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Communications is topic of talk, workshop Language and communications expert and best-selling author Phyllis Mindell, Ph.D., will lead a daylong, interactive workshop and a free midday talk for the MUSC community June 17.   Mindell's noon talk for the MUSC community at the Institute of Psychiatry Auditorium is entitled, “Language and Power: What Charlotte (of Charlotte’s Web) Teaches Us.”   Mindell will focus on how women do not need to gain power by looking, acting, or speaking like men. Rather, powerful communications enable them to lead and succeed without compromising their integrity, their femininity or their moral compass.      Mindell was recently appointed an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Medical School where she is developing her work in language and communications with science and medicine.   She has written several books and presented to academic institutions, businesses and professional organizations.     The workshop, entitled “A Woman’s Guide to the Language of Success,” is sponsored by the MUSC Women Scholars Initiative. Because of limited space and availability, workshop registration is closed.     An engaging and provocative speaker and consultant on women’s issues, Mindell will speak on workplace dialect, weakness versus power in language, the language of negotiation and adding efficiency and power to communications, memo writing and other related topics. All workshop participants will receive a copy of her 2001 book, “How to Say It For Women.”      “My work deals only with language and communications,” said Mindell. “Women face other obstacles as well, but I deal only with language.”           For more information, call Aleatha Fields, 876-8986 or e-mail fieldsaw@musc.edu. MUSC Women Scholars' Midday NetWorking Series June 10: Keys to Navigating the Tenure and Promotion Process July 15: Community Resources for Women (A guide for new faculty and an update for existing faculty) Aug. 12: Volunteerism (How to have fun, meet new people and get involved) Sept. 9: Health Benefits Options for MUSC Employees Oct. 14: IRB Pointers (Straight from the experts) Nov. 9: Financial Planning (Plan now for the future) Dec. 14: Estate Planning (Wills, proxies, etc.)   All hourlong workshops are held at noon in Room 116, College of Nursing. Visit http://etl2.library.musc.edu/musc_women/scholars.html. Friday, June 10, 2005 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.