National Ergonomics Month

NEM Is Just Around the Corner

By Raegan M. Hoeft, NEM Committee Chair

September has arrived, and that means National Ergonomics Month (NEM) in October is almost here. NEM is now in its eighth year! Have you participated in NEM events in the last eight years? If not, there's no time like the present to get started.

NEM Expo
This year, we'll kick off NEM with the first-ever NEM Expo at the HFES Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Instead of our usual lecture format, this year we're changing things up by giving organizations and individuals space for interactive booths where attendees can participate in and learn about outreach activities that have been carried out in previous years. We also plan to solicit ideas from you via some creative methods.

     The NEM Expo will be held on Monday, September 27, from 4:45 to 6:15 p.m., just prior to the Gala Opening Reception. Throughout the entire session participants and volunteers will be available to perform demonstrations and engage attendees in interactive activities. The NEM Contest winners will also be announced. We hope that you will swing by, have some fun, collect some tips on conducting outreach activities, and be inspired to participate in NEM.

Post Your Events on the NEM Web Site
The NEM Web site has a page for upcoming events. We encourage you to submit information about your upcoming events to raegan.m.hoeft@lmco.com so that we can post them. Posting your upcoming events will increase public awareness of your events, allow for possible collaborations with other events, and inspire others to conduct their own NEM events. Remember that you do not need to limit your events to the month of October. As World Usability Day (WUD; November 11, 2010) continues to expand, we continue to collaborate with local Usability Professionals' Association chapters for these November events, so we welcome WUD and other HF/E outreach event postings on the NEM Web site as well.

Request NEM Materials
If you are planning to hold an NEM event, we can provide you with NEM logo trinkets to give away. We will be passing these out during the NEM Expo, but you can also request them at any time. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.hfesnem.org or contact me at raegan.m.hoeft@lmco.com.

Put Your Stamp on NEM
No idea is too great or too small. Help us celebrate NEM 2010. Do not put constraints on the meaning of NEM; instead, embrace all possible opportunities to promote HF/E to whomever you can and whenever possible. And of course, have fun doing it!

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