http://www.sweboston.org professional development, networking and K-12 outreach Announcements Please help us continue to improve our programs by letting us know your thoughts on our PD and Outreach events over the past year and your ideas for next year. Complete the survey you'll have a chance to enter a raffle for a $25 book store gift card! The survey will close on Friday July 17. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZhfrjC0XpnVlS4RzYTmTWw_3d_3d http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZhfrjC0XpnVlS4RzYTmTWw_3d_3d Sun, 12 July 2009 18:20:01 EST Join your fellow SWE members on the outreach committee who want to increase student interest in the engineering profession or who just enjoy working with kids. At this meeting, we will determine which outreach activities we want to pursue for the 2009-2010 fiscal year and try to match up coordinators and volunteers for these activities. In the past these activities have included Girl Scout workshops, “Wow! That's Engineering!” workshops, science fair judging, merit certificate presentations, speakers bureau, job shadowing, and special events like Engineer’s Week. http://www.sweboston.org/ Tue, 30 June 2009 10:01:01 EST ...It's Planning Time!!! Now is the time to contribute your ideas for future SWE-Boston professional development events and to voice an opinion on proposed topics and speakers. We will be meeting in an informal setting and share lunch while we brainstorm about events for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Meeting attendees will vote for their top program choices and assign tentative dates and locations for each of the events. After this meeting, we will secure meeting sponsorship and plan meeting details. http://www.sweboston.org/ Tue, 30 June 2009 10:00:01 EST The June meeting program will feature a panel of women from four local companies who have established a corporate women?s network for their employees. Our panel discussion will explore the nature of these networks, how they got started and what it takes to keep one running, as well as the benefits of having such a network in place. You might be inspired to go participate in one at your company? or start one if it doesn?t already exist! http://www.sweboston.org/ Tue, 09 June 2009 11:12:01 EST Please save the date: June 30, 2009 6-8:30PM http://www.sweboston.org/ Wed, 20 May 2009 20:36:01 EST Embrace your inner geek and join us for Burgers and Star Trek. May 8, 2009, 8:00 PM. Please visit the SWE Boston website for more information. Fuddruckkers - 50 Walkers Brook Dr, Reading, MA 01867 (www.fuddruckers.com). Star Trek 9:30PM showing I recommend purchasing tickets ahead of time at www.jordansimax.com. http://www.sweboston.org/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:54:01 EST 5/19/2009 Blending and Balancing Your Professional & Personal Lives. Sponsored by BAE Systems. RSVP at the SWE website by 5/12/2009. http://www.sweboston.org/2009meetings/May09BAE.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:17:01 EST Did you know that the following are engineering. -Lipstick (chemical engineering) -Roller coasters (mechanical/civil engineering, physics) -Phoning a friend (electrical engineering) For event detail, please download our flyer or visit our WOW! page. May 2 http://www.sweboston.org/wow/index.html Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:31:01 EST 4/28/2009 Influence: Who’s got it, why you need it, and how to get it. RSVP at the SWE website by 4/21/2009. http://www.sweboston.org/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:12:01 EST You can now follow SWE Boston on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If you have comments or suggestions, feel free to contact us at webmaster@sweboston.org. http://www.sweboston.org/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:45:01 EST Blending and Balancing Your Professional and Personal Lives Sponsored by BAE Systems He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. -Raymond Hull Work-life balance, for many, may seem like the impossible dream. Is it a myth that there are some people who are able to get it all done or is it a miracle?? Attendees will develop strategies to live a life that is and less chaotic and harried. Attendees will learn ways to become adept at balancing and juggling the demands of work and home. Mitzi Weinman, President of TimeFinder will help attendees simplify with more ease. Attendees will also learn to recognize and avoid self-sabotage. Learning Points 1. How to set objectives by defining your balance and what you want 2. Evaluate current obligations, potential obstacles and how to avoid them 3. Make a commitment to change by taking the TimeFinder Reality Test 4. How to put together an action plan to create positive results Date: Tuesday May 19, 2009 http://www.sweboston.org/2009meetings/May09BAE.html Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:42:01 EST Join fellow SWE members, friends and family for a tour of an historic working Grist Mill at Longfellow�s Wayside Inn National Historic Site in Sudbury. The Grist Mill produces currently produces about 5-15 tons of flour per year for use in the restaurant and for sale in the gift shop. Date: Saturday May 16, 2009 http://www.sweboston.org/2009meetings/May09_GristMill.html Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:23:01 EST Sponsored by Analog Devices Have you ever wondered why sometimes, no matter how right you are or how brilliant your idea is, you just can’t get others to buy-in? Over your career, it happens time and again: you know what you want or you have the right answer, but you need others to agree and help you out. You’ll find this in trying to run cross-functional teams, get buy-in from senior executives, land that promotion, and find a new job. How do you get others to line up behind you? One tool: influence. No matter what your organizational position or your goal is, you will need more and more effective influence skills to be successful. http://sweboston.org/2009meetings/Apr09_AnalogDevices.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:58:01 EST BMES 2nd Industry Chapter Meeting The Biomedical Engineering Society Boston Industry Chapter & the Society of Women Engineers Boston Chapter joint meeting. Sponsored by Medtronic Over the course of the evening, Virginia Connolly, National President of the Society of Women Engineers and Medtronic Employee, will address the following ideas: -How to develop networking skills to aid in career development -Leveraging professional associations for career development -How to use "social networking" sites to improve connection quotient -Why your networking groups needs to be diverse Thursday, April 2nd Medtronic 37 Cherry Hill Drive Danvers, MA 01923 http://sweboston.org/2009meetings/Apr09.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:09:28 EST March 24, 2009 8:30PM The Joshua Tree 256 Elm St Somerville, MA 02144-2941 Please RSVP to lynn.reis@gmail.com by Mar 20 http://www.sweboston.org Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:27:28 EST Are you thinking about pursuing an MBA to acquire management and leadership skills, but concerned about falling behind in your technical knowledge? Do you have a personal life you?d like to put into the mix as well? Come learn about MIT's System Design and Management (SDM) Program. Not an MBA, SDM offers a 13-24 month career-compatible master's program -- with full-time and part-time options that can be taken on-campus in residence, as a part-time commuter, or at a distance. SDM graduates receive an MS in Engineering and Management granted jointly by MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT School of Engineering. http://sweboston.org/2009meetings/Mar09.html Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:23:49 EST Environmental Engineering has existed in one form or another since the first cities were built and urban infrastructure was implemented. But for far too long projects were developed that started and ended at the city gates. This led to water pollution for people living downstream of major industries and air pollution for people living downwind of power plants. Additionally, first generation infrastructure in many major US cities, especially Boston, is increasingly regulated, aging, undersized, and unchecked. Our panel of experts will be presenting examples of some current projects that take a sustainable approach to providing environmental solutions. In light of increased regulations resulting from shortsighted historical practices, environmental engineers have learned to take a holistic approach to projects, factoring in the economic, environmental, and social impacts over a project�s entire lifecycle. Event Sponsored by Malcolm Pirnie. http://sweboston.org/2009meetings/Feb09.html Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:24:34 EST NEW LOCATION: John Harvard's Brewery, 33 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA (RSVP to mdinglasa@gmail.com by Feb 4) http://www.sweboston.org Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:22:31 EST Energy is a long term problem that will likely see increased attention by the Obama administration due to its profound influence on the economy, security, and environment. Jim Bickford will discuss all major segments of the energy sector and discuss various technical approaches that have been proposed to address issues associated with the current infrastructure. The oil/gas, coal, biomass, nuclear power, hydrogen, renewables, energy conservation, and energy distribution areas will be covered with an emphasis placed on the perceived strengths and weaknesses of each. Mr. Bickford will then address Draper's analysis and subsequent energy initiative efforts. He will discuss his experiences in the energy industry and the installation Draper's first system designed to improve the efficiency of coal power plants. Sponsored by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. http://sweboston.org/2009meetings/Jan09.html Sat, 07 Jan 2009 11:02:11 EST Volunteers needed to judge the Science Fairs. It’s easy and its fun! To learn more about this year science fairs and/or how to judge, please visit the Massachusetts State Science Fair (MSSF) website. http://www.scifair.com. http://www.sweboston.org/career_guidance/Science_Fair_2009.pdf Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:01:00 EST Upstairs at the Square, 91 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, MA (RSVP to mdinglasa@gmail.com by Feb 4) http://www.sweboston.org Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:09:30 EST Please Save the date, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA; Thursday, January 29, 2008 http://www.sweboston.org Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:02:11 EST Lindsey Pollak is an author, speaker and corporate trainer specializing in career development for Generation Y college students and young professionals. Sponsored by Teradyne, Inc. Please visit www.sweboston.org for full video. http://www.sweboston.org/video/SWE_Nov2008_3minpreview_compressed.wmv Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:31:00 EST Join SWE Boston for Engineers Week. February 12 & 13, 2009 http://www.engineers.org/engwk.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:31:00 EST