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Erica reflects on what happens when people (engineers for example!) talk to young people about what they do. See <\/span>http:\/\/engineersoftomorrow.ca\/<\/a> for more details.<\/span><\/div>\r\n
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TALK TO KIDS CHANGE THE WORLD<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Do your kids know what you do in your job?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What did you tell them? Where did you start?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If you’re an engineer (as I am) you might have a default that sharing lots of technical details is the way to go!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Newsflash: not so much! There are some easy-to-adopt best practices for talking about your job to kids though. Skip over the jargon and really convey the heart of what you do! <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Share your excitement (even if you have to search to find it again!) and you’ll find yourself re-energized.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Inspiring the next generation by talking to kids about our work is a HUGE opportunity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In engineering, we shape tomorrow’s technologies, processes, and products by recruiting innovative thinkers and doers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We can also talk a step back to review how we are doing so far: our top triumphs? Our failures? How do we want to shape the culture of engineering going forward?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In fact, I was so inspired by this possibility that, way back in 2013, I started working on what became the non-profit org Engineers of Tomorrow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I’d love to hear if you’ve ever tried to explain your work to young people — how did it go? What did you hear about engineering as a kid?<\/p>\r\n