Working Groups and Collaborative Discussions
- MLA Toolkit Plenary Session
- Consider audience—Meant for directors? Administrators? Students?
- Could be overwhelming as it is now (revise)
- More positive frame
- Personalization
- Revised to make categories more transparent
- Language: foundations / nonprofits
- Add communications, media
- Include photos, bios
- Inclusive, diverse set of people
- Add module on networking
- Discard such bits as Alumni
- Include a timeline to graduation?
- Specific Modules
- Mod 1: Could be retooled to be more useful (e.g. foreground off-campus resources, eliminate source)
- Mod 2: Sample questions, informational interviews, etiquette, sample emails
- Mod 3: Graduate studies advisors maybe a useful voice; needs to be very different; encourage intentionality in all choices, especially advisor; draw on other students’ knowledge
- Mod 4: About which faculty will be good choices to work with
- Mod 5: Highlight changing departmental culture from the ground up!