They will run a conference registration desk, for example, or help develop seminar topics, all for flat or hourly fees that supplement their shrinking commission income.
One of the things I've learned – from the businesses I've owned, from reading a book a week for 35 years, from developing seminars for others and attending several educational sessions a year – is that value is in the eye of the beholder.
Important components of these aspects were: the teachers' role in developing seminars ('ownership'), the amount and quality of preparation materials, a non-threatening learning climate, continuity of group composition, suitability of subjects for seminar teaching, the number and quality of seminar questions, and alignment of different course activities.
I decided to use my business contacts to develop a seminar series on alternative careers in the sciences for graduate students and postdocs in my department.
Through the Myers Research Institute in Beachwood, Ohio, where Dr. Camp developed training seminars and materials, dozens of nursing facilities around the country now use his curriculum.
But the average engineer doesn't believe that, so Mr. Selinger has developed a seminar called "Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School," which aims to undo ingrained personality traits that have been reinforced by years of technical training.
We were cognizant of this possibility when we developed the Seminar, and designed it accordingly creating a framework of core questions, key concepts and activity protocols that can readily support the discussion of other important problems (e.g., bullying, stealing, lying, and illicit drug use).
Additionally, MSCS and biology faculty developed a seminar course, Exploring Biomath, which has been taught since 2009.
"We have an integrated curriculum, so I think we should promote integration by more collaboration between disciplines in developing a seminar".
Our most ambitious undertaking to date has been to develop a new seminar series designed to introduce postdocs and other contract research staff members to a number of potential career paths.
