MIT OpenCourseWareEffective Meetings with Advisors
MIT OpenCourseWare
Workshop goals 0:00
You are told what the workshop will do. It aims to help you feel prepared for meetings with your advisor, improve mutual understanding, and handle mismatched expectations through compromise.
Preparing the meeting 0:34
Before the meeting starts, you are asked to reflect on a recent advisor meeting and gather your thoughts. Preparation means making an agenda, choosing a medium for your material, and sorting what you want to share from what you want in return.
Sharing and compromise 7:04
The meeting then moves through sharing, discussion, and compromise. You present your material slowly, ask for clarification, and work toward specific takeaways. The workshop closes by urging you to think from your advisor's view, know your non-negotiables, seek common ground, and stay respectful.
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