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NSPE 2008 Annual Conference
Portland, Oregon
July 24–27
Friday, July 25
NSPE Has It All for Young Engineers!
Join us for a day of learning and networking at the NSPE Fourth Annual Young Engineers' Forum with great topics designed to help you achieve success in your professional life. Getting the most out of your job, mastering managerial skills, and improving your business communications are skills you'll learn in this forum. Lunch with a special speaker is included, and you earn 7.0 pdh credits too! This year the day is FREE to young engineers (35 years old and under). To finish off a great day, plan to attend the NSPE Ice Breaker Reception, and network with professional engineers from across the nation. (Participation is limited to the first forty registrants.)
NSPE General Session 1.5 PDH
8:30–10:00 a.m.
PeopleMap® Workshop, Dr. Michael Lillibridge
The PeopleMap® system is an integrated series of interpersonal effectiveness training programs designed to develop people at every level of an organization. Would you like to know what your natural strengths are in life? Would you like to have a personal "map" for getting along with others? Would you like to have a clear understanding of the things that could block your success? If you are answering yes to these questions, the PeopleMap® Personal Profile is your solution. Presentation/Discussion 1.5 PDH
10:30 a.m.–noon
Designing a Career-Communication Strategy: Packaging, Assessing, and Marketing Yourself, Alfred R. Boysen, Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
This presentation will guide conference participants through a systematic process to improve professional communications at entry, management, and leadership levels.
NSPE Networking Luncheon 1.0 PDH
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Become the Ultimate Communicator, Val Baldwin, CPC
Do you avoid sensitive subjects and tough topics because you don't know how to handle them? Good news..these skills can be learned. This life-enhancing training will help you gain the crucial communication skills necessary to never have to avoid a conversation again.
Presentation/Discussion 1.5 PDH
1:45–3:15 p.m.
More Productivity, Less Stress, Patricia M. Huntley, PSMJ
Making the most of your time is the key to less stress and more productivity in your life.
NSPE General Session 1.5 PDH
3:30–5:00 p.m.
The Leader in You, Robert S. Miller, III, P.E., F.NSPE
NSPE President 2006-07
Former NSPE president and principal of MSA, P.C., an environmental sciences, land planning, land surveying, civil engineering, and landscape architecture firm, Miller will discuss important leadership behaviors that, with a little practice, are relatively easy to develop. Learn how to make them work to your advantage. Learn leadership qualities like looking at all sides of a conflict, communicating effectively, and active listening. Become the person that others will follow; not because they are under your command, but because they trust you and want to follow you.
NSPE Ice Breaker Reception
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Plan to attend the NSPE Ice Breaker Reception and network with professional engineers from across the nation. |
