ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Meaghan Ziemba is an industrial tech writer, brand storyteller, and marketer for industrial manufacturers. She has a B.A. and M.A. in Professional and Technical Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has been writing for manufacturing since 2008.
Meaghan also hosts a live video broadcast series called Mavens of Manufacturing. The series focuses on women in the sector and aims to attract younger generations to join manufacturing or engineering career pathways to help close the skills and gender gaps. Meaghan is a proud mother of three. She enjoys cooking, CrossFit, and a great cup of coffee or a glass of whiskey.
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QUOTES AND KEY TAKEAWAYS
“Especially with young girls, we need to encourage innovation not perfection.”
“We’re programmed to squirm at that word - failure.”
“We need to start stepping out of our own personal experiences and stop assuming someone is coming into a conversation with malicious intent.”
“When you put yourself in that position of the person who doesn’t know and you want to learn, other people are comfortable enough to have those authentic conversations with you.”
“The reason I became an entrepreneur is because, for most of my work experience, I couldn’t show up as myself.”
“Manufacturing is the great equalizer.”
Closing the manufacturing skills gap: “We need to help the general public really understand why manufacturing is important and what it does, as a whole, for our country.”
“Bring awareness to the financial opportunities that are available through each pathway. Bring awareness to how manufacturing helps communities flourish.”
“There are a lot of communities that don’t even realize manufacturing is in their backyard. Encourage manufactures to be proactive and open up their doors and let their community members come in… to see what they are making and why they are making it.”
“Why are stories important to this industry? Because you need that emotional connection with your audience. If you don’t have it, they are not going to c
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