Aug. 13, 2014


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Oil & gas scientists and engineers have an enormous communication problem. We are smart people, developing innovative technologies and often forced to explain them to supervisors and executives from outside of our focused area of expertise. Or maybe we are field engineers, trying to work safely and efficiently in a world where every action is scrutinized to minute details by a noisy but narrow band of people who are predisposed to mistrust everything we do or say. What’s a smart engineer to do? Learn how to communicate effectively:  Understand your audience, dump the Powerpoint, and tell the “story” of your work.

This presentation will explain why communication skills are particularly critical for young engineers; share some best practices for developing and improving communication skills; and encourage participants to evangelize about oil & gas technology whenever they have an opportunity.

 

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Featured Speakers

Speaker: Stephanie Weiss - Technology Evangelist, Baker Hughes
Speaker Stephanie Weiss - Technology Evangelist, Baker Hughes


Stephanie Weiss is a former newspaper reporter and science journalist. Her first newswriting award was a Sports Feature award for a Houston Chronicle article about the physics of baseball, she later wrote about photonics technology for Encyclopedia Britannica. In her current role, she is a Technology Evangelist at Baker Hughes, …


Stephanie Weiss is a former newspaper reporter and science journalist. Her first newswriting award was a Sports Feature award for a Houston Chronicle article about the physics of baseball, she later wrote about photonics technology for Encyclopedia Britannica. In her current role, she is a Technology Evangelist at Baker Hughes, helping customers, colleagues and our community better understand how oil & gas can be extracted safely and efficiently. In 7 years with BJ Services and now Baker Hughes, she has authored one SPE paper, ghost-written or reviewed more than 100, and written dozens of articles of industry trade journals. She was the founding president of the Baker Hughes Pressure Talkers Toastmasters club, where she continues to encourage colleagues to improve their communication and leadership skills.


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Organizer

Brittany Niles, Hilton Butchard, Arash Shadravan

Please contact with any questions:


Brittany Niles - brittany.niles@shell.com


Hilton Butchard - hilton_butchard@mhicompressor.com


Arash Shadravan - Arash.Shadravan@bakerhughes.com


 


Date and Time

Wed, Aug. 13, 2014

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
(GMT-0500) US/Central

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Location

The Wedge International Tower - 39th Floor

1415 Louisiana St
Houston, TX 77002
United States

FREE PARKING PROVIDED at 777 Clay St. garage. Please do not use your credit cards when parking in garage! Take parking ticket at garage entrance and we will give you parking validation after the event. Unfortunately, if you swipe your credit card, you will not get your money back. Thanks.