If you are like many people, the thought of giving a speech to a group of strangers can strike terror into your heart. As an engineer, you know that employers put a premium on soft skills such as public speaking, but you\u2019re puzzled about how you can improve your own performance. Shoots Veis understands your predicament. A practicing engineer himself, he often makes presentations to councils, zoning boards, land-use commissions, any of the municipal bodies that contract for infrastructure. He has been on the other side of the podium, too: during a stint on the Billings, Montana, city council, he listened to a lot of engineers talk about projects. He\u2019s seen the good, the bad, and the downright embarrassing. In Public Speaking for Engineers: Communicating Effectively with Clients, the Public, and Local Government, Veis takes readers step by step through the process of preparing for a presentation. He breaks the main topics\u2014speech planning, design, and delivery\u2014into component pieces and explains the range of choices, emphasizing the importance of understanding your audience. Throughout the book, he uses an ongoing example to illustrate the path for planning, preparing, and delivering a speech. A dozen or so case studies offer tales of real-life successes and missed opportunities. In the final chapter, Veis delves into what local governments do and how they do it. Veis offers a wealth of practical advice and enthusiastic coaching to anyone who needs to make a technical presentation to a nontechnical group of decision makers. Engineers of all kinds will appreciate this roadmap to a successful public presentation. Christopher A. (Shoots) Veis, P.E., is a senior project engineer focusing on municipal engineering assignments involving water and wastewater systems, land development, permitting, and project management. He served for five years as an elected member of the Billings, Montana, city council.<\/p>\n
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| 1<\/td>\n | Cover <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 3<\/td>\n | Other Titles of Interest <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 5<\/td>\n | Copyright <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 6<\/td>\n | Contents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 8<\/td>\n | Foreword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 10<\/td>\n | Preface <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 14<\/td>\n | Chapter 1. Introduction All Too Common <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 18<\/td>\n | More Art Than Science <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 20<\/td>\n | Through the Lens of Local Government Through the Lens of Civil Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 21<\/td>\n | Case Study: Arthur\u2019s Story <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 24<\/td>\n | Chapter 2. Planning <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 25<\/td>\n | Defining the Scope of the Presentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 26<\/td>\n | Choosing an Objective <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 30<\/td>\n | Selecting the Type of Speech <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 32<\/td>\n | Case Study: A Tale of Two Presentations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 34<\/td>\n | Identifying the Audience <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 47<\/td>\n | Case Study: Complete Streets <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 49<\/td>\n | Assessing the Setting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 58<\/td>\n | Case Study: Murphy\u2019s Water Tank <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 59<\/td>\n | Types of Meetings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 64<\/td>\n | Chapter 3. Design <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 65<\/td>\n | Moving from Planning to Design <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 66<\/td>\n | Developing an Outline <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 72<\/td>\n | Case Study: TEDx Speech <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 73<\/td>\n | From Outline to Speech <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 82<\/td>\n | Case Study: Three-Minute Speeches and Their \n Outlines <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 91<\/td>\n | The Speaker\u2019s Toolbox\u2014Visual Aids <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 100<\/td>\n | Case Study: A Slow, Painful Death by PowerPoint, \n aka the Water and Wastewater Master \n Plan Update <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 104<\/td>\n | Chapter 4. Delivery <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 105<\/td>\n | Getting from Design to Delivery <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 107<\/td>\n | Assessing Your Speaking Skills <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 112<\/td>\n | Skills, Strategies, and Habits <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 113<\/td>\n | Speaking Skills <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 126<\/td>\n | Case Study: Mind over Butterflies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 127<\/td>\n | Speaking Strategies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 135<\/td>\n | Case Study: Technical Proficiency versus \n Communication Skill <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 136<\/td>\n | Speaking Habits <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 143<\/td>\n | Case Study: A Missed Opportunity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 146<\/td>\n | Chapter 5. Local Government Getting to Know Your Local Government <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 147<\/td>\n | Government Hierarchy <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 151<\/td>\n | Case Study: A Day in the Life of a Local Elected \n Official <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 153<\/td>\n | Funding Mechanisms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 156<\/td>\n | Learning Local Government: Who and How <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 158<\/td>\n | Case Study: The Engineer versus the Neighbors, \n or Subdivision Access versus \n Sewer Alignment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 160<\/td>\n | Engineers as Advocates for Infrastructure <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 163<\/td>\n | Case Study: Over the River and through \n the Woods to the Municipal Wastewater \n Treatment Plant <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 165<\/td>\n | Epilogue <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 166<\/td>\n | Appendix: Resources to Understand Local \n Government <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 168<\/td>\n | Index <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 172<\/td>\n | About the Author <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Public Speaking for Engineers – Communicating Effectively with Clients, the Public, and Local Government<\/b><\/p>\n |