The Importance of Communication Skills for Engineers

“I contend that we (engineers) are undervalued because of our widespread inability to explain what we do to the general public (and why it is so important). It is one of the hardest goals to accomplish, to be able to boil down difficult concepts into a short and easily understood presentation or elevator pitch.”
Marybeth Miceli, President, Miceli Infrastructure Consulting, USA (2011) 

According to Marybeth Miceli, President of Miceli Infrastructure Consulting (USA), for an article written in 2011, engineers are not appreciated highly enough due to our incapacity to break down difficult concepts regarding what we do into bite-sized information presentable to the general public.