Task 3: The Importance of communication skills for engineers

Quotation to review

“I contend that we (engineers) are undervalued because of our widespread inability to explain what we do to the general public (and why it is so important). It is one of the hardest goals to accomplish, to be able to boil down difficult concepts into a short and easily understood presentation or elevator pitch.” Marybeth Miceli, President, Miceli Infrastructure Consulting, USA (2011)

My Explanation:

Engineers are underappreciated by the general public due to their inability to explain complex and technical concepts with layman term. It is hard for the public to understand as they cannot relate to them. Often not, many complex processes are involved and it is simply too hard to explain everything without including the specifics of them.