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EFO CPD: Marketing Engineering Services
Thursday, November 20th, 2008

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.The last class of the Continuing Professional Development put on by the Engineers Foundation of Ohio came in the form of two breakout sessions. I attended, “Marketing Your Professional Engineering Services.” Dr. Lynn Daily, professor of marketing at Capital University, gave the [...]

EFO CPD: Avoiding Hot Spots
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.“Avoiding Hot Spots” was a lecture given by Luther L. Liggett, Jr., and Douglas L. Shevelow, of Bricker & Eckler, Attorneys at Law.
The State of Ohio Engineers and Surveyors Board confers and revokes Professional Engineering licenses, and they also have the power to [...]

EFO CPD: Fundamental Keys of Success
Friday, November 14th, 2008

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.The last session of the first day, it didn’t help my interest level that there wasn’t as much new material in “The Fundamental Keys of Success for Every Engineering Firm” as in the other classes.  Brad Bennett, Esq., did his best. He talked [...]

EFO CPD: Workplace Investigations
Friday, November 14th, 2008

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.Lori Torriero returned in the afternoon Thursday to talk about investigations in the work place.
Whenever there is an accusation of wrongdoing, it is a mistake to rush off and confront the person. Unless there is a pressing need, such as theft or danger, [...]

Halliburton Patent Fun
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

HT: Slashdot
PatentlyO, a blog that discusses patent law, has an article about a Halliburton patent application that patents methods for someone to get a patent even though someone else did the research.
The purpose does seem funny, but I wonder if we have some people in our law department that remember the fiasco regarding foam fracturing.
Halliburton [...]