Stephanie Wells
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How Not to Train Your Team – The 7 Deadly Sins
Corporate trainings—the good ones can boost productivity, collaboration, and profitability for your entire company. But there are so many ways to do corporate training wrong. Donnie Gladfelter and Jason Kunkel’s top-rated AU 2017 class looks at all the biggest and most common mistakes and then shows you how to overcome, remedy, and avoid them. From defining the education mission statement to… → Read More
And the Award Goes to…: Top-Rated Sessions from AU Las Vegas 2017
AU isn’t a popularity contest—far from it. Every speaker offers something unique and plays an important part in our learning community. (Every attendee, too.) That said, we do ask attendees to rate every session they attend on their class surveys. That feedback helps the AU program and AU speakers improve. It also helps highlight the fan favorites. That’s to say, when we do the math, there are… → Read More
The Learning Continues from AU Las Vegas 2017
AU Las Vegas 2017 may be done and done, but in many ways the learning is just beginning. The new workflows, approaches, and ideas from last week are still sinking in. The new perspectives are still taking hold. From more efficient ways to handle everyday tasks to new outlooks on the future of making things, there was a lot to take in. After all, the most important question is: what will it mean… → Read More
AU Las Vegas 2017 is a Wrap
Our minds expanded, our skills and workflows improved, and our professional networks grew. (We also sharpened up our cornhole game.) It was AU 2017 in Las Vegas, and it was pretty amazing. We’ll be digesting what we saw, heard, and learned for weeks to come, but let’s briefly recap the highlights from the week. During the Opening Keynote, CEO Andrew Anagnost talked about how to thrive in a world… → Read More
Live and Streaming: Tune into AU Las Vegas Learning Content
Even if you couldn’t make it to Vegas this year, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the fun—or the learning. Just tune into the live stream. You can watch all 4 keynotes as well as select classes throughout the week—there’ll be something for everyone. Some of the content, including the keynotes, will also be available on demand after the live stream ends. * Keynotes—Every morning of… → Read More
Speak, BIM: Connected Construction Classes at AU
BIM is changing how we build, how we communicate, and how we evaluate what we’ve built. Check out these hidden gems of AU 2017—sessions that can help you create more connected construction sites and more efficient, collaborative teams. Learn how DEWALT is automating not only construction, but also design and every step in between to create fully connected job sites. Better workflows, better… → Read More
Tour the Future of Making Things in the AU Exhibit Hall
The AU Exhibit Hall is where you can get up close to—and in some cases, even get your hands on—the technologies and processes that are changing how we work and, ultimately, how we live. It’s also a chance to see in action some of the things you’ll hear about in keynotes, classes, the Theater, and throughout the AU experience. It’s an incredible environment for learning, and there’s a lot to see.… → Read More
Theater Sneak Peek: Meet the Robots
They’re aware and adaptable, they can evaluate their own work, and they learn on the job. Let us introduce you to a few of the movers and shakers in the workforce of tomorrow: intelligent robots. Join us on Wednesday, November 15, 2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m., in the AU Theater for the session, Meet the Robots: Explore the Future of Intelligent Automation featuring 3 automation experts discussing how the… → Read More
Theater Sneak Peek: Design for Sustainability
If you haven’t heard, the Theater is something new at AU this year. Just around the corner from the Hub, it’s the place to catch dynamic 15-minute presentations from thought leaders during the AU week. Theater presentations will offer some sweet visuals, and they’re grouped by topic, so you can catch related presentations when you stop in. Join us in the Theater on Tuesday, November 14, from… → Read More
Inclusion and Opportunity at AU Las Vegas 2017
Inclusion is an important topic for us at AU. We work hard to support greater diversity both in our own ranks as well as in the industries we serve. Check out a few of this year’s sessions and networking events planned with this in mind. Inspiring the Next Generation: The Future of Women in Technology—This industry talk brings together leaders from across the IT spectrum to talk about the role… → Read More
Early-Bird Pricing for AU Passes Ends October 16
It was May. AU passes went on sale. Things were balmy. October 16 seemed like a far-off moment. You had every intention of getting the early-bird discount for your AU passes, but not yet. Not yet. So you waited. June and July came. Summer. Not even close to October. Hot now. Things to do, vacations to take. We get it. You waited some more. Then on August 9 it got real. Not only could you get… → Read More
Hot Dam! Take a Field Trip to the Hoover Dam with Autodesk
It’s one thing to learn about infrastructure (and how to make it). It’s another thing to learn about it while you’re actually standing on and in the infrastructure. This year you can do both at AU Las Vegas. In case you skipped that day in your college engineering class, the Hoover Dam is one of the greatest engineering feats of its age. When it was completed in 1936, it was the tallest dam in… → Read More
Design and Fabricate Your Own Portable Speaker at the Product Innovation Platform
The hottest piece of swag at AU this year will not be an Autodesk backpack (as awesome as they are). It will be your own one-of-a-kind portable speaker that you have designed and fabricated yourself on Tuesday at the conference. That’s right, we have a new program at AU this year called the Product Innovation Platform. Over the course of 6 sessions on Tuesday, November 14, you will: * design and… → Read More
Meetups: a CAD manager, a BIM manager, and an engineer walk into a corn hole game…
Your feedback is loud and clear: you want more networking opportunities when you attend AU. Well, we hear you—and this year, you’ll have plenty to choose from. We’re offering a series of meetups that are just plain fun. Get to know your peers over games, trivia contests, puzzles, and photo scavenger hunts that will test your wits and tease your brain. When it comes to professional networking at… → Read More
5 Questions for Kate Morrical
Kate Morrical is the digital design manager for Robert Silman Associates, a structural engineering firm with offices in New York; Washington, DC; and Boston. She is also president of AUGI (Autodesk User Group International). Here we ask her 5 questions about AU and the role it has played in her professional development. How would you describe your career path? My career path has been fairly… → Read More
The In Crowd: Meet The AU Advisory Council
AU isn’t just a conference, it’s also a community—one that helps people share knowledge, adapt to change, and advance industry practice. Where else can you meet 10,000 people just like yourself, wrestling with the real-world challenges of working in design and engineering today? And what better way to connect with the people at Autodesk building the tools you use all the time? Have opinions… → Read More
Share your favorite AU memories with #myAUmoments
What are your favorite memories from AUs gone by? Was it sharing a beer with a celebrity like John Cleese? (That happens.) Or just a great moment with colleagues at one of the parties? (That happens a lot.) Was it an exhibit or installation that influenced your work? (That happens all the time at AU. That’s actually what it’s all about.) Or was it watching storm troopers wait to pee? (That only… → Read More
Tailor Make Your AU: Introducing Tailored Experiences
3 days. 700+ classes to choose from. You can’t attend them all. (We tried once. It didn’t work.) So how do you pick your AU classes? How do you focus your experience at the conference? How do you ensure that you’ll learn what you need to learn (and meet who you need to meet) to get where you want to go? This is the AU dilemma. (It’s a good problem to have, but still, it’s a thing.) Rick Ellis… → Read More
How to Choose Classes by AU Advisory Council Member and Top Speaker Rick Ellis
Now that registration is open for AU, it’s time to select your classes. But with so many to choose from, that can be easier said than done. Rick Ellis feels your pain. A leading CAD trainer, consultant, and member of the AU Advisory Council, he’s been at every AU since 1999, first as an attendee, then as an award-winning speaker. So he knows a thing or 2 about choosing classes. We asked him to… → Read More
What’s New at AU
We’ll admit it – we’re never satisfied. Every year, we try to make AU better than it was the year before. We listen to feedback, we look to your comments and speaker ratings, we lean on our AU Advisory Council, and then we ask ourselves: How can we improve this program dedicated to facilitating professional development, learning, building relationships, and sharing industry innovations and new… → Read More