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SUMMARY:2026 Introduction to the Business of Engineering Program
DESCRIPTION:ACEC Georgia's Introduction to the Business of Engineering is designed to provide employees with 0-5 years of experience with a broad initial exposure to the critical components of the "business side" of a consulting engineering firm. Participants will leave with an understanding of the importance of business development\, client management\, and other firm profitability factors that will make them far more valuable to their firms as they also continue to develop their technical abilities. Program Schedule:  \n8:00 am - Introduction   8:05 am - Business Development is Everyone's Business: The Importance of Building Relationships with Clients and Potential Clients  9:00 am - Enhancing Your Professional Performance Through Effective Internal & External Communications  \n9:50 am - Break  10:05 am - The Business of Engineering: Firm Finance\, Profitability and Project Management\n11:00 am   Create Your Own Career Path \n11:45 am   Steering Your Own Ship: Owning Your Professional Development 12:15 pm - Keynote Speaker  \n12:30 pm - End of Program   \n Participants will receive 4.5 professional development hours (PDHs) upon completion of the program. PDH certificates will be emailed within 2 business days after the event.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body aria-disabled="false"><p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/c_limit\,w_1920\,h_1080/v1713878408/tenants/487bc271-5a08-425d-9946-4a205b7f726b/20754fe48b7d45458bd91e40dcfaff44/Introduction-to-the-business-of-engineering.png" width="789" height="453" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" /><br /></p><p>ACEC Georgia&#39\;s Introduction to the Business of Engineering is designed to provide employees with 0-5 years of experience with a broad initial exposure to the critical components of the &quot\;business side&quot\; of a consulting engineering firm. Participants will leave with an understanding of the importance of business development\, client management\, and other firm profitability factors that will make them far more valuable to their firms as they also continue to develop their technical abilities.&nbsp\;</p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;"><u>Program Schedule: </u></strong><u> </u></p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">8:00 am - Introduction </strong> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">8:05 am - Business Development is Everyone&rsquo\;s Business: The Importance of Building Relationships with Clients and Potential Clients</strong> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">9:00 am - Enhancing Your Professional Performance Through Effective Internal &amp\; External Communications</strong><em> </em> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">9:50 am - Break</strong> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; text-align: justify\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">10:05 am - The Business of Engineering: Firm Finance\, Profitability and Project Management</strong></p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><a fr-original-style="" name="_Hlk131698655" style="user-select: auto\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">11:00 am &ndash\; Create Your Own Career Path&nbsp\;</strong></a></p><p style="margin: 0in\;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">11:45 am &ndash\; Steering Your Own Ship: Owning Your Professional Development</strong></p><p style="margin: 0in\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">&nbsp\;</strong></p><p style="margin: 0in\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">12:15 pm - Keynote Speaker &nbsp\;</strong></p><p style="margin: 0in\;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">12:30 pm - End of Program &nbsp\;</strong></p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in\; vertical-align: baseline\;"> </p><p>Participants will receive 4.5 professional development hours (PDHs) upon completion of the program. PDH certificates will be emailed within 2 business days after the event.</p></body></html>
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