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.
This is a fine paraphrase, Ivy.
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