WAGE Project Workshop - WORK$MART

Monday April 28, 2008, 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Evelyn Murphy returns to Mass-AWIS to conduct a workshop on salary negotiation!

We invite your participation in a special workshop called WORK$MART. This workshop, developed and led by Dr. Evelyn Murphy, will focus on salary negotiation skills in the scientific workplace. In recent months, Dr. Murphy, former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and author of Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men and What To Do About It, has conducted workshops on campuses throughout the country for women about to graduate and start their working careers.  At the request of MASS AWIS, she now extends her work to women scientists already working in the field.

This is a highly interactive workshop - not a lecture, nothing theoretical. It emphasizes the mastery of the essential nuts-and-bolts of effective salary negotiation. Come prepared to engage - to "work" at a workshop!   It's critical that every participant arrive on time. Anyone who comes 10-15 minutes late diminishes the quality of her contribution to others. Out of respect for your colleagues and to maximize your own benefits, be prepared to participate for the entire workshop. 

Registration for the workshop includes workshop materials and a light dinner.

$20 for MASS AWIS chapter members and $35 for non-members

Last chance to sign up - only a few spots left! http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=156766

Location:

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
100 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139

Directions here: http://www.nibr.novartis.com/Downloads/About/directions_to_NIBRI.pdf

Please enter from the Main Street entrance, between the Citibank and the railroad tracks.

Bold Visions: Women in Science

Sunday May 4, 2008

Join us at the Broad Institute as Mass-AWIS cosponsors a screening of "Bold Visions: Women in Science" followed by networking and discussion. More details and sign up information coming soon!

To find out more about the film, see http://www.womenworking.com/

AWIS Networking Workshop

Tuesday May 20 6:00-8:00 PM

Children's Hospital
Karp Building
Eighth Floor Conference Room
One Blackfan Circle
Boston, MA 02115

Can *you* build a Network?

LAN, WAN, MAN .... CHECK
Hubs, Switches, Repeaters, Routers .... CHECK
CAT 5e, NIC, IEEE 802.11 ... CHECK
Ports, Sockets, Frequencies ... CHECK
Nodes, Edges, Shortest Path ... CHECK
Business Cards, Introductions, Employment Opportunities ...  WHAT?!?

Getting computers online is a cinch for many in the technological field, but how well can we build connections with our colleagues? Join AWIS Tuesday May 20th to bring yourself up to speed on social networking! Find out who, what, where, when, why and how. You'll also be given the opportunity to start building your own personal network right then and there!

Food will be provided.

Register at:  http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=159004
Free for Mass-AWIS members/ $10 non-members

2008 Mass-AWIS Mentoring Circle

There is still time to join the MASS AWIS Mentoring Circle Program! 

You must be a MASS AWIS chapter member to participate as a Mentee - student rates are available, join here. 

Apply online by filling out the Mentor or Mentee surveys.

You did not need to attend the kickoff event to become a mentor or mentee 

·         Survey for potential MENTEES

·         Survey for potential MENTORS

Mentoring will take place in groups of 4-6 women with at least one Mentor/Coordinator

Time commitment will be 2-6 hours per month over an 8 month period (Sept 2008-April 2009)

Have more questions about being a mentor or mentee? 

Email info@... for more information, or see http://www.mass-awis.org/mentoring 

Other Announcements:

One-time volunteer opportunity with Science Club for Girls--Spring 2008

Friday, May 2nd 5-8 pm--CSI-Cambridge, our popular forensics festival.

We are expecting at least 70-100 kids, so we need your help! We especially need someone dramatic to present the respective crime scenes, folks to be stationed with the forensics tests and someone to help them think through the clues. General crowd control is also necessary. MALE AND FEMALE WELCOME. A short training meeting will be conducted earlier that week or that day as necessary. Location:100 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge.

Sign up for an hour or more at http://tinyurl.com/3sblp8

Tuesday May 6, WEST event, "To MBA or Not to MBA: Pros and Cons of Obtaining a Business Degree"

LOCATION: Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center (Corner of Ames and Main Streets), Cambridge

TIME: 6:00pm-9:00pm

HOST: WEST/Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology

COST: Advance registration: $35 Members, $45 Non-Members ($10 more at the door). Refreshments included.

REGISTRATION AND MORE INFO: www.westorg.org

DESCRIPTION: Many people in science and technology wonder whether or not they need an MBA, or how a business degree might advance their careers.

This panel discussion features four successful scientists and engineers in business who either got MBAs, or succeeded without them, discussing the pros and cons of their choices. Panelists include:

--Rujuta Bhatt Srivastava, M.D., Senior Director, Corporate Development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

--Priya Iyer, MBA, President of Anaqua.

--Cissy Young, Ph.D., MBA, Associate Director, Strategy and Business Development at Tempo Pharmaceuticals.

--Ann Westerheim, Ph.D., Founder and President of Ekaru.