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Susan de la Vergne

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  • Engineers Are the Best!

  • Truly Effective Technical Presentations

  • You CAN'T Manage Time, But You CAN Manage Many Priorities!

 

Planning a meeting, retreat or conference for engineers or technical professionals? Looking for an exceptional speaker? Someone whose real-world experience is the foundation for fresh insights? Someone who can talk realistically about the challenges engineering and high tech professionals face?

Susan de la Vergne combines her 20+ years in high tech leadership with creative, practical business thinking and a sense of humor. She re-connects work and inspiration and fosters creativity and commitment among engineering professionals, individual contributors and managers.

Popular Topics

Engineers Are the Best!
Topic areas: Engineering profession, creativity in technology, work/life balance, teamwork, working with purpose
 

Engineers are thought of as dry, detached super-brainy loners with limited bedside manner. But there’s so much more to an engineer’s profile. The amazing contributions of engineering and high tech in the last few decades are a credit to the versatility and personal power of the incredible people who design, develop and sustain the technology we all depend on.

Truly Effective Technical Presentations
Topic areas: Technical presentations, communication, meeting leadership, presentation skills
 

Despite what you may have been led to believe dispassionate delivery of technical material is not required. Letting your audience know that this material matters – to you, to them, to the company, to the industry, to the problem at hand – enlivens your delivery, your connection to the audience, and will inform your preparation of the material.

You CAN'T Manage Time, But You CAN Manage Many Priorities!
Topic areas: Work/life balance, managing many priorities, “time management,” productivity
 

There’s no such thing as “time management.” Time waits for no one and refuses to be managed! How do you handle conflicting priorities? By managing yourself – your creativity, your energy, your outlook. You can manage many priorities, and here’s how.

 

What People Say About Susan’s Speeches

“Susan showcases her many years of technology leadership experience with wit and panache, and a deep understanding of the relationship between sound management and bottom-line results.”
Dr. Rita L. Laxton

Senior Project Manager, DB Professionals

“Susan is an accomplished presenter. Her style is friendly and relaxed yet the subject material is serious and professional. She captivates her audience through subtle and unanticipated but relevant inferences.”
Dr. Rene Reitsma

Associate Professor - College of Business, Oregon State University
 

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