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Genesis Program: Connect.  Learn.  Grow.

An ACEC/MA Leadership Education Program
February 15, 29, and March 7, 2012

 The Engineering Center, Boston, MA

4:00 - 6:00 PM

Developed for new professionals, this three-part program helps the participant understand the transition from the university to the professional environment.  Basis fundamentals are presented with a direct application to our industry.

The sessions will focus on business consulting, what it takes to be a professional, and effective communication skills.

Building a professional career requires acquiring expertise in more than just technical and design skills.  To advance, it is important to be comfortable with the range of appropriate protocols, values, ethics, reputation and relationship-building strategies that characterize our profession.

ACEC/MA's Genesis Program provides this foundation for moving forward.

Three carefully designed instructional sessions address the key topics identified by firm leaders as vital for making the transition from recent graduate to emerging professional.  Using a classroom style with a mentoring approach, these sessions allow for gaining new information, techniques, and insights through conversation, discussion, and instructional exercises.

Download Program Brochure: Program Brochure

Cost*: 

  $500 per person from an ACEC/MA Member Firm

  $750 per person from a Non-Member Firm

 *If your firm is an ACEC/MA Member, you’re an ACEC/MA Member.

Participation is limited to 20 people.  Firms may only enroll one person unless the program is not fully enrolled by January 9, 2012.

Registration is first-come, first served, but there is a wait list.

Fax or email completed forms to Elizabeth Tyminski:  617-227-6783 or  etyminski@engineers.org

Contact her with questions.

American Council of Engineering Companies/Massachusetts
The Engineering Center
One Walnut Street
Boston, MA  02108-3616
Fax: 617/227-6783

Session 1, February 15, 2012
The Business of Design Consulting 101.
Instructor: Jean L. McCluskey, PE

President, Mission-Focused Alliance, LLC
The opening session establishes the essential foundation for how firms thrive. Topics concentrate on developing a competent and solid understanding of what it takes to make an engineering firm be successful and how you fit in as you launch your career: roles and responsibilities within a firm, components and management of projects, the necessity of setting standards and goals, and how firms acquire work.

Session 2, February 29, 2012

What Does It Take to Be a Successful Professional.
Instructor: Jean L. McCluskey, PE

President, Mission-Focused Alliance, LLC
In this session, Ms. McCluskey moves into a second vital area of development, focusing on the individual. Topics include professional ethics, expectations of an effective professional, and personal characteristics that contribute to professionalism of the entire firm.

Session 3, March 7, 2012

Personal Communication Effectiveness.
Instructor: Paul D. Weisman, PE

President, SMART Conversations
Continuing on in the personal development area, the third session provides skill-building in the key communications areas that will improve your ability to work successfully with colleagues and supervisors as well as in teams. Topics are: Personal Mastery, Professional Conversation, and Interpersonal Collaboration. The goal is to build confidence in the ability to exchange information while enhancing rapport and working-relationships.