Join MASS AWIS in January for chapter elections and a fun social event.  If you have been thinking of becoming more active in the chapter, now is the time!  The 2009 Board slate will be elected and plenty of volunteer opportunities will become available as we plan the 2009 calendar, so bring your ideas for events.  Contact info@... for information on getting more involved.  Please note that this event is open only to chapter members.

 

DATE: Wednesday, January 28, 2009

LOCATION: Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA

TIME: 6:00-8:00PM

COST: Free, Members Only—JOIN NOW

For registration and directions, go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=173112

 
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TITLE: 'Effective Meetings' Workshop
DATE: Monday, February 9, 2009
LOCATION: Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge (Near Kendall Square T stop)
TIME: 5:30pm-9:00pm
HOST: WEST/Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology
COST: Advance registration: $65 Members, $95 Non-Members ($15 more at the door).  Refreshments included.  Anyone is welcome to attend.
REGISTRATION AND MORE INFO:  www.westorg.org

DESCRIPTION: Most business leaders, including investors, assess managerial ability on how well people manage meetings - so your ability to run an effective meeting is essential to your success.  In this interactive, participatory 3-hour workshop you will learn new ways to conduct your meetings using "formulas" or tools that make them naturally more effective and efficient. Workshop leader Rick Lent, PhD is an expert on bringing multiple groups together.  A principal at Brownfield & Lent, his clients include Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, and the WK Kellogg Foundation.  In this session you will learn to:

* Avoid the three most common mistakes in leading meetings
* Transform a boring meeting when you are not officially leading it
* Understand why the typical advice about improving meetings fails, but structuring them correctly succeeds


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Workshop Opportunity:

How to Land a Position in Tough Times

Overview: In an economic downturn, some people do better than others at navigating the job market. The winners usually have something in common: They find innovative ways to stand out, carefully construct a plan for success, and take advantage of the value of networking.

Join Sarah Cardozo Duncan, a career strategist with an established national and international client base, for a one-day session that will set you up for success. You will come away with a plan and tools you can implement immediately to enhance your job-search results.

Sign up now and you'll learn how to:

- Craft a compelling value proposition

- Create an effective marketing plan

- Develop a workable networking plan

- Land and conduct informational interviews

Format:

- 8-10 people per group

- One-day workshop, to be held from 9 am – 3 pm on Saturdays in January, February, and March (dates TBD)

- Completion of pre-workshop assignments required

- Participants chosen on a referral basis

Price: $190.00 per participant

Location: TBD

Takeaways:

- Handbook

- 7-8 new contacts

* Participants also have the opportunity to take part in post-workshop meetings

Registration is limited so act today! Register by sending an email to sarah@... or calling 617- 363-0104.

January workshop date is Saturday the 24th 2009 at 9:00am place  TBD

Sarah Cardozo Duncan

Career Strategist

617 363 0104

 
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The 13th European Career Fair (ECF)

January 24-26, 2009

MIT campus, Cambridge MA

The European Career Fair @ MIT (ECF) is an annual recruiting event, organized by the MIT European Club, that connects employers from Europe with the most talented candidates that live in the US.

For information and schedules, go to www.euro-career.com.

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National Symposium on the Advancement of Women in Science, Feb 6-7

 

Registration for the National Symposium on the Advancement of Women in Science 2009 is officially open!  Go to http://nsaws.org and click on

"Register".  The conference is set to take place Feb 6-7 at Harvard. Register today!  Registration is free, and the first 150 registrants will receive a complimentary NSAWS tote bag.

Here's a small sampler of who's speaking at NSAWS this year:

Dean Evelynn Hammonds (Dean of Harvard College)

Shirley Malcolm (Head of the Directorate for Education Programs at AAAS)

Judy Lieberman (Director, Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School)

Diane Havlir (Chief, HIV/AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital)

Alice Flaherty (Author of "The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain")

Stacie Weninger (Science Grant Manager, Fidelity)

Cristine Russell (President, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing)

Meg Urry (Chair and Department of Physics, Yale University)

 

To see the entire (almost) complete schedule, visit

 http://nsaws.org/schedule.html

 

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Radcliffe's 7th Annual Gender Conference

 

Thurs., Mar. 12, 2 - 5 pm

Fri., Mar. 13, 9 am - 5:30 pm

Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard Admission is free and registration is required.

Registration will open on Fri., Jan. 30

 

Gender and the Law

Unintended Consequences, Unsettled Questions

 

Unsettled questions of gender and the law present a broad range of challenges in courtrooms, legislatures, and everyday lives. Laws meant to protect or promote gender equality may have unintended consequences, and laws that seem irrelevant to gender may nonetheless significantly impact gender issues. This conference will convene judges; legal practitioners; and scholars of law, the humanities, and the social sciences from around the world to explore the ways in which legal regulations and gender influence each other. From varying historical and cultural perspectives, participants will address legal encounters with gender in the essential spaces of daily life: the body, the home, school, work, the nation, and the world.

 

Complete schedule: http://www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar_2009law.aspx

For more information, visit www.radcliffe.edu or call 617-495-8600.

 

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Women's Health Conference "Getting Healthy, Staying Healthy: Knowledge is Everything."

 

Mar 20

7:30 am – 3:30 pm

Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts

 

Early Bird Special Rate if you register by January 31st Go to www.mahealthcouncil.org