convincing advisor, committee); how their career paths post-graduation have changed since MIT (work style, pace, perks, drawbacks); and what they know now that they wish they had...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference 2012 – Leadership in Academia and Industry

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Panelists discuss their ascension into leadership positions in academia, industry, or both in some cases. They discuss both the skills necessary for their leadership roles as well as provide insight into how they decided which career path to take after obtaining graduate degrees in STEM fields. Panelists: Nancy Levy...

Career Paths for PhDs in Energy Industry

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Find out what people in the energy field are doing and how to connect your research to real world issues. A panel of speakers share their career path stories and discuss various career options for entry in an energy related field. The speakers span science and engineering disciplines,...

Finding a Good Postdoc

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Are you considering a career in academia? Are you seeking to diversify your research skills before launching into an industry career? Perhaps you are already a postdoc, and wish to maximize your experience or make a change. This panel presentation will discuss various aspects of finding, selecting, and...

Finding a Good Postdoc

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Are you considering a career in academia? Are you seeking to diversify your research skills before launching into an industry career? Perhaps you are already a postdoc, and wish to maximize your experience or make a change. This panel presentation will discuss various aspects of finding, selecting, and...

Academia, Industry or Both?

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Are you trying to decide between academia and industry? David Weitz, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard; Lita Nelsen, Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office; and Annalisa Weigel, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, will be sharing their experience and insight on making...

Academia, Industry or Both?

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Are you trying to decide between academia and industry? David Weitz, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard; Lita Nelsen, Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office; and Annalisa Weigel, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, will be sharing their experience and insight on making...

Getting and Negotiating Academic Job Offers

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Are you in the process of searching for academic positions? Are you wondering how the hiring process works for a faculty position? Do you want to know if you are able to negotiate academic job offers, and if so, how? Hear from newly appointed faculty members at MIT...

The “R” In Resume Stands for Reflection

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David Nguyen discusses the aspect of reflection in career development, and how it can help you answer one of the most important interview questions: “Tell me about yourself.”

An Engineering Career – 50 Years Out

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12/01/2010 4:45 PM 10″250Kent Kresa, ’59, ’61 MS, ’66 EAA, Chairman Emeritus, Northrop Grumman Corporation Description: Returning to his freshman physics classroom after half a century, Kent Kresa still feels passionate about MIT: “It’s a place I love; I feel good when I come back, and it’s been...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

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Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

Science Policy Initiative: Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

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Learn about the importance of science and engineering students at MIT engaging in large societal challenges. SPI’s goal is to inspire incoming graduate students to get involved in policy issues during their time at MIT. Featuring: –Claud Canizares, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost –Ian Waitz, Dean...

Grad School 101: Careers and Professional Development

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“You are sitting with people who are going to become your network for life.” These are the words of Marilyn Wilson, MIT Careers Office, as she welcomes you to the institute and discusses the competitive and rewarding careers in academia as well as the numerous professional opportunities available...

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

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June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

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June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Graduate Admissions Panel

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In this session, four professors from various departments and answer questions in regards to the graduate admissions process. All application processes are similar, however key differences are highlighted below. For the Electrical Engineering Department & Computer Science, applications are submitted online and read by 78 – 120 professors,...

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships and Career Options

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May 13, 2011 – For more than 35 years, the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships have provided scientists and engineers with a unique opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to national and international issues in the federal policy realm, while learning first-hand about establishing and implementing...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

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April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Make the Leap

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March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

Graduate Student Panel

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June 6, 2011 – In this 2011 MSRP orientation session, six current graduate students give advice and answer questions regarding MIT and graduate community, as well as academia in general and occupational work. Panelists: Zinzile Brooks, Obioma Ohia, Daniel Soltero, Maria Telleria, David Hill.

Civic Media Session: “Design for Vulnerable Populations”

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Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 2

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This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 1

Views: 16302 | Updated 2 years ago

This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 35681 | Updated 2 years ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 40534 | Updated 2 years ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 36421 | Updated 2 years ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 32069 | Updated 2 years ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

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The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Webinar: Global Careers in Supply Chain

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Profit pressures have caused many companies to relocate large parts of their operations to different parts of the globe. Growth pressures have pushed them to pursue market entry strategies in new countries. The challenges and opportunities of globalization have resulted in longer and more complex supply chains. As...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 37104 | Updated 3 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

Views: 33135 | Updated 3 years ago

How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Webinar: Opportunities for Supply Chain Masters

Views: 28460 | Updated 3 years ago

Supply chain management offers a world of opportunities for those with degree specialization, because it is the backbone of so many different kinds of companies. Almost every business out there – manufacturing, retail, service, and public sector – must have reliable supply management professionals to ensure the most...

Saving the World with a Career in Supply Chain

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MLOG/ZLOG Webinar, February 27, 2009 – Many organizations, from the Red Cross to pharmaceutical firms, depend on efficient supply chains to deliver goods, services, and people to parts of the world where they are desperately needed. Learn about how you could have a career in the growing field...

A Conversation with Joanne Stubbe

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Professer Joanne Stubbe talks about her life in science and biology. Part of the “Conversations with…” series sponsored by the MIT Department of Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 24775 | Updated 4 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 39800 | Updated 4 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

Supply Chain Careers for Professionals Over 30

Views: 13533 | Updated 4 years ago

MLOG/ZLOG Webinar – 12/10/08 After gaining experience in other fields, many professionals over the age of 30 successfully shift their career focus to supply chain management. On December 10, 2008, we explored how this is done with a panel of distinguished alumni from the MIT’s Masters Program in...

Post Graduate School Careers

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Alana D. Tyler – Raytheon Dr. Karmella A. Haynes – Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Davidson College & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Reseach/Teaching Fellow

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Leadership

MIT L.E.A.D. – How to Make Connections: Networking

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This workshop covers how to make personal and professional connections and the significance of networking.  Participantsl discuss the “art of small talk” and are shown strategies of networking with professionals to promote oneself and one’s student organization.  Focusing on providing students with ooportunities that allow them to develop...

MIT L.E.A.D. – The Benefits of Diversity

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Embracing diversity is an important quality as a leader.  Leaders gain understanding, perspective, and generate opportunities for themselves and others.  This workshop discusses and demonstrates the benefits of diversity and its importance within a student organization.  The focus is on providing students with opportunities that allow them to...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference – Look Like A Leader

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Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle (CEO of Science from Scientists and Counterpoint Health Systems and former “Miss Massachusetts 2004″) provides tips on how to present oneself when networking with other professionals at meetings, interviews, and conferences. Topics covered range from “what to wear” to “how to give a short...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference 2012 – Leadership in Academia and Industry

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Panelists discuss their ascension into leadership positions in academia, industry, or both in some cases. They discuss both the skills necessary for their leadership roles as well as provide insight into how they decided which career path to take after obtaining graduate degrees in STEM fields. Panelists: Nancy Levy...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference 2012 – Keynote: Take Charge of Your Vision

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An opening keynote, Carley Roney, Founder and Editor in Chief of TheKnot/XO Group, kicks off the week-long GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference. In the address, Carley discusses how everyone has a vision for their career and their future and offers her persepctive on how to assume leadership and “Take...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

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With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

Views: 9608 | Updated 1 year ago

With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

From Unlocked To Unleashed: Leadership In Your Life

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You know the “Keys to Leadership”, so now what? Lila Ibrahim, partner at VC firm KPCB and former Intel executive, shows you how to put these together in your life, as you make your path to leadership. During her keynote, Lila focuses on the transition points of our...

A Conversation on Leadership

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03/03/2011 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumUrsula M. Burns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation Description: Her “journey to the top” is one that “could only happen in the United States of America,” says Ursula Burns, describing her rise from New York City projects to the apex of corporate...

Leadership and Entrepreneurship

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10/20/2009 4:00 PM e51″335David Fialkow, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners; Ben Fischman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Retail Convergence, Inc.; Alex Laats, 89, President, BBN Technologies’ Delta Division Description: While their ventures couldn’t be more dissimilar — engineering high tech defense gear for soldiers, and running an exclusive...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Opening Keynote

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Christine Furstoss, Technical Director at General Electric, talks about her experiences at the company, how she built up her contact network, and how you can realize your leadership potential and learn how to grow your sphere of influence.

Engineering Leadership – Prof. Joel Schindall – MIT Club of Northern California

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On Tuesday Oct 18th, come hear about one of the newest and most innovative programs at MIT and see how it can apply to you! Launched through a $20 million gift (with a matching requirement) by the Gordon Foundation — the largest gift made to MIT’s School of...

Grad School 102: Student Life, Activities, and Associations

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Need a break from all that studying? Check out the extracurricular activities and associations available to you at the Institute and the surrounding areas. Ellan Spero starts off with a brief on leadership and innovation opportunities. Lorenna Buck talks about the COOP. Katie Maloney introduces you to the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

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March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

Views: 28815 | Updated 1 year ago

March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

Views: 26678 | Updated 1 year ago

April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Make the Leap

Views: 25890 | Updated 1 year ago

March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

Views: 26886 | Updated 2 years ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech — Bill Anderson

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LGO Web Seminar Series Bill Anderson, LGO ’95, Senior Vice President, BioOncology Business Unit, Genentech — View Bill’s Alumni Profile on the LGO website Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech Presentation date: Friday, March 25, 2011 Abstract: In March 2009 Genentech entered a new phase in its...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 40535 | Updated 2 years ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

Don Davis’ Leadership Mantras: A Tribute by LGO

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Don Davis, the former CEO of Stanley Works, was for 21 years a lecturer on leadership to students in the Leaders for Manufacturing/Leaders for Global Operations program, a dual-degree MBA and SM in Engineering program at MIT. Don Davis’ “leadership mantras,” together with his many personal examples of...

Lester C. Thurow and Carl Sagan – “Management in the Year 2000″ (1988)

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Here are presented highlights from the Spring 1988 “Symposium on Management in the Year 2000″ featuring the new dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management Lester C. Thurow and Cornell professor Carl Sagan. Moderated by Steven Starr. The symposium for the MIT Program for Senior Executives was...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 36422 | Updated 2 years ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

Managing Labor in Service Operations

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Prof. Zeynep Ton, Harvard Business School

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

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Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

Steve Eppinger on Managing Complex Product Development Projects

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Professor Steve Eppinger explains the key concepts addressed in Managing Complex Product Development Projects, a program he teaches at MIT Sloan Executive Education. Learn more about the Managing Complex Product Development Projects program.

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 37105 | Updated 3 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Ray Stata’s “Systems Approach to Engineering Leadership” Presentation to Gordon Engineering Leaders

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On November 18, a exclusive group of students in the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program enjoyed a presentation from Ray Stata regarding his “systems approach to engineering leadership.” This is a uncut video (1:33) of his remarks. Ray Stata co-founded Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) in 1965...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

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How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Ses 6 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Obstacles, Gender styles This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 5 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Leadership skills, Interviewing handout, Sample resume, Resume tips This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 4 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Teamwork and communication This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 3 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Diversity in leadership II This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 2 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

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In this session: Diversity in leadership I, Leadership quotes, Styles of leadership This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Dean of Engineering Subra Suresh at MIT Alumni Leadership Conference, 2008

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School of Engineering Dean Subra Suresh speaks at the MIT Alumni Leadership Conference on September 20, 2008.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

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Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

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Distinguished Lecture: Professor Moniz, Director, MIT Energy Initiative

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Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and the Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. Professor Moniz served as U.S. Under Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 2001 and as Associate Director...

Climbing the Career Ladder: Gender and the Workplace

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A panel discussion with speakers from fields where women are typically under-represented, including Aditi Garg (Tesla Motors), Pamela Benkert (Philips Healthcare), Hilda Tang (Oliver Wyman), and Leah Buechley (MIT). The speakers share their career paths and experiences in the workplace, as well as discuss the evolving influence of...

Tech’s Top Teachers Talk Turkey

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Dr. Lori Breslow, Director of the Teaching and Learning Laboratory, moderates a discussion with some of MIT’s award-winning teachers, including Professor Dave Darmofal (Aero/Astro), Professor Nergis Mavalvala (Physics), and Professor Anne McCants (History). 

Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice and the Quality of Life

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02/09/2011 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallKhalea Robinson, ’11; Pierre Fuller, ‘G Description: In their brief remarks honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two students strike the theme of collaboration. They touch on the importance of humility and listening to one’s inner voice while pursuing a...

Piled Higher and Deeper with Jorge Cham

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Watch as popular comic “Piled Higher and Deeper” creator Jorge Cham introduces the new PhD movie and answers questions along with MIT alums. The Q&A includes Jorge, Evans Boney (cast member and MIT alum), and Meg Rosenburg (producer and MIT alum).

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52927 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

Renetta Tull

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June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

Views: 26887 | Updated 2 years ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 35682 | Updated 2 years ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 40536 | Updated 2 years ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 36423 | Updated 2 years ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

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Ethics & Integrity

The Emerging Leader: Maintaining Your Culture and Values within Your Student Groups

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Alana Hamlett, Assistant Director in the Student Activities Office, and Katie Maloney, from the MIT Alumni Association discuss how to find your way in a student organization as well as the role of alumni in student organizations. Part of the Spring 2012 MIT L.E.A.D. sessions, a workshop series...

Ethics and Enlightened Leadership

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04/30/2009 2:00 PM KresgeHis Holiness The Dalai Lama Description: His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke at an inaugural event for a new institute in his name, the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values. He tempered his provocative ideas about promoting ethics in a secular society with...

Scholarly Communication in a Digital World: A Thought Provoking Symposium To Celebrate the World-Wide Launch of DSpace

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11/04/2002 8:30 AM BartosAnn J. Wolpert, Director, MIT Libraries; ; Hal Abelson, PhD ’73, Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT School of Engineering Description: MIT Libraries Director Ann Wolpert defines Dspace and explains that “solving the digital problem” is central to the mission of...

Teaser: Ethics & Forensics in the Age of Photoshop Photojournalism

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Guest Speakers Santiago Lyon & Hany Farid discuss common issues surrounding modern photojournalism. Sponsored by Knight Science Journalism at MIT. Full Presentation Here: http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/12482-ethics-forensics-in-the-age-of-photoshop-photojournalism

Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum (1988) – Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader

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Panel discussion at the Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum discussing issues of whistle-blowing and ethics with Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader (Caroline Whitbeck, moderator); held on April 14, 1988. [T13469, T13470, T13471]

Gabriella Coleman: “‘I did it for the Lulz! but I stayed for the outrage:’ Anonymous, the Politics of Spectacle, and Geek Protests against the Church of Scientology.”

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A CMS-sponsored talk on civic media issues. Trained as an anthropologist, Gabriella (Biella) Coleman examines the ethics of online collaboration/institutions as well as the role of the law and digital media in sustaining various forms of political activism. Between 2001-2003 she conducted ethnographic research on computer hackers primarily...

Splendor, Destruction, and the Shift from Awe to Action in Environmental Documentary

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Speaker: Jeanne Marie Kusina, Bowling Green State University. Moderator: Madeleine Clare Elish, MIT. Abstract: This presentation discusses the role of digital media in the field of environmental ethics. There is a long, rich tradition of wildlife and natural history filmmaking devoted to documenting fact while dramatizing the content...

Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

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Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology Culture Forum

Views: 40224 | Updated 3 years ago

For 45 years The Technology and Culture Forum (TAC) has been an on-going, Institute-wide arena for the discussion of ethical issues related to science, technology and innovation.

What’s the “Rational” Choice?: Risk, Values and the Politics of Geoengineering

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Judy Layzer, MIT

Historical Perspectives on “Fixing the Sky”

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James Fleming, Colby College

The Case for Geoengineering Research

Views: 12889 | Updated 3 years ago

David Keith, University of Calgary

Climate Engineering with Aerosols—Predictable Consequences?

Views: 12534 | Updated 3 years ago

David Battisti, University of Washington

Geoengineering Governance: Rendering the Possible Impossible?

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Catherine Redgwell, University College London

Spotlight Preview – MIT World’s Financial Services: Prospects for Your Future

Views: 20012 | Updated 3 years ago

In a lively discussion with Simon Johnson, Lawrence Fish deconstructs the near collapse of the banking system and points out the multiple factors that have contributed to the financial crisis. Fish delves deeply how greed factors into the equation, and perhaps may now be known for his statement...

Extract – Landman Report Card

Views: 25007 | Updated 3 years ago

Chris Csikszentmihalyi presents the Extract program and its Landman Report Card tool. A landman is an agent that represents oil & gas companies in negotiations with landowners: their job is to get the best terms for the company. This interaction is perhaps one of the most important elements...

DJ Culture: Sampling and Ethics

Views: 23232 | Updated 4 years ago

DJs define “sampling”, and then share their thoughts about the effects of copyright law in the world of electronic music. Featuring DJ C, DJ Flack, DJ M. Singe, and DJ Spooky.

Dr. Stephanie Bird

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Professional Standards and Ethical Values in Science and Research

CIS Starr Forum: Don’t Be an American Idiot

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Don’t Be an American IdiotHow does the U.S. use human rights in its foreign policy? Does the occupant of the White House matter when it comes to U.S. human interests abroad? What is the role of civil society in making human rights matter?Julie Mertus co-director of Ethics, Peace...

Dr. Stephanie J. Bird

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Dr. Stephanie J. Bird leads an open discussion concerning ethics in the research community. The discussion centers around a scenario that involves John and Bill, two old friends returning home for Christmas. Their conversation about experiences in their respective research groups is cut short when Bill begins to...

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Entrepreneurship

Caroline Woolard, “SolidarityNYC, OurGoods.org, and Trade School”

Views: 15324 | Updated 1 year ago

Caroline Woolard speaks about her work with SolidarityNYC, OurGoods and Trade School, two barter economies for cultural production. OurGoods.org connects artists, designers, and craftspeople to trade skills, spaces, and objects to get independent projects done. Trade School, a program of OurGoods.org, is model for barter-based education that has...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

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With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

Views: 9609 | Updated 1 year ago

With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

The Future of Learning

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04/29/2011 8:30 AM Diana Rhoten, Cofounder and Managing Director of Startl Description: Although she is committed to boosting interactive digital technology for learning, Diana Rhoten’s talk is framed by movies. Waiting for Superman is the starting point: a good demonstration of how schools are failing our children, but...

Leadership and Entrepreneurship

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10/20/2009 4:00 PM e51″335David Fialkow, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners; Ben Fischman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Retail Convergence, Inc.; Alex Laats, 89, President, BBN Technologies’ Delta Division Description: While their ventures couldn’t be more dissimilar — engineering high tech defense gear for soldiers, and running an exclusive...

A Few Things Learned from Craigslist

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11/14/2008 12:00 PM NE25Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist Description: In his unassuming way, Craig Newmark believes his eponymous website might just help nudge people toward greater civic engagement. While Craigslist.org “is a simple platform where people help each other out,” focusing on everyday needs like getting a job or...

Building the Next Generation Company: Innovation, Talent, Excellence

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10/15/2008 5:00 PM Kirsch 32″123John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco Description: While the ongoing world economic crisis has left many business leaders sweating (or worse), John Chambers is rolling up his sleeves in anticipation of an eventual recovery. After every economic challenge, he says, Cisco has come out...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

Views: 18692 | Updated 1 year ago

Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52928 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

The Ecosystem: Nurturing Entrepreneurship at MIT

Views: 21678 | Updated 2 years ago

How do the innovative technologies developed at MIT change the world? How are new drugs brought to market, new energy solutions deployed, and new information technology products distributed? The answer is innovation-based entrepreneurship. From its founding, MIT has been an engine of both local and global economic growth,...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

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Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

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Communication

MIT L.E.A.D. – How to Make Connections: Networking

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This workshop covers how to make personal and professional connections and the significance of networking.  Participantsl discuss the “art of small talk” and are shown strategies of networking with professionals to promote oneself and one’s student organization.  Focusing on providing students with ooportunities that allow them to develop...

GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference – Look Like A Leader

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Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle (CEO of Science from Scientists and Counterpoint Health Systems and former “Miss Massachusetts 2004″) provides tips on how to present oneself when networking with other professionals at meetings, interviews, and conferences. Topics covered range from “what to wear” to “how to give a short...

Putting Your Degree To Work! Career Strategies with Peter Fiske

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Many career avenues are open to young scientists and engineers in the current work environment. MIT students and postdocs are intrigued to consider their expanding opportuities, but may not know what these options are or how to pursue them. How do you transition from grad school or post...

Putting Your Degree To Work! Career Strategies with Peter Fiske

Views: 2190 | Updated 7 months ago

Many career avenues are open to young scientists and engineers in the current work environment. MIT students and postdocs are intrigued to consider their expanding opportuities, but may not know what these options are or how to pursue them. How do you transition from grad school or post...

GSC Panel: Finding a Good Research Advisor

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Are you looking for a research advisor? This panel discussion will help you make an educated decision about one of the most important choices in grad school. Get an overview of what considerations should go into choosing a lab and the pros and cons at different advising styles....

GSC Panel: Finding a Good Research Advisor

Views: 2111 | Updated 7 months ago

Are you looking for a research advisor? This panel discussion will help you make an educated decision about one of the most important choices in grad school. Get an overview of what considerations should go into choosing a lab and the pros and cons at different advising styles....

GSC Professional Skills Seminar: Writing a Successful Graduate Fellowship Proposal

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Thinking of applying for a graduate fellowship to get funds for your research and enhance your CV?  Learn about how to find out what fellowships are available and how to put together a successful application.  Speakers include professors, postdocs, and students who have won fellowships, from disciplines including...

GSC Professional Skills Seminar: Writing a Successful Graduate Fellowship Proposal

Views: 3971 | Updated 7 months ago

Thinking of applying for a graduate fellowship to get funds for your research and enhance your CV?  Learn about how to find out what fellowships are available and how to put together a successful application.  Speakers include professors, postdocs, and students who have won fellowships, from disciplines including...

OEx: OpenEducation-x

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Invited presentation on the modern era of Open Education, moving from a focus on content to a focus on practice, courses and certification. Slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/bmuramatsu/oex Presented by Brandon Muramatsu at Tacoma Community College, April 27, 2012.

Communications Forum: Adapting Journalism to the Web

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Networking – Making Connections for Career Success

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Did you know that 80% of individuals find jobs through their connections? Do you have a difficult time figuring out what to say at social events, career fairs or company functions? Does the very idea of networking frighten you? Learn how to connect effectively with others while making...

Getting and Negotiating Academic Job Offers

Views: 14862 | Updated 1 year ago

Are you in the process of searching for academic positions? Are you wondering how the hiring process works for a faculty position? Do you want to know if you are able to negotiate academic job offers, and if so, how? Hear from newly appointed faculty members at MIT...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

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With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

GSC ARC Negotiations Workshop

Views: 9610 | Updated 1 year ago

With summer internships and full-time jobs around the corner, will you be able to successfully negotiate your salary? How do you pitch an idea for a start-up, pitch a company, or pitch yourself during an interview? Whether you’re selling yourself in an interview or selling a new idea,...

The “R” In Resume Stands for Reflection

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David Nguyen discusses the aspect of reflection in career development, and how it can help you answer one of the most important interview questions: “Tell me about yourself.”

Social Media on a Shoestring

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Some MIT departments are fully engaged in social media while others may feel they are lagging behind. Join us to learn how social media can benefit your department and how to effectively use your current resources. Stephanie Hatch, MIT’s new social media and email marketing specialist, will cover the...

The Art of Science Communication

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10/14/2010 5:30 PM 46Alan Alda, Actor and Writer Description: You wouldn’t know that Alan Alda felt nervous in advance of addressing this audience of neuroscientists. In his trademark style, Alda chats up the crowd like an old friend, sharing anecdotes involving one of his great pursuits: “I love...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

Views: 18298 | Updated 1 year ago

Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

Dr. Francis Carter & Dr Patricia Ordoñez Rozo: Fellowship Preparation

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How to Fund Your Graduate Education Dr. Francis Carter and Dr. Patricia Ordonez Rozo guide MSRP participants in creating a successful fellowship applications by tackling tough questions, fears, and common misperceptions. Presenters: Dr. Francis Carter PhD Dr. Patricia Ordonez

Academic Career Series II: Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search

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Considering an academic career? Wondering how to mount a successful job search in a highly competitive academic job market? This panel shares how some others have done it. “Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search” features faculty panelists who successfully landed a position. The speakers outline an...

Basics of Manuscript Writing

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Presented by Dr. Sonal Jhaveri Dr. Sonal Jhaveri of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT talks about Manuscript Writing for scientists: the do’s and do not’s of how to write a scientific paper or grant proposal. Dr. Jhaveri makes the distinction between popular science writing (for...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52929 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

Views: 28816 | Updated 1 year ago

March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

Renetta Tull

Views: 39828 | Updated 1 year ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

Views: 28084 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

GCWS- Keynote Panel

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March 13, 2011 – Data can sometimes be misused and when misused causes harm. Barboza’s goal is to change the philiosophical ways that we think and view. She strives for people to look outside the traditional boundaries that society has set for us. In her talk, she discusses...

Civic Media Session: Design for Vulnerable Populations

Views: 25791 | Updated 2 years ago

Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Dress for Success

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It’s not a pants suit world anymore, ladies, and Sheri Falk—designer, female entrepreneur, and owner of the Basiques store on Newbury Street in Boston—shows the GW@MIT women how to look and feel their best with a simple, elegant wardrobe during the Leadership Conference on November 9, 2010. Separates...

Q&A: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 27596 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Andrea Pitzer: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 21156 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full event video available here: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Abrahm Lustgarten: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 22902 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Roz Williams: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 27866 | Updated 2 years ago

(Full talk, featuring Roz Williams, Abrahm Lustgarten, and Andrea Pitzer: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises-) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully...

Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 35872 | Updated 2 years ago

Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites following a water main rupture. However, like...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 32070 | Updated 2 years ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

Alan Alda: The Art of Science Communication

Views: 19555 | Updated 2 years ago

(39:56) Robert Desimone introduces keynote speaker Alan Alda at the 10th anniversary celebration of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. As the former host of the long-running PBS series, “Scientific American Frontiers,” Alda shares some advice on how scientists can communicate more effectively with the general...

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

Views: 34395 | Updated 3 years ago

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 24776 | Updated 4 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 39801 | Updated 4 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

Women Don’t Ask

Views: 27792 | Updated 5 years ago

Ms Laschever’s presentation was an opportunity to learn from her research findings with Dr. Linda Babcock, and for attendees to ask “how to” questions about their own professional advancement and development opportunities. More details on the research and the authors’ backgrounds can be found at: http://www.womendontask.com This event...

Persuasive Communication Workshop: How People Make Decisions

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Insight from a 2007 Alumni Leadership Conference workshop presented by Stever Robbins ’86 that shows how to influence decisions, sway opinion, and get what you want.

Persuasive Communication Workshop: The Two Sides of Persuasion

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Insight from a 2007 Alumni Leadership Conference workshop presented by Stever Robbins ’86 that shows how to influence decisions, sway opinion, and get what you want.

Persuasive Communication Workshop: Conveying Content with Voice Tone and Body Language

Views: 27519 | Updated 5 years ago

Insight from a 2007 Alumni Leadership Conference workshop presented by Stever Robbins ’86 that shows how to influence decisions, sway opinion, and get what you want.

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Collaboration

Challenges of Urban Energy Planning in China, March 14, 2012

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March 14, 5:30-7 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Stephen Hammer Challenges of Urban Energy Planning in China | Discussant: Karen R Polenske Dr. Stephen Hammer is a Lecturer in Energy Planning at MIT DUSP. Dr. Hammer also serves as co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, an...

Caroline Woolard, “SolidarityNYC, OurGoods.org, and Trade School”

Views: 15325 | Updated 1 year ago

Caroline Woolard speaks about her work with SolidarityNYC, OurGoods and Trade School, two barter economies for cultural production. OurGoods.org connects artists, designers, and craftspeople to trade skills, spaces, and objects to get independent projects done. Trade School, a program of OurGoods.org, is model for barter-based education that has...

The Emerging Leader: Managing Intergroup Conflict

Views: 8293 | Updated 1 year ago

Stephanie Kloos, from the MIT Z Center, introduces methods to better manage intergroup conflict. Part of the Spring 2012 MIT L.E.A.D. sessions, a workshop series that focuses on developing personal leadership skills and knowledge.

Professor Jacks talks on: Collaboration at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

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Professor Griffith talks on: Research background and Industry Collaboration

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Plays Well With Others: Leadership in Online Collaboration

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04/28/2011 9:30 AM Amy Bruckman, SM ’91, PhD, ’97, Associate Professor at the College of Computing, Georgia Tech Description: Amy Bruckman finds the accomplishments of such online collaborations as Wikipedia, Apache and Firefox “nothing less than astounding,” and is both eagerly seeking and hoping to foster the next...

Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice and the Quality of Life

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02/09/2011 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallKhalea Robinson, ’11; Pierre Fuller, ‘G Description: In their brief remarks honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two students strike the theme of collaboration. They touch on the importance of humility and listening to one’s inner voice while pursuing a...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age

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04/23/2010 11:45 AM e14″633James Paradis, Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing, Program Head, Writing and Humanistic Studies; Beth Coleman; Philip Tan; Ivan Askwith; Clara Fernandez”Vara; Brett Camper Description: In a panel moderated by James Paradis, five former Comparative Media Studies (CMS) students discuss their personal experiences within the...

A Few Things Learned from Craigslist

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11/14/2008 12:00 PM NE25Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist Description: In his unassuming way, Craig Newmark believes his eponymous website might just help nudge people toward greater civic engagement. While Craigslist.org “is a simple platform where people help each other out,” focusing on everyday needs like getting a job or...

Collaboration and Collective Intelligence

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04/27/2007 5:45 PM Bartos theaterThomas Malone, Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT Sloan; Mimi Ito, Research Scientist, Annenberg Center for Communication; Cory Ondrejka, Chief Technology Officer, Linden Lab; Trebor Scholz, professor and researcher in the Department of Media Study SUNY Buffalo Description:...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

Views: 18299 | Updated 1 year ago

Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

Views: 35634 | Updated 1 year ago

June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

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June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT

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Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT profiles three prominent interdisciplinary researchers at MIT. Profiles include Maria Zuber, a geophysicist renowned for her research on planetary surfaces; Vladimir Bulović, an electrical engineer developing lightweight solar cells; and Paula Hammond, a materials scientist creating new nanomaterials for cancer treatment....

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

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The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Open Park

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The Open Park project looks to define an ‘ideal’ or at least improved model and practice for online collaborative news-reporting and -writing. As newsrooms across the country and beyond are grappling with the new economic realities of reduced budgets and news media professionals are busy drafting and testing...

Collaboration and Skills for the Future

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Game designer Jane McGonigal talks about the “skills for the future” participants can develop while playing big games. Gaming expert Philip Tan of the GAMBIT Singapore-MIT Game Lab stresses the value of being able to judge information.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

Views: 28478 | Updated 4 years ago

Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

Environmental Programs Meet Supply Chain at Staples

Views: 32927 | Updated 4 years ago

Mark Buckley, Staples, Inc. – Vice President, Environmental Affairs Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT-CTL and CSCMP The development of energy-efficient distribution centers is just one of the supply chain-related environmental programs underway at Staples. Mark Buckley explains how he collaborates with the supply chain to...

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Balance & Resilience

Composing a Career and Life

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05/07/2009 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumLinda A. Mason, Chairman & Founder, Bright Horizons Family Solutions Description: Linda Mason was originally going to make a case study of Bright Horizons, her $1.3 billion, early childhood care business, but reconsidered in light of the current economic crisis — to the benefit...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Time and Stress Management Workshop

Views: 9942 | Updated 1 year ago

Explore stress and time management techniques with Zan Barry and Lauren Mayhew from MIT Medical. Looking for more resources on time management? Check out the video Take Charge of Your Time, or try this exercise to match your energy level to the tasks you need to accomplish.

UAAP Time Management Video

Views: 8973 | Updated 1 year ago

Student to Student advice on ways to successfully manage your time at MIT.

Grad School 101: Resources to make your life easier

Views: 10692 | Updated 1 year ago

At MIT, you have a wide variety of resources available. Jennifer Gallapher discusses MIT Recreational Sports. David Diamond shares details about MIT Medical. Xiaolu Hsi talks about MIT Mental Health Jennifer Tassi elaborates on spouses and partners. Robert Randolph gives information on the MIT Chapel and religious life....

Linda Elkins-Tanton

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Linda Elkins, professor in Earth Science, opens her talk with a quote saying, ” Work when you can and do your absolute best.” Elkins also reveals that she did not get to where she was today via the “traditional path”. In her academic year as a sophomore, she...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 52930 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

Renetta Tull

Views: 39829 | Updated 1 year ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

Views: 28085 | Updated 1 year ago

March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 35683 | Updated 2 years ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

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