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Daily Digest Archive for February 13, 2004

Q: (Initially posted February 11, 2004) FROM STUDENT MEMBER KALEIGH S. IN CO
How often does someone in the structural or mechanical field of engineering do public speaking and/or presentations to their peers and to management? And how much formal documentation (i.e. memos, reports, etc....) do you do?

February 13, 2004
A: FROM MENTOR ANNE LUCIETTO IN IL
It really depends upon what the engineer is doing or what they are involved
in. I personally am a Mechanical Engineer. In my job, I'm presenting and
making a case to my peers on a regular basis. I present in a formal
presentation fairly often. It seems like my outreach activities have me
speaking so often to a crowd that I no longer think about who I'm speaking
to but more concerned about what I'm speaking about and if it is being
understood in the right context!

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