The Society of
Women Engineers
1999
National Convention
and
Student Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
June 22 - 26
 

SWE Tracks
For 1999, the Arizona Convention is offering SWE Tracks. Each SWE Track is designed to provide a comprehensive series of seminars and workshops that, if taken together, provide a powerful and balanced program. Each set of seminars and workshops in a track will not conflict with others in that track. Four SWE Tracks are offered: The Entrepreneur Track, The Management Track, The Student to Professional Track and The Personal Track. In addition, specific Career Enhancement Series (CES) seminars, identified with an asterisk (*), will be offered for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through Arizona State University. For an additional one-time fee of $15.00 per seminar, Arizona State University will keep your class attendance on file and provide official transcripts on request. Professional Development Hours (PDHs) are offered for all seminars in the Entrepreneur Track or the Management Track.

Welcome to Arizona

Keynote Speaker
 
On The Edge
 
Convention Highlights
 
SWE Tracks

Technical Papers

Panel Discussions

Student Conference

SWE Business Meetings

Master Schedule/Planner

Tours

Relax and Enjoy Arizona

SuCcESs

Explorathon

Grand Canyon Tour

Convention Information

On-line Registration and Information

Hotel Information

Exhibitors and Sponsors

SWE National 		Please note the following schedule changes:
1. Teamwork Building , Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm - New Session
2. Managing Internationally, Friday 10:00am - 12:00noon - New
3. Equity and Gender Learning Experiences Program Saturday 3:00pm - 4:00pm - Time Change
4. How to Start Your Own Business Wednesday 8:00am - 10:00am or Wednesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm - Moved Thursday Session to Wednesday

The Entrepreneur Track

The Management Track

The Student to Professional Track

The Personal Track


THE ENTREPRENEUR TRACK

The Entrepreneur Track offers seminars and workshops that would be of interest to professionals contemplating starting their own business or who are currently entrepreneurs.

*RISK MANAGEMENT

Tuesday or Wednesday, 8:00am – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $95.00

Seminar leader: Dr. Elaine Hall

Risk is inherent in our work. A common approach to risk in systems development is to ignore it and hope that no serious problems occur. Leading companies use quantitative risk management methods as a more useful approach to achieve success. This tutorial on Managing Risk is designed for busy professionals charged with delivering high-quality systems on time and within budget. The goal of Managing Risk is to help people responsible for systems development acquire the knowledge necessary to apply risk management to achieve their organization goals.

HOW to START YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Wednesday, 8:00am – 10:00am or
Wednesday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Seminar fee: $75.00

Seminar leader: Parrish Nelson Hirasaki

You want to get off the corporate treadmill and be your own boss - right? Well, before you chuck the security of that job, make sure you know the ropes and the pitfalls to starting your own business. Learn how to begin, where to get information, whose counsel to seek, what type of company to form and how to evaluate the potential of a business. Then, go through the basic steps of establishing and running a business and learn why businesses succeed and why they fail. Begin that business plan for your own successful company.

MARKETING YOURSELF - MODELS THAT MAKE IT PAINLESS and PROFITABLE

Wednesday, 8:00am – 12:00noon or
Thursday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $75.00

Seminar leader: Terri Langhans

Terri Langhans, founder and former CEO of a $20 million marketing firm, will share her two easy-to-use models that will help you get your business from where you are now to where you want to be. The first half of the session will focus on the marketing models. The second half of the session will teach presentation skills anyone can master and use everyday. With practical exercises, entertaining and memorable examples to illustrate the concepts, easy-to-remember models and a workbook to take home, this session gives you what you need to get you or your business where you want to go.

*NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES

Wednesday, 1:30pm – 5:30pm or
Friday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $95.00

Seminar leader: Eileen Aranda

The art of negotiating has become the skill of negotiating and is seen as a core competency for managers and professionals in the next century. This workshop will focus on key strategies for achieving "robust" agreements that can weather the changes inherent in today’s workplace. Topics addressed will include: Understanding the interests of both parties; Developing creative options and Using language to foster collaboration.

*NETWORKING SKILLS for GENERATING
NEW CLIENTS

Thursday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $95.00

Seminar leader: Kathy O’Connor Allen

Most sales people know how to sell their product or service. But first you have to find potential clients to present to! The most successful salespeople do this through effective networking. This workshop provides an experiential forum for testing your current approach to networking and develops an effective introduction for practically any use. You’ll learn the difference between introducing yourself at a "leads group" and introducing yourself at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. We explore ways to generate conversation from the traditional networking meetings to the more unusual and innovative opportunities. Learn how to approach people you haven’t met before and how to end a conversation so you can move on to meet new people. You’ll be challenged to demonstrate these techniques and look beyond the obvious means of gaining contacts and new clients.

THE MANAGEMENT TRACK

The Management Track offers the following seminars and workshops that would be of interest to those professionals thinking of transitioning from the technical career ladder to the management career ladder or to those managers wanting to hone their skills.

TEAMWORK BUILDING

Tuesday, 8:00am – 5:00pm or Thurdsay 8:00am - 5:00pm (new)

Seminar fee: $85.00

Seminar leaders: Jon and Stefanie Spera

Your boss has just given you a plum assignment and/or you need to hire or allocate your existing personnel to provide a better product/start a new process. How are you going to do this? What types of people do you need to meet your task? How should you determine what the skills or traits are of the people on your team and what you need to add? You could use psychological assessments or skill assessments to better identify where your people belong on your team. This seminar will show you how to identify the types of people you need for your team, how to recruit them and then how to have them form, storm and norm their way to great synergies as a team.

*RISK MANAGEMENT

Tuesday or Wednesday, 8:00am – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $95.00

Seminar leader: Dr. Elaine Hall

Risk is inherent in our work. A common approach to risk in systems development is to ignore it and hope that no serious problems occur. Leading companies use quantitative risk management methods as a more useful approach to achieve success. This tutorial on Managing Risk is designed for busy professionals charged with delivering high-quality systems on time and within budget. The goal of Managing Risk is to help people responsible for systems development acquire the knowledge necessary to apply risk management to achieve their organization goals.

TRANSITION from ENGINEER to MANAGER -
THE ENGINEER as LEADER

Wednesday, 8:00am – 12:00noon or 1:30pm – 5:30pm

Seminar fee: $45.00

Seminar leader: Anita Alexander

Engineers are typically promoted to positions of leadership as a "reward" for their technical excellence. These new roles, as either a team leader or manager, demand a completely different set of skills. These new skills include effective communication skills, conflict resolution and change management. To be successful, the new leader must quickly demonstrate proficiency in these new skills. The new leader must also resolve any personal and professional issues associated with the transition from technologist to generalist. In this workshop we will cover each of these topics as well as practice these new leadership skills and techniques. Participants will also have an opportunity to share their own problems and experiences with leadership.

*PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Wednesday, 8 :00am – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $95.00

Seminar leader: Dr. Dwight Smith-Daniels

This seminar will focus on the fundamentas of project management for engineers with limited formal training and education in the field. An overview of project managment processes, project scheduling, resource managment, schedule duration, risk analysis and management of project organizations will be covered. The course will emphasize project management for the high-tech manager and examples will be drawn from development, improvement and process innovation projects in high-tech
industries. Participants will be provided with examples of best practices from industry and learn about the recent developments in the field.

Due to the nature of the material to be presented and a tight programming schedule, this seminar will conflict with others in this track. We apologize for any inconvenience.

SUCCEEDING with a DIVERSE WORKGROUP

Friday or Saturday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Esther A. Heller

When you hear the word diversity, do you shudder or do you see the possibilities? This dynamic, interactive workshop will take an honest, non-judgmental look at the many elements of diversity. It will cover the phases through which an organization can progress and the business value of doing so. Participants will examine their own cultural filters, learn the elements of intercultural communications and gain understanding of how to develop a working environment in which diversity is a natural part of doing business.

SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION at
AlliedSignal Engines

Saturday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Teresa Tobias

What is Six Sigma? How is it achieved? This workshop will present a brief overview of how AlliedSignal has applied the Six Sigma concepts to improve manufacturing, engineering and administrative processes at the Engines facility in Phoenix. It will include descriptions of the major components of process improvement strategies and the quality tools used to address them. The workshop will be facilitated by Six Sigma quality "Blackbelts" from AlliedSignal Engines.

ISO 9000 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - YEAR 2000 CHANGES and HOW THEY WILL AFFECT YOUR COMPANY

Saturday, 8:00am – 12:00noon

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Victoria Delaney

The ISO 9000 series of Standards is currently being changed to make them easier to implement for all industries instead of just manufacturing. The revised Standards will be released in the year 2000. This seminar will explain the changes and how they will affect your company’s current use of the ISO Quality Management System.

MANAGING INTERNATIONALLY by Dupont

Friday, 10:00am – 12noon

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Kimberly Young & Stacy Dedinas

This workshop will focus on key learnings from several DuPont women who have worked internationally in managerial roles. Managing effectively in an international assignment depends not only on technical and business skills, but also on the ability to function in a different cultural work environment. Presenters will share personal experiences, including benefits and challenges for women to succeed in international assignments, advice on how to manage situations when your credibility is in doubt, and suggestions on how to work effectively with other women.

THE STUDENT TO PROFESSIONAL TRACK

The Student to Professional Track is offered for students who want to ensure a smooth transition from school to the workplace by getting a "jump start" on some of the skills needed to help them land that first job and impress their boss.

TRANSITION from SCHOOL to WORK

Tuesday or Thursday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Caroline VanIngen-Dunn

Getting ready to graduate? Starting a new job? Have you been working for a while? Hear the recommendations for transitioning smoothly from school to work from a recently hired engineer, a seasoned engineering professional and a human resources manager from a high technology firm. Find out how to prepare for, cope with and successfully adjust to your first engineering job.

SPEAKING with CONFIDENCE

Tuesday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm or Saturday, 1:00pm –2:00pm

Free Workshop

Workshop leaders: Kelly Isley and Werner Wolf

Have you ever worried about giving an important
presentation or been concerned about getting the right message across at the right time? You’re not alone. Kelly Isley and Warner Wolf of AlliedSignal Toastmasters Leadership will provide real practice for real people. By presenting two speeches, "Speaking with Confidence" and "Making a Positive Impact with your Presentation" followed by an audience participation in a public speaking exercise known as Table Topics, workshop participants will learn valuable public speaking skills.

RESUME WRITING and INTERVIEWING

Wednesday, 10:00am – 12:00noon or 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Audrey Nelson

You’re ready to put the books, exams and school
behind you, but now you need the skills to get that all-
important first job. Or you’ve been at your current position for a while and would like to expand and need to dust off the skills you used to obtain your current job. This workshop will help you prepare a professional resume using tips to ensure you get your foot in the door. Then this workshop will help you prepare for and participate in a job-winning interview. Learn appropriate communication techniques in both realms: writing the resume and in-person at the interview.

*NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES

Wednesday, 1:30pm – 5:30pm or Friday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $95.00

Seminar leader: Eileen Aranda

The art of negotiating has become the skill of negotiating and is seen as a core competency for managers and professions in the next century. This workshop will focus on key strategies for achieving "robust" agreements that can weather the changes inherent in today’s workplace. Topics addressed will include: Understanding the interests of both parties; Developing creative options and Using language to foster collaboration.

*NETWORKING SKILLS for GENERATING NEW CLIENTS

Thursday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $95.00

Seminar leader: Kathy O’Connor Allen

Most sales people know how to sell their product or service. But first you have to find potential clients to present to! The most successful salespeople do this through effective networking. This workshop provides an experiential forum for testing your current approach to networking and develops an effective introduction for practically any use. You’ll learn the difference between introducing yourself at a "leads group" and introducing yourself at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. We explore ways to generate conversation from the traditional networking meetings to the more unusual and innovative opportunities. Learn how to
approach people you haven’t met before and how to end a conversation so you can move on to meet new people. You’ll be challenged to demonstrate these techniques and look beyond the obvious means of gaining contacts and new clients.

LONG RANGE CAREER PLANNING - DESIGNING YOUR IDEAL CAREER

Friday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $35.00

Seminar leader: Kathy O’Connor Allen

Do you feel stuck in a dead-end job? Finishing school and trying to decide between a traditional job and self-employment? Considering a career change but uncertain which direction to head? Is the idea of a balanced life becoming a foreign concept? In this creative and highly participative group session, explore how to discover your ideal career and how to achieve it. Uncover career lifestyle motivators to help identify the ideal career in terms of profession, location, work environment and preferred lifestyle. You will leave this session with a new creative outlook on the future of work and where its fits into your life.

THE PERSONAL TRACK

The Personal Track is designed for participants to work on skills that will help them to achieve balance in their life and/or help manage the other jobs they may have.

HOW COUPLES OVERCOME the OBSTACLES to EQUALLY SHARED PARENTING

Wednesday, 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Dr. Francine M. Deutsch

Francine M. Deutsch, Professor of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College, will review findings from her recently published book, Halving it all: How Equally Shared Parenting Works (April, 1998, Harvard University Press). In a study sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Deutsch conducted in-depth interviews with 150 dual-earner couples, some of whom equally shared parenting. Obstacles to equality at home include gender discrimination in the workplace, deep-seated male and female identities, old-fashioned ideas about maternal instincts and the inequality in friends’ relationships. Deutsch will discuss how equal sharers resist the pressures that usually push families toward inequality and instead, create conditions friendly to truly equal families. The best way to have it all (fulfilling careers and family life for both men and women) is to halve it all, argues Deutsch. A book signing will be held at the end of the workshop.

CLARIFICATION of VALUES - WHAT DO YOU, YOUR WORK and YOUR VALUES HAVE in COMMON?

Wednesday, 3:30pm – 5:30pm

Free Workshop

Workshop leader: Terri Langhans

Terri Langhans, founder and former CEO of a $20 million marketing firm, asks: Is the "real you" the one you let people see at work? How many splits are there in your personality? So you have conflicting values at work and home? Are your values, along with your car, parked outside the office building each day? How do you clarify what your values are and then what do you do with them? Come to this inspiring, entertaining and uplifting session to find your focus, encourage your passion and build your confidence. Bring all your "selves" with you.

HOW to BALANCE WORK and HOME

Thursday or Saturday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Free workshop

Workshop leader: Batsheva Warner

Do you find that there just is not enough time in the day to accomplish all that you want? Are you happy with how you currently allocate your time between the things that you do? Do you feel guilty because you are spending too much time at work and not meeting important obligations at home? If so, then this workshop is for you. Batsheva Warner is an ex "stressed-out" editor in New York City who will share her tips on how one can achieve the balance she wants in her life without stretching herself beyond the brink.

TURNING YOUR POTENTIAL into POWER

Friday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Seminar fee: $25.00

Seminar leader: Joan Fox

Within all of us lies the potential to be more and to achieve more than we’ve ever thought possible. However, sometimes we’re just too stressed to get beyond the daily goal of surviving. This session addresses the multi-faceted phenomenon of "Personal Effectiveness." Stress management tools as well as other simple, accessible ideas can assist us in maximizing our potential. Incorporating concepts from a variety of disciplines including accelerated learning, NLP, visualization and many more, this presentation is designed to serve as a catalyst for change. A potpourri of non-traditional ideas will spark your innate creativity and provide methodologies to increase personal effectiveness. Without a doubt there is no such thing as "Professional Effectiveness" without "Personal Effectiveness" and no such thing as "Success" without both.

RETIREMENT PLANNING

Friday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm or
Saturday, 8:00am – 10:00am

Free workshop

Workshop leader: Laura Pendleton-Miller

It’s never too early to begin planning your future financial well-being. The following topics will be discussed: evaluating your current situation, projecting your needs in retirement, employer sponsored retirement plans, self-employed retirement plans, traditional and Roth IRAs and taxable versus tax-deferred savings.

EQUITY and GENDER LEARNING EXPERIENCES
PROGRAM

Saturday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Free workshop

Workshop leader: Project EAGLES staff

Learn about a unique partnership between a scientific
industry, a university, a non-profit organization and a school district! Explore a program that fosters awareness in math and science careers for middle school girls through mentoring. Learn about a comprehensive program that is funded by the Women’s Educational Equity Act and the National Science Foundation due to its unique systematic professional development for teachers, while bringing professional women in the math and science fields into the school as role models. Create your own mentoring and gender equity program for middle school girls to explore math and science careers! This seminar can answer many of your questions about starting a mentoring program at your school. The EAGLES (Equity and Gender Learning Experiences) Program can help you!

For more information, please contact the Arizona Convention Team.
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