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Engineering Presentations download available through IEEE-USA

22 Aug

A while back, I was honored to do a webinar for IEEE USA about how to make engineering presentations better.  If you are interested in accessing that free information, use this link.  You will need to use a WebEx player to see it, but the site provides that for you as a link/download.  http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/2014/webinar-12-4-14.html

 
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Posted by on August 22, 2016 in engineering, engineering communication, engineering presentations, IEEE PCS Book Series, presentations, Slide Rules, slides, technical communication, technical presentations

 

Professional Engineering Communication series by Wiley-IEEE Press is growing again!

10 Sep

I happy to announce the SEVENTH book in the Professional Engineering Communication series is now available. As the editor of this series, I’m proud to work with these professionals to bring their vision to fruition.

Information Overload: A Challenge to Professional Engineers and Technical Communicators. (eds: Strother, Ulijn, Fazal).
A Scientific Approach to Writing for Scientists and Engineers. (Berger).
Negotiating Cultural Encounters: Case Studies in Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication. (eds. Yu and Savage).
Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in Engineering and Technical Fields.  (Nathans-Kelly, Nicometo). See an excerpted principle from Slides Rules on this page on slide titles
Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career. (Fasano).
International Virtual Teams: Engineering Global Success. (Pam Estes Brewer).
Communication Practices in Engineering, Manufacturing, and Research for Food and Water Safety . (Ed. David Wright).
 
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Posted by on September 10, 2015 in engineering, engineering communication, engineering presentations, IEEE PCS Book Series, presentations, Slide Rules, slides, technical communication, technical presentations, visualizations

 

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Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields–AVAILABLE!

12 Feb

bookSRIn early March 2014, the paperback version of our book Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields will be available for purchase.  At the moment, the e-book is available for download.

Slide Rules is meant for engineers, technical specialists, and scientists–whether they are working for businesses, universities, research units, military sectors, or other areas. Professionals and students alike will benefit from this book because it provides specific avenues for improving and honing presentations in these specialized areas. Presentations in the technical fields are creatures of a different kinds, and the targeted needs for that work are duly addressed.

More info here:

http://techartsconsulting.com/sliderules/

ISBN: 978-1-118-79612-2
240 pages
February 2014, Wiley-IEEE Press
 
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Posted by on February 12, 2014 in engineering communication, engineering presentations, IEEE PCS Book Series, presentations, Slide Rules, slides, technical communication, technical presentations

 

UW online engineering, at the top again!

08 Jan

Once again, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s online Masters of Engineering has earned a top three ranking in the US News listings! I couldn’t be more proud to teach in such a great program!

http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/university-of-wisconsin-madison-OENG0236/engineering

 
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Posted by on January 8, 2014 in engineering, engineering communication, Masters of Engineering Professional Practice, MEPP, presentations, University of Wisconsin

 

SEFI…Belgium, Denmark, and the Professor Hotel

29 Oct

Last month, I had the great pleasure of doing a big work travel/trip. It began with me taking some time to talk to Dr. Annette Markham at Aaruhus University in Denmark.  Exploring the connections between internet theory, identity, and engineering communication, I was also able to think about ways that topics that I am interested in teaching could find a home in the euro way of providing information to students.

After that, it was on to Leuven, Belgium, where I attended the SEFI conference (the European Society for Engineering Education) with my colleague Christine Nicometo. We presented a talk called “Stop Slipping and Sliding: Methods to Reclaim Expert Engineering Space by Using Slides to Best Advantage” that was well received.

Another bonus was meeting up the the always-everywhere- Cheryl Ball.  The four of us (Markham, Ball, Nicometo, and Nathans-Kelly) had two intense days of talk about everything from the silos of information exchange in academics to the politics of MLA to identity within and without institutions…to the various qualities of chocolate. Along the way, we spied the “Professor Hotel” in Leuven, which I hope to post up in a photo soon.

 
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Posted by on October 29, 2013 in Cornell University, Cornell's Engineering Communication Program, engineering, engineering communication, engineering presentations, presentations, Slide Rules, slides, technical communication, technical presentations

 

IPCC 2013, a smashing success!

03 Aug

I had a lot to do at IPCC 2013 in Vancouver this year. One workshop, one info session about the IEEE Professional Communication series, and one paper to give with/for my colleagues at Cornell. Whew!

The workshop was with Christine Nicometo, and it focused on techniques to use when presentations and slides have to go in front of audiences who need more than one language. We had some great attendees, and we made some wonderful connections with new colleagues in Aarhus.

On the heels of that talk, Saul Carliner and I spoke about publishing with a PCS pub (he’s the editor in chief of the PCS journal; I do the book series). Since around 1999, I have enjoyed working with Saul, and that session was no different. It was a packed room, and we hope we sparked some interest in our pubs with that set of folks. I think we did!

Last, I gave a more traditional paper on a topic I’m working on with Rick Evans, examining the use of microgenres in engineering writing. Rick is teaching me so much about linguistics (I’ve forgotten the complicated nature of deep linguistic analysis of texts over the last 20 years). Some great conversations followed that talk, too.

But maybe best of all was having the unique opportunity to listen to Dr Bernard Amadei, the founder of Engineers Without Borders, USA. His story is incredible, and we all came away wanting to do more, to do better, with the talents that we have.

Vancouver was great, and the UBC campus was amazing. Thanks, all!

 
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Posted by on August 3, 2013 in engineering communication, engineering presentations, IEEE PCS Book Series, presentations, Slide Rules, slides, technical communication, technical presentations