Workshops

SWIM organizes a year-long series of skill-development workshops to meet the personal and professional development needs of SWIM women.

The club plans 8 workshops per year with one workshop per month, September-December and February-May. Workshops are run by professionals.

Workshops 
offered 
through
 SWIM
 give 
MIT 
Sloan 
women
 a 
hands‐on 
forum 
to 
learn
 and practice 
crucial
 business
 skills 
in 
a
 networking 
setting.
 SWIM 
workshops
 are 
planned 
to strategically
 address 
voids 
that 
Sloan 
women 
may 
encounter 
when
 entering 
the 
workforce both 
personally 
and 
professionally 
after 
leaving 
MIT.
 The
 club 
seeks 
to 
bring 
in 
industry, faculty,
 and 
alumnae 
experts 
in 
these 
areas 
to 
lead 
the 
workshops, 
ultimately
 securing cutting 
edge
 skills 
training 
for 
Sloan 
women
 to
 maximize 
their 
development 
while
 at 
MIT.

Workshop topics have included:

• Personal finance
• Negotiating in the workplace
• Managing e-communications with co-workers and managers
• Career planning: how to manage climbing the corporate ladder while raising children
• Networking
• Navigating networking sites