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DESCRIPTION:More organizations today\, than ever before\, look for employee
 s who complement domain knowledge with good thinking and communication ski
 lls. The World Economic Forum lists Critical thinking among the top three 
 skills required for executive success at work. Good critical thinking skil
 ls results in better problem solving and superior decision making. Employe
 es who learn quickly and can solve problems\, think critically\, gather an
 d analyze information meaningfully are critical to every organization. The
 se Critical Thinking skills can be acquired by everyone. Students\, young 
 professionals\, aspiring managers and leaders can all benefit from underst
 anding critical thinking.\n\n&gt;&gt; Part of the PACE activities (Professional 
 Activities Committe for Engineers). So what is PACE?\n\nThe Professional A
 ctivities Committee for Engineers (PACE) of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan
  Section\, promotes the professional interests of IEEE USA members in this
  Section. PACE activities may include:\n\n* Workshops on career issues (e.
 g.\, networking\, career planning\, career transitions\, interviewing skil
 ls)\n* Skill training workshops (e.g.\, entrepreneurship\, effective speak
 ing\, technical writing\, soft skills\, critical thinking\, leadership ski
 lls\, etc)\n* Government policy as it affects Engineering and Technology.\
 n\nSpeaker(s): Sharan Kalwani\, \n\nAgenda: \n03:00 PM - Registration/Sign
  In\, verification of attendee\n03:05 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Cha
 pter business update\n03:10 PM - Session start\n05:00 PM - End of session\
 , Q&amp;A\, formal conclusion\, feedback session and Wrap Up\n\nA printed copy
  of the notes will be provided to each confirmed attendee. There is a smal
 l fee to cover costs of the printed material. Registration is confirmed on
 ly after fee is pre-paid\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/3840
 21
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/384021
ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:18
SUMMARY:PACE: Critical Thinking Skills
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/384021
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;More organ
 izations today\, than ever before\, look for employees who complement doma
 in knowledge with good thinking and communication skills. The World Econom
 ic Forum lists Critical thinking among the top three skills required for e
 xecutive success at work. Good critical thinking skills results in better 
 problem solving and superior decision making. Employees who learn quickly 
 and can solve problems\, think critically\, gather and analyze information
  meaningfully are critical to every organization. These Critical Thinking 
 skills can be acquired by everyone. Students\, young professionals\, aspir
 ing managers and leaders can all benefit from understanding critical think
 ing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt\;&amp;gt\; Part of the
  PACE activities (Professional Activities Committe for Engineers). So what
  is PACE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;The Profess
 ional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) of the IEEE Southeastern M
 ichigan Section\, promotes the professional interests of IEEE USA members 
 in this Section. PACE activities may include: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span 
 style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; * Workshops on career issues (e.
 g.\, networking\, career planning\, career transitions\, interviewing skil
 ls)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; * Skill tr
 aining workshops (e.g.\, entrepreneurship\, effective speaking\, technical
  writing\, soft skills\, critical thinking\, leadership skills\, etc)&lt;/spa
 n&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; * Government polic
 y as it affects Engineering and Technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br 
 /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier new\, courier\,
  monospace\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;03:00 PM - Registration/Sign In\, verifica
 tion of attendee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier new\, couri
 er\, monospace\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;03:05 PM - Welcome and Introductions\,
  Chapter business update&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier new
 \, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;03:10 PM - Session start&lt;br /&gt;
 05&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; fon
 t-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;:00 PM - End of session\, Q&amp;amp\;A\, f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;
 font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;ormal 
 conclusion\, feedback session and Wrap Up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font
 -family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;A printed 
 copy of the notes will be provided to each confirmed attendee. There is a 
 small fee to cover costs of the printed material. Registration is confirme
 d &lt;strong&gt;only after&lt;/strong&gt; fee is pre-paid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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