Entrepreneurial Journeys in Healthcare - William Hagstrom (Crescendo Bioscience)
It's not just your strengths as a leader, it's your passion, says William Hagstrom, CEO of Crescendo Bioscence, in South San Francisco, CA. He strongly advises future entrepreneurs to think of your business as a worthy crusade. Giving example with his own career, he urges those starting a company to architect their venture deeply, form a culture of excellence, and think about risk early. The culmination of his experience has redefined the role of CEO for him as way to empower others.
A Historical Perspective on Semiconductors and Moore's Law - Craig Barrett ((Formerly) Intel)
Intel Corporation legend, former CEO, and Chairman of the Board Craig Barrett discusses his personal career path from a Stanford Associate Professor, to Silicon Valley consultant, to a 35-year career inside one of the globe's most prominent players in technology. His talk concentrates on Moore's Law and the myriad factors in place to ensure its continued progeny.
Child Health
Welcome to the Child Health Course. This is one of the continuing professional development courses offered by AMREF through Distance Education. This course has been revised and contains the most current concepts such as integrated management of childhood diseases (IMCI). The course is designed to expose you as a health worker to that part of medicine concerned with the health and wellbeing of children and aims at updating your knowledge, attitudes and skills to enable you provide quality health
Argumentation and Communication, Fall 2002
A writing practicum associated with 11.200 and 11.205 that focuses on helping students present their ideas in cogent, persuasive arguments and other analytical frameworks. Reading and writing assignments and other exercises stress the connections between clear thinking, critical reading, and effective writing. This course examines the principles and practices of clear and effective communication in addressing public issues and policies. It aims to help students plan, organize, and present their
11.967 Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning: Economic Development Planning Skills (MIT)
This intensive and brief 4-day seminar, taught during MIT's Independent Activities Period in January, uses a case set in Hartford, Vermont to introduce economic development planning skills to students in the Master in City Planning (MCP) Degree Program. It introduces analytical tools that are used to assess local economic development conditions, issues, and opportunities as part of formulating economic development plans. The course is designed to provide MCP students with skills needed for appli
2-D Steady State Heat Conduction - Theoretical II from the course Heat Transfer
This course covers transport processes of mass, momentum, and energy from a macroscopic view with emphasis both on understanding why matter behaves as it does and on developing practical problem solving skills. The course is divided into four parts: introduction, conduction, convection, and radiation.
2-D Steady State Heat Conduction - Theoretical I from the course Heat Transfer
This course covers transport processes of mass, momentum, and energy from a macroscopic view with emphasis both on understanding why matter behaves as it does and on developing practical problem solving skills. The course is divided into four parts: introduction, conduction, convection, and radiation.
Business School Annual Lecture 2009 - Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
Following a very successful career that saw him lead a number of well-known business ventures, such as PizzaExpress and bookshop chain Borders, Luke Johnson became Chairman of Channel 4 Television Corporation in January 2004. In this presentation, Luke Johnson draws on his own experience as an entrepreneur to discuss the business of risk. How does risk affect us today in our lives? Hear from the man who has ridden through his fair share of storms in the business world and who has lived through t
Strategies of the Serengeti - Stephen Berry
This is an interactive presentation led by Stephen Berry, a highly qualified speaker, consultant, trainer and international MBA lecturer in Business Strategy. Previously a Finance Director and Banker, Stephen has worked in the harsh climates of the corporate Serengeti's of our business world and brings practical skills and processes for real life rather than academia. Strategies of the Serengeti takes a refreshingly innovative look at practical organisational strategy from the viewpoint of the r
Spotlight on Scalability - Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook)
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shares her trilogy of ideas for a successful start-up and a fulfilling career. Her thoughts include building an enterprise with scalable vision, building personalized, scalable products, and the ability to scale your own connections and capabilities.
13 Mistakes and 13 Brilliant Strokes - Hugh Martin (Pacific Biosciences)
Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences, looks back on the evolution of his career - from building computers to creating the future of medicine. Martin charts the lessons he learned working for large technology firms, as a leader in several successful start-ups, and while being courted by the VC community to launch a new wave in bioscience.
Negotiations On and Off the Field - Steve Young, Stan Christensen (Former NFL Quarterback)
Steve Young, former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, describes the lessons he's learned in negotiating with teammates, agents, and in his personal life. Interviewed as a guest in Stan Christensen's Negotiations course, Young provides insight through humorous anecdotes across a broad range of experience. In particular, he describes different negotiation tactics that were useful throughout his career as a quarterback, lawyer, and entrepreneur. While earning his spot as the fiery leader of
An Entrepreneurial Perspective on the Life Sciences Industry - G. Steven Burrill (Burrill & Co.)
Steve Burrill, CEO of Burrill & Co., provides an overview of the life sciences industry, reflecting on insights he has gained throughout his career. Along the way, he shares his laws of survival and anecdotes that relate the keys to his success in the areas of biotechnology, venture capital and merchant banking.
5 Must-Haves of an Entrepreneurial Career - Gregory Waldorf (eHarmony)
Greg Waldorf, CEO of the online matchmaking service eHarmony.com, describes the essential components of a successful entrepreneurial career. He believes that working with great people, taking risks, adaptability, passion and timely execution of plans can lead to success for entrepreneurs. He draws parallels between the satisfaction found through finding the right career path and a fulfilling relationship.
Challenges and opportunities in a changing world
Dr Kohn is a pharmacologist, entrepreneur and a musician. In his lecture he drew on his experience throughout his distinguished career, combining his love of music and his life as a baritone of professional standing with that of a medical scientist.
Hillis and Calderhead (2009) Helping to Keep History Relevant: Multimedia and Authentic Learning
Contents of a CD used for teaching History in secondary education with learning tasks that exploit the potential of technology. It draws on enquiry methods learning utilising investigations, critical skills and authentic learning. Multimedia drew the pupils in to explore, enquire and investigate. Authentic learning/critical skills enhanced these processes fulfilling its potential to present ‘real life’ challenges. Moreover, historical knowledge anchored authentic learning in a context provid
Hillis and Calderhead (2009) Helping to Keep History Relevant: Multimedia and Authentic Learning
Contents of a CD used for teaching History in secondary education with learning tasks that exploit the potential of technology. It draws on enquiry methods learning utilising investigations, critical skills and authentic learning. Multimedia drew the pupils in to explore, enquire and investigate. Authentic learning/critical skills enhanced these processes fulfilling its potential to present ‘real life’ challenges. Moreover, historical knowledge anchored authentic learning in a context provid
GeoMaths - 1st Level Modules
University of College London hosts a site of notation and reference material on math skills in the context of geoscience. These exercises provide realistic geologic scenarios and work through examples, with notation on the math used to solve them. Examples include using trigonometry to find the true width of strata, logarithms to understand the Richter scale, and vectors to find plate velocities at a triple junction. Relevant vocabulary is linked to a glossary of mathematical terms. Many of the
TSiBA-Oxford launch online study skills, Cape Town
The launch of the online study skills course, Masifunde, by its development partners TSiBA and OUDCE. The course can be downloaded and used freely by other institutions. For more details visit http://masifunde.conted.ox.ac.uk/.
4.125B Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes (MIT)
This subject introduces skills needed to build within a landscape establishing continuities between the built and natural world. Students learn to build appropriately through analysis of landscape and climate for a chosen site, and to conceptualize design decisions through drawings and models.
This class was taught concurrently with course 4.125A. Some of the assignments are the same, some are different, and the sites for the final project are different. But since they were taught in tandem, it
