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INSTRUCTOR: Anthony Fasano, P.E., M.ASCE

Purpose and Background

The biggest hurdle that most civil engineers and technical professionals face in their quest to become successful managers is a lack of confidence. As an engineering manager, you’ll need to build your expertise, present in front of stakeholders, and lead by example. To do these things in a powerful way, you’ll need to be confident in your knowledge and abilities, and not just sometimes, all of the time.

In this session, you’ll be given specific actions that you can take on a daily basis to build your confidence and develop your public speaking skills. These strategies will help you build authority in your field and improve your confidence and effectiveness as an author and presenter.

The purpose of this session is to provide a framework for building your confidence and growing your expertise in order to be a true civil engineering leader.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Use communication as an avenue to show confidence
• Select a topic that you want to develop your expertise in
• Deliver presentations with confidence and power

Program Benefits

• Take specific actions to build confidence
• Identify topics that you can build expertise on
• Find venues/outlets where you can share your expertise
• Apply strategies for becoming an effective public speaker

Program Outline

• What is confidence?
• Why confidence is important to your success as a civil engineering professional
• Four skills that will help you become more confident
• Ten actions you can take to improve your confidence
• Ten books to help you build confidence and self-assurance
• Becoming an expert on a specific technical topic
• Two ways to share your expertise
• Why public speaking matters
• How to be an effective public speaker
• Ten actions to help prepare for your presentation
• Following up after your presentation

Your registration fee includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and guarantees your seat at the course.