The Make it so campaign seeks to increase community awareness about the engineering profession by getting the public involved.
With a mix of public relations, media and online activities, it will get people involved with engineering like never before.
The premise behind Make it so is simple. We will take people’s dreams and turn them into reality. The campaign will become an engaging and memorable way to showcase how the profession solves problems with creativity, innovation and the application of science.
Here’s how it works
1. Recruit members of the engineering team – build a cadre of advocates for Make it so. If you’d like to join the team, register now.
2. Media coverage – generate interest in the engineering team, focusing on the contributions the team makes to Australian lives.
3. Launch a national competition, asking ordinary Australians to tell us about their dreams.
4. Making it so – select teams to design and develop the winning ideas.
The campaign, funded by Engineers Australia as part of our commitment to the engineering profession, was launched to Congress on 22 July 2009 in Canberra.
The campaign will feature a public competition early next year to show people how engineering teams solve problems with creativity, innovation and the application of science.
We will encourage Australians to share their dreams by telling us what would make their lives better. It might be:
- Make it so I stop snoring
- Make it so my couch can be heated in winter
- Make it so my iPod charges while I ride my bike
And then we're going to turn some of their dreams into reality.
Join the campaign today and help raise the profile of engineering in Australia.
Check out the web site at http://www.makeitso.org.au/
"Make it so"
Jean Luc Picard - Star Trek
