Upcoming Events

• North Phoenix Hike - 11/7
• SWE Phoenix Book Club - 11/15​
• Say What? Getting Noticed, Being Heard by Pam Waterman - 12/8​
• Virtual 5K Run/Walk - Race time Submission 12/9- 12/12
• SWE PHX End-of-Year Celebration w/ Holiday Donations - 12/12

Events Calendar

Event Details

Upcoming Professional Events
    
1. Say What?  Getting Noticed, Being Heard by Pam Waterman 
Date and Time: Tuesday, December 8, 2020, noon-1:00PM
Location: Virtual Zoom event
Cost: $0
In the technical jobs you've held so far, was it hard to fit in? Did it take people time to take you seriously? It's tough to make your view heard when you're first starting out, whether you're simply young, or both young and female. Even in subsequent jobs, you're still a new face: people don't really know what you can do. By taking positive actions, you can cut months off the "who is that and why should I listen?" syndrome. We'll talk about five specific tactics you can adopt to establish yourself each time you land in a new position. Whether you're attending a new class, joining a corporate or academic "team" or developing a new client/consultant relationship, you'll find you can get noticed and be successfully heard.

​Pam Waterman is a 3D Printing Application Engineer at Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies (Tempe AZ) and has been involved in the field of additive manufacturing (AM) for more than 20 years. She began her career as a manufacturing engineer for Raytheon in Waltham, Massachusetts and worked on both defense and commercial satellite communication systems at the MITRE Corporation and EPSCO. Later running her own freelance technical writing business, she wrote for such companies as Dassault Systemes and Siemens PLM, and spent 20 years as a Contributing Editor for Digital Engineering magazine. Her undergraduate degree is in astrophysics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst; she also holds a master’s in radio astronomy and microwave engineering from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, was the Co-Director of the Women in Engineering Program at Oklahoma State University, and is the author of two cookbooks and two STEM activities books for children.
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Book Club Corner

​Title: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377
Date and Time: 15 November at 3 PM
Location: Virtual - We look forward to being together again. In the meantime, we will offer door prizes for virtual attendees!
Cost: $0

Upcoming Social Events

1. SWE PHX Hike - Gateway Loop Trail, McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Date and Time: Sat, November 7, 6:30am – 9:30am
Location: 18333 N Thompson Peak Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Cost: $0
Please join SWE Phoenix for a pleasant November hike! This time we are hiking the Gateway Loop Trail, a 4.2 mile hike in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The elevation gain for this hike is about 715 feet. Water and snacks will be provided. Family members are welcome to join! Face coverings are not required
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2. Virtual 5K Run/Walk AND SWE PHX End-of-Year Celebration w/ Holiday Donations
Date and Time: Submit a race time between 12/9/2020 - 12/12/2020, EOY Celebration will be 12/12/2020 from 3-4pm
Location: Anywhere
Cost: $0
Please join SWE Phoenix for our first ever virtual 5K run/walk, followed by a virtual End-of-Year Celebration! You can participate in either or both of these events! For the 5K run/walk, we will be using a RaceRunner phone app to collect your race routes/times from wherever you choose (more detailed instructions will be sent to those who register) and creating a Facebook page to collect your post-race pictures! We will be giving out prizes to top finishers and also doing a raffle for all participants! After the race, we will be announcing our prize winners and race results, recapping FY21 so far, and selecting our non-profit for holiday donations this year.
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