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Spring 2010 Professional Development Seminar

Mark your calendar for another exciting and educational seminar on Tuesday,

March 9, 2010. Watch here for information as it becomes available!

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PAST SEMINARS

Fall 2009 Professional Development Seminar

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Thom Trumble and Gus Shamir of Street Toyota discussed the advantages and complexities

of hybrid cars and displayed a new Prius. 

Arthur (Art) Schwartz, NSPE Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel gave an interactive

presentation on ethics. The process used example cases together with audience participation.

Lewis Britt of Representative Mac Thornberry's office gave an overview of the legislative

process and some insights on the present situations the Country is facing.

Dale Buckner and Matt Medeiros led a session on finding

"Financial Stability in an Unstable World".

Ray Wilson of Cat-Man-Du led the group in an exploration and critique

 of the most popular social networking sites.

See Pictures of Seminar Activities in our Section Photo Album

 

Spring 2009 Professional Development Seminar

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Jeff Biggers of Blackrock Investments presented "Plan Your Finances and Finance Your Plan".

Mr. Charlie Pennington, PE of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers delivered a

presentation on Situational Ethics.

Mr. Brent Guinn, the Director of Distance Learning for the Texas Tech School of Engineering spoke on

this area's distance learning opportunities available through TTU.

Mr. Ken Starcher, Director of the Alternative Energy Institute at WTAMU, gave a presentation on

several aspects of the present state of  solar and wind energy in the overall makeup of energy sources today.

Eric Spellman of Spellman and Associates gave a wide-ranging session about

the software in use today, online software, cloud computing, and several free programs

that can be used as alternatives to the mainstream commercial offerings.

 

Fall 2008 Professional Development Seminar

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Randy Anderson, President of e3 Professional Trainers presented a session on avoiding procrastination.

Sandi Bryant, MCSE discussed and demonstrated features and "fixes" for the Vista operating system.

Dr. Pilaka Murty provided insightful examples and case studies in the field of Ethics.

 

Spring 2008 Professional Development Seminar

Mr. Jack Stanley of Amarillo College presented "Warning, Will Robinson", a program on Robotics and the Amarillo College Robotics program and related developments in Robotics in industry.

Ms. Karen Taylor, PMP presented "Whose Project Is This, Anyway?", "You Want Me To DO What?", and "Whose Project Is This, Anyway, Part II". Each segment emphasized different aspects of the overall tools and methods used in Project Management.

Mr. Marty Jones spoke on "Situational Ethics", explaining the nature of the subject of Ethics and the problems and pitfalls to be avoided if we wish to work in an ethical manner.

Fall 2007 Professional Development Seminar

12 noon to 6:30pm, Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Mr. Randy Anderson presented "Life Balance and Margin"; Carving Your Footprints"; "Maximum Productivity"; and "11 Rules of Personal Excellence" 

Mr. Andy Roller presented a 2-hour ethics program - "Responsibility: The Nature of True Freedom"

Spring 2007 Professional Development Seminar

12 noon to 6:30pm, Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Mr. Richard Epstein of Los Alamos Laboratories presented "Chilling Out With Lasers" about optical refrigeration

Dr. Jimmy Smith and Patti Harper, both of the National Institute for Engineering Ethics

 (at Texas Tech University) presented "Incident at Morales", a two-hour ethics session

Jackie Davis presented "Advanced Tips For Excel and Word"

Fall 2006 Professional Development Seminar

12 noon to 6:30pm, Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Mr. Steve Oswalt of Texas Tech University presented "Powered by Biodiesel"

Mr. Dale Buckner and Mr. Oliver Streu presented "Financial Planning 101"

Dr. Sam Norman presented Dealing with Change and Stress Effectively 

Jon Oden, Attorney at Law presented "Estate Planning 101"

 

Spring 2006 Professional Development Seminar

12 noon to 6:30pm, Thursday, April 13, 2006

Gay Mills presented "Working With Difficult People"

Jim Watson on "Ethics in Action"

Eric Spellman : "Digital Music Formats" and "Computer Security"

Jim Watson "Winning in Negotiations"

Fall 2005 Professional Development Seminar

12 noon to 6:30pm, Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Get Connected with Bluetooth by Mr. Jeff Hunt with Cingular Wireless 

Overview of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People presented by Cora LaGrone, Certified Trainer