ENT2962: Communications

2009 Conference Coordinators
Bryce Newson-Dunn, Computer Network & System Admn
Daniel Stickels, Mechanical Engineering
Joshua Taggart, Mechanical Engineering
Jennifer Diaz, Mechanical Engineering
Jesse Wills, Mechanical Engineering
Quincy Schultz, Mechanical Engineering

Breakout Session 1
9:00 – 9:50

Generating Effective Project Schedules: How they can make or break a project. Aerospace Enterprise 2
Fisher 130
Learn how to effectively create a schedule for a one year project that allows for both working times and meeting times while maximizing group efficiency and eliminating end of project rush.

Grading Policies: how to Create an Effective Scale for your Enterprise!!!
PrISM
Fisher 133
Since there is no uniform grading for the enterprise program is it extremely important recognize teammate value, compromise and foundation building points. Each team needs its own specialized scale to effectively grade its members, but every scale should contain some key components.

First Year Students in Enterprise: Tapping an Unknown Resource
Formula Car SAE 1
Fisher 101
The enterprise program engages students in a business like atmosphere. In much the same way new employees are often brought into a business, new students must be introduced to the project in the enterprise, brought up to speed on skills required to complete these tasks and integrated in the team. The importance of recognizing new students as the future of the program and ensuring that these students are developed in a way that ensure future growth and development of said program. Focusing on developing a successful first year program for and enterprise team.

Breakout Session 2
10:00 – 10:50

If it Wasn’t Documented, it Didn’t Happen: A Successful Documentation Plan.
Blue Marble Security 1
Fisher 135
With the development of new products within enterprise and industrial society, there is a need to protect intellectual property. For a patent to bring you money and success, proper documentation is essential. During this workshop a working documentation model will be collectively created. This model will then be taken and compared with several preexisting models currently used by the enterprise program.

Planning Ahead: The Preperation Needed for Reaching Future Goals
Green Campus ACE
Fisher 132
Brainstorming Projects, Analyzing timeline requirements, and keeping records are all important parts of an enterprise. Learn of to effectively deal with long term projects and the unique challenges associated with tackling them in an enterprise setting.
Math Modeling in Engineering – Enterprise Applications with Matlab and Simulink Part A
EcoCar MTU Team
Michigan Lab (MEEM Building)

Language of Action: Communication in the Workplace
ICE 1
Foundry (Meet on the 6th floor entrance of the research side of the M&M Building)
Lack of communication can lead to potential problems eve if it seems that communication isn’t necessary. Learn helpful ways to interact with team members such that labor output is maximized.
Breakout Session 3
11:00 – 11:50

Elevating Your Interview Skills: Showcasing Work in Enterprise
Aerospace‐ HAARP
Fisher 130
Gain an edge needed to stand out from the crowd, by learning how to effectively showcase your enterprise work during an interview.

Teambuilding: It’s effectiveness as an ice‐breaker
BoardSports Technologies
Fisher 101
Team bonding is essential because a team cannot operate if the members do not know how to talk to each other. Teambuilding is a great tool for breaking down these barriers.
Enterprise meetings: How to Hold an Effective Enterprise Meeting

Clean Snowmobile 1
Fisher 132
It is important to keep your enterprise teams organized and efficient. Good meeting sills are also very important assets in the business world. Learn skills to effectively run an enterprise meeting, or any other professional style meeting.

Proper Brainstorming Methods: The Foundation of a Successful Project
Blue Marble Security 2
Fisher 133
During a brainstorming session, ideas are discussed which form the foundation of a project, and without a solid foundation it is difficult to have a successful and sustainable project. Learn how to identify needs, list options, and choose the most effective solution.
Math Modeling in Engineering – Enterprise Applications with Matlab and Simulink Part B
EcoCar MTU Team
Michigan Lab (MEEM Building)
Efficient model design within conventional modeling software packages and their application to enterprise teams.

Breakout Session 4
1:00 – 1:50

How to Outreach: Interacting With Your Community
Nanotech Innovations
Fisher 132
Outreach is an important topic for enterprise teams because it will help to communicate the ideas and goals of the enterprise to the public, grab the attention of interested students, and outreach also helps to better educate teammates within the enterprise.

Poster Creation: A Guide to Making an Attractive and Successful Poster
PDCM 1
Fisher 133
Have you ever wondered if something on your poster is unattractive to potential viewers? We will cover a variety of aspects regarding the creation of the poster including the title, layout, color scheme, and overall content of a poster.

Engineering and Management: How to Communicate between Them
CPM
Fisher 130
There is a giant void between engineers and upper management. Learn effective ways to fill that void, with clear and concise communication, so better and faster decisions can be made.

How To talk like a Pirate: Communicating Across Different disciplines
AFG
Fisher 101
How do you as a chemical engineer describe to a business major how a certain process works without teaching them 3 years of your major? How do you communicate to your enterprise sponsor a more correct way to test their product? How do you describe your past experiences during an interview for a job?

Zimbra: Not Zebra Part A
Aerospace Enterprise 3
Michigan Lab (MEEM Building)
We all have it, but not many people really know how to use it. This workshop will dive into the depth of what is Zimbra Collaborative Suite

Breakout Session 5
2:00 – 2:50

Do You Trust Me?: Practices and Activities for Building Cooperative Teams
FIRST Robotics Enterprise
Fisher 135
Developing an effective team requires both trust and effective communication. Trust builds communication, without which effective and efficient collaboration is nearly impossible. Learn several tools for building the framework of an effective team.

Self Motivation: The Inner Key to Success
Clean Snowmobile 2
Fisher 130
The power of self‐motivation effects and controls how individual members become involved in and complete tasks. Steps can be taken to self motivate yourself and your team that will lead to realizing the rewards of self‐motivation.

Economic Crunch: What to Do When You Lose Your Job In a Troubled Economy
NVH
Fisher 132
Learn how to recover, retrain, relocate, and several other important skills needed to succeed after loosing your job in a troubled economy.

Enterprise Management: Tackling a Large Team
CPM
Fisher 133
Effective organization of large teams are essential for success, learn effective ways to organize a team. Learn how to manage a large enterprise, from setting up and executive team, team leaders, and team members, to effective communication techniques within a large group.

Everyday Sustainability: How to Achieve the Triple Bottom Line Part A
Aqua Terra Tech
Fisher 101
Sustainability is important to enterprise because it is an aspect of design that is often sacrificed by completing a project the quickest way or just doing it the way it has always been done. Sustainability looks at and tries to balance the economic, environmental, and societal impacts of any process or design.

Zimbra: Not Zebra Part B
Aerospace Enterprise 3
Michigan Lab (MEEM Building)
We all have it, but not many people really know how to use it. This workshop will dive into the depth of what is Zimbra Collaborative Suite.

Breakout Session 6
3:00 – 3:50
The Networking Resource Swap: Trading What You Know, For What They Know Supermileage Systems Enterprise
Fisher 132
In today’s society to keep up with the ever changing technology, it is vital to network with other teams and persons to stay ahead of the curve. Learn from other enterprise a variety of techniques and tools to accomplish enterprise goals.

Powerpoint Presentations: The Do’s and Don’ts
PDCM II
Fisher 130
Effective PowerPoint presentations are important because they can be an effective professional tool when used properly. Enterprise use PowerPoint for presentation and effective use will be an individual skill in the real world.

What Is This Going to Cost?: Bidding 101
PDCM I
Fisher 133
Learn how to think critically and to think past the design aspect of a project and look in to the process of construction and constructability.

Everyday Sustainability: How to Achieve the Triple Bottom Line Part B
Aqua Terra Tech
Fisher 101
Sustainability is important to enterprise because it is an aspect of design that is often sacrificed by completing a project the quickest way or just doing it the way it has always been done. Sustainability looks at and tries to balance the economic, environmental, and societal impacts of any process or design.

Communicating Through Technology: Sharepoint in Action
WCE
Michigan Lab (MEEM Building)
Learn how to effectively communicate with teammates using Sharepoint and maximize its capabilities for documentation and information storage.

Breakout Session 7
4:00 – 4:50

Recruiting for Enterprise: Why Woln’t They Join?
Formula CAR SAE 2
Fisher 132
Learn how to recruit and build a diverse team. Learn how to use recruiting tactics to spread information about the enterprise team and to get people interested in joining the team.

Professional Communication Strategies: Gaining and Maintaining Sponsorships During Hard Economic Times
Mini Baja SAE
Fisher 130
Learn how to effectively communicate with potential and established industry partners to keep the maximum amount of industry sponsorships. Explore different venues of communication, and how to use each individual form of communication with industry partners.

Got Synergy?: A First‐Hand Look Into the Positive and Negative Elements of Mergers
ICE 2
Fisher 133
A first hand view of integration techniques for the merger of two separate entities into one, for the completion of one large project.

Engineering in Entertainment: Magic Behind the Movies
Cineoptic
Fisher 101
The film industry is far too often overlooked as a legitimate industry for technology. Even in these harsh economic times government grants and tax breaks are being thrown out like candy in this very state for start‐ups in the film industry. Michigan Tech has much to gain from involvement in film.

The conference coordinators would like to thank the enterprise teams and their team members for their presentations today.