August 24 2007
Special Meeting joint with the Career Development Center. registration required!
The Caltech Campus Toastmasters Club and the CDC invite all grad
students and post-docs to a special meeting devoted to practising
elevator speeches. Elevator speech is a very short commercial that
job-seekers use in a variety of situations (career fairs, networking
events, job interviews) that succinctly tells the person you are giving
it to who you are, what makes you unique, and the benefits you can
provide. Every speech will be evaluated, and a small lunch will also be
provided. Those who plan to participate on the up-coming 9th Annual
Ph.D./Postdoc Career Conference are especially encouraged to come. This
meeting will be held at:
September 5, 2007
Building Keck, Room 142
12 - 1pm
Due to space limitations registration is required. There are only 25
slots for elevator speeches. All people interested in attending should
send an email to
tsay at caltech dot edu
with the subject heading "RSVP: Toastmasters Elevator Speeches". Please include contact details,
whether you will give an elevator speech, and whether you will
participate in the Ph.D./Postdoc Career Conference.
A confirmation email will be sent. All speakers will receive detailed
information about how to give an elevator speech in advance.
Registration closes August 29.
August 19 2007
Need some leadership activities on your resume or CV? Here's a great
opportunity that will allow you to meet, network, and work with
industry and academic professionals and Caltech alumni.
The Career Conference Committee and Logistics Team needs volunteers
the day of the PhD/Postdoc Career Conference scheduled on Thursday,
Sept. 6. We have two shifts: morning (6 am-noon) and afternoon (noon-5:30 pm).
All volunteers will be able to attend and participate in all the
event activities.
If you are interested, please email Yvonne Banzali at
ybanzali@caltech.edu and send a bio (year, student or postdoc status,
and division) of at most 150 words. Bios will be placed in the
program. Committee name tags and volunteer gifts will be given to
you at check-in as well.
If you haven't done so already…Don't forget to register for the
PhD/Postdoc Career Conference. We are near full-capacity, so reserve
your seat now.
Toastmasters After Dark - 9pm, Thursday, August 9th, one of the rec rooms
Caltech Toastmasters invites you to a special meeting of our public
speaking club: Flying Toasters: Toastmasters After Dark. Our club is
dedicated to helping its members improve their public speaking skills.
We meet weekly on Wednesdays at noon over lunch to give practice
speeches. This "after dark" event will essentially be an R-rated
version of our usual meeting, designed to increase our visibility
while having fun. We will follow all the regular meeting protocols,
but we will encourage members to touch on taboo topics in the company
of friends and peers. It should be a good time for anyone interested
in improving their public speaking skills! Food and drinks are part of the fun!
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