Engineerings Futures: Group Process with Tau Beta Pi

This session will cover:

Planning a Meeting

Learn how to plan for a meeting, including deciding when a meeting is necessary, whom to invite to the meeting, things to consider relative to the meeting's location, and the content of the meeting. Learn how to organize a meeting agenda to include the above items.

Conducting Effective Meetings

Learn specific roles participants in a meeting need to play and how to keep a meeting on track once it has started. Practice the skills in a mock meeting.

This session will be facilitated by Ellen Styles

Location is OEC Room 273

Engineerings Futures: People Skills with Tau Beta Pi

This session will cover:

Communicating Interpersonal Problems

Learn how to communicate interpersonal problems in a manner that will get the problem solved while maintaining relationships with others.

Diagnosing the Cause of Interpersonal Problems

Resolving Motivational Problems

Learn how to motivate people by communicating consequences of not resolving the problem. Also learn how to set up and follow plans once a solution is agreed upon to help ensure that the problem is permanently solved.

Resolving Ability Problems

Learn how to involve the individual with the ability problem in developing a solution to his or her ability problem.

Resolving Emergent Problems

Learn to identify and resolve emergent problems (secondary problems that arise during the resolution of a problem) such as high emotion (anger, stress, etc.) or complex, unintelligible responses to questions.

Facilitated by Michael Czebatul

Location is OEC Room 137

Engineerings Futures: Analytical Probelm Solving with Tau Beta Pi

This session will cover:

The Problem-Solving Process

Learn a structured process for problem solving. Each step of the process requires two basic activities in order to perform it successfully: generating ideas through brainstorming and choosing the best idea to implement.

Creative Thinking

Participate in creative thinking exercises.

Identifying and Implementing the Problem Solution

Learn how to reduce a list of potential solutions and selecting the best idea(s) using specific evaluation techniques. Learn techniques to facilitate decision-making.

This session will be facilitated by Ellen Styles

Location is OEC Room 273

Engineering Futures: Team Chartering with Tau Beta Pi

This session will cover:

Defining the Role of Teams

Learn the importance of teams in today's world and the growth stages experienced by all teams.

Developing the Team's Charter

Learn how to create a charter for a team. Participate in an entertaining team-building exercise.

Facilitated by Michael Czebatul

Location is OEC Room 137