Training
Mid-Career Enterprise Education for Technology & Science (MEETS)
Weekend I: 7th June 2008
Weekend II: 28th June 2008
Venue: Girton College, Cambridge
We are delighted to announce that the MEETS course will run again in the spring of 2008. This popular course, now in its third year, is aimed at professional women who have completed their second degree, and have an interest in exploring enterprise opportunities within the science and technology sector.
The programme is designed to meet the needs of mature female professionals with substantial work experience in science and technology, who are currently working in business, taking a career break, or considering starting a business of their own. The programme combines presentations and small group sessions in order to achieve its mission - to enable women to assume leadership roles in company innovation and entrepreneurship by encouraging and enhancing their personal and professional development. Topics include
- What it takes to become more enterprising
- Presentation and networking skills
- Negotiation and organisational skills
- Career anchors and self assessmen
- Business planning and finance
Programme Directors
Shirley Jamieson - Head of Marketing, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd
Shirley worked in executive search for 15 years and then in the mid 1990s, she ran her own consultancy firm. In 1999, Shirley co-authored the successful bid on behalf of the University of Cambridge to create the Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre, which has now become part of Cambridge Enterprise. In 2002 she was the Cambridge Evening News “Business Woman of the Year.” She has been a Governor of Anglia Ruskin University since 1993.
Rochelle Weichman - Executive Director, Office of Executive Education, MIT Sloan School of Management
Rochelle Weichman is responsible for helping corporate clients define their educational needs, and then designing and delivering a customised educational programme with MIT faculty. Prior to this position, Rochelle was responsible for entrepreneurship within the Cambridge-MIT Institute, helping to establish the CMI Enterprisers programme for undergraduates and the MEETS programme for mid-career women.
Working Together
The course is designed and led by Shirley Jamieson and Rochelle Weichman. Both have extensive experience in entrepreneurship and enterprise education. Furthermore, they have a deep commitment to helping women become entrepreneurs and reach senior levels of management, and designed the MEETS programme to help make this vision a reality.
Course Fees
The course is FREE to attend. But you will be expected to cover the cost of your own travel and accommodation.
To register, please email an expression of your interest to j.ouchikh@cmi.cam.ac.uk:
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