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SWE 2004 Career Enhancement Series Fulfill your continuing development requirements through SWE's Career Enhancement Series (CES). You earn continuing education units (CEU), with a certificate of completion, for completing any of SWE's CES courses. Fees for the certificate and transcript record, awarded by Wayne State University, are included in the course fees. |
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How to Manage Your Time Without Getting Ticked Off Wednesday, October 13, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Introduction to Project Management Wednesday, October 13, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Leadership Development: Step Up to Leadership Wednesday, October 13, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Wednesday, October 13, 1:15-5:15 pm Wednesday, October 13, 1:15– 5:15 p.m. Facilitation and Team Building Wednesday, October 13, 1:15-5:15 pm The Art of Conscious Communication: A Talent for a Technical Age Saturday, October 16, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Saturday, October 16, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®): An Introduction Saturday, October 16, 8:00 am–12:00 pm MBTI Zig-Zag Problem Solving Model Saturday, October 16, 1:30-5:30 pm Relationship Building (The First 30 Seconds: Making a First Impression That Lasts) Saturday, October 16, 1:30 -5:30 pm Understanding Risk in a Changing World Saturday, October 16, 1:30-5:30 pm |
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How to Manage Your Time Without Getting Ticked Off Wednesday, October 13, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Price: $75.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants Do you have too much going on? Feeling like you’re “running in place” all day long rushing to meet deadlines and making snap decisions? Feeling overwhelmed and stressed out? In today’s fast-paced highly competitive marketplace, you are expected to do more things, in shorter time, with less resources than ever before. This advanced time-management program provides a common sense approach to help you increase your personal productivity with relevant information which is immediately applicable. Effective organizational skills for decision-making, tracking and controlling details, communications, and managing multiple projects are provided. Presented by Christine Corelli, Corelli & Associates. Ms. Corelli is a consultant, speaker, columnist and author of the book, Wake Up and Smell the Competition.
Introduction to Project Management Wednesday, October 13, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Price: $125.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 30 participants Success at work is often a result of the ability to execute successful projects. This course will provide practical tools necessary for effectiveness as a project manager. Through hands-on activities and application exercises, you will learn to apply core project management principals. At the end of the session, you will have a have learned specific tools and skills that will allow you to promote a successful project outcome. Presented by the Wayne State University School of Business Administration, Professional Development Division. They provide corporate training and executive education designed to improve organizational and individual employee capabilities and performance.
Leadership Development: Step Up to Leadership Wednesday, October 13, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Price: $75.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants Better leaders will lead to better businesses! Studies have demonstrated significant positive correlation between organizations investing in leadership development and superior financial performance. This course will help you identify critical competencies required by future leaders, assess the impact of different leadership styles and practice performance management skills in the areas of goal-setting and coaching. Speaker will also discuss ways to enhance communication skills as a tool to drive organizational change, enhance problem-solving processes by identifying techniques for generating and selling creative ideas, and share tips for remaining balanced and preventing burnout. Presented by DuPont.
Wednesday, October 13, 1:15-5:15 pm Price: $125.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 30 participants In most major projects, a variety of problems arise that challenge even skilled project managers. In this course, you will expand your project management skill with tools and techniques to apply when your project gets off track or does not respond to basic project management techniques. Through case studies and participant discussion, you will learn how to take your project management skills to a new level. Presented by the Wayne State University School of Business Administration, Professional Development Division. They provide corporate training and executive education designed to improve organizational and individual employee capabilities and performance.
Wednesday, October 13, 1:15– 5:15 p.m. Price: $95.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants Each day, newspapers and other publications report stories of ethical lapses in business. In most cases, it seems clear, in retrospect, that the target of those stories made poor ethical decisions. However, in everyday business settings, it is often not as clear-cut. Engineers and managers are called upon to make decisions every day that push their ethical boundaries. How can you be sure you are not sliding down that slippery slope? In this session, through case studies and group discussion, you will discuss the ethical questions involved in making business decisions and learn tools that can assist you to assess your decisions against your own values. Presented by the Wayne State University School of Business Administration, Professional Development Division. They provide corporate training and executive education designed to improve organizational and individual employee capabilities and performance.
Facilitation and Team Building Wednesday, October 13, 1:15-5:15 pm Price: $55.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 40 participants Team building skills gain greater importance in the less hierarchical and more participative structures frequently found in contemporary organizations. Turning a group into a team challenges leaders and facilitators to balance their focus between people and tasks. Team building methods create an environment that supports and encourages each team member to participate in generating ideas, interpreting findings and making decisions. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, case studies, and group activities, you will walk through each stage of team development and learn the essential tools and methodology necessary to build successful teams. In addition, you will reflect on your personal leadership style. Presented by Avera Sinclair, Rockwell Automation. Ms. Sinclair is a Human Resources Representative for Rockwell Automation. She has held various positions in the company including Team Facilitator, Training & Development Coordinator, Organizational Development Specialist and Human Resources Generalist. She earned a BA in business and communication from Alverno College and is a certified facilitator for The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, MBTI, Profilor, and Performance Management.
The Art of Conscious Communication: A Talent for a Technical Age Saturday, October 16, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Price: $75.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants You cannot “not communicate”; everything you say or do sends a message. Today's technology such as email, voicemail and the Internet has made communication faster and more accessible. Telecommunication is a misnomer; we've lost the human moment. Additionally, most of us operate on automatic even in our face-to-face communication. This program brings communication into consciousness and supplies tools to help you send the message you want. Presented by Dr. Audrey Nelson, Nelson Communications. Dr. Nelson is an internationally recognized consultant and seminar leader. She specializes in male-female communication, interpersonal skills, sexual harassment/discrimination, cultural diversity and conflict management.
Saturday, October 16, 8:00 am-12:00 pm Price: $55.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants A review of statistics relevant for engineering with focus on the data involved. Activities include: plotting data on normal probability paper, interpreting contingency table data with chi-square statistics, comparing means with the t-test, comparing variances with the F distribution. Examples will be taken from engineering data. Presented by Deborah O'Bannon, PhD, PE, University of Missouri. Dr. O'Bannon is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a SWE Fellow. She holds degrees from MIT, Manhattan College, and University of Iowa, and teaches classes related to environmental engineering and hydraulics, as well as the core statistics class for undergraduate engineering majors.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®): An Introduction Saturday, October 16, 8:00 am–12:00 pm Price: $75.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants Have you heard of MBTI, but don’t really know what it measures? Do you think it’s all about extraverts and introverts? Come to this session to shatter these misconceptions and learn the value of the tool. This is a fun, hands-on workshop in which participants will learn their type and get an overview of the tool’s practical applications. Presented by Karen Zais, TwinFusion. Ms. Zais is a trainer and President of TwinFusion, a training company and an active member of SWE.
MBTI Zig-Zag Problem Solving Model Saturday, October 16, 1:30-5:30 pm Price: $75.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants MBTI theory points to a problem solving process that works time and again. Known as the Zig-Zag model, this process is systematic, takes advantage of group diversity, and leads to better decisions. Best of all, with a little practice, it doesn’t take long to use. This workshop is not introductory, and participants will not leave knowing their Type. This will be a practical, active session (with minimal theory) that provides participants with experience applying the model. Participants should have measurements, and knowledge of your own Type is beneficial, but not required. Presented by Karen Zais, TwinFusion. Ms. Zais is a trainer and President of TwinFusion, a training company and an active member of SWE.
Relationship Building (The First 30 Seconds: Making a First Impression That Lasts) Saturday, October 16, 1:30 -5:30 pm Price: $75.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants We meet everybody for the first time. Right or wrong, the average person makes four to six stereotypes about us within the first 30 seconds! Most of these stereotypes are formed by nonverbal cues. First impressions also often dictate the future of a relationship. This program focuses on what messages are critical to send to build relationship and create “emotional intimacy” with everyone we meet. Key points include critical nature of what and how you communicate, breakdown of how you communicate, verbally and nonverbally, identification of the three critical bonding nonverbal behaviors, credibility characteristics and this course includes an assessment of the first impression you send. Presented by Dr. Audrey Nelson, Nelson Communications. Dr. Nelson is an internationally recognized consultant and seminar leader. She specializes in male-female communication, interpersonal skills, sexual harassment/discrimination, cultural diversity and conflict management.
Understanding Risk in a Changing World Saturday, October 16, 1:30-5:30 pm Price: $55.00 CEU: 0.4 Limit: 60 participants Many engineers and managers are currently faced with the difficult task of evaluating risks and making investments that mitigate some risks. This has become more important since the terrorist attacks of 2001. This course will teach the fundamentals of security risk, exposing attendees to the basic equation that evaluates risk and presenting techniques for estimating risk based on a number of variables. These principles will be applied to physical security challenges, thus improving the attendee's ability to understand how best to apply security technologies and practices which provide the greatest benefit to the system at the least cost. Presented by Betty E. Biringer and Mary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories. Ms. Biringer, Counterintelligence Office at Sandia National Laboratories, conducts threat analyses for counterintelligence and counterterrorism. For five years, Ms. Biringer has developed risk assessment methodologies and conducted assessments for various elements of the U.S. critical infrastructure. Ms. Garcia is the Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories where she has worked for the past 16 years in international safeguards and physical security.
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