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SMU Steel 101 Workshop Dec. 8-9: Learning Virtually

November 13, 2020

You may be thinking about participating in one of our upcoming Steel 101: Introduction to Steel Making & Market Fundamentals Workshops, but wonder what it’s like to learn virtually. If you have school age kids, you already know that so many of us have adapted to online learning. Here at SMU, we’ve had to pivot from our live and in person workshops to a virtual platform. Luckily, our parent company, CRU Group, has made the transition pretty seamless, and dare I say enjoyable.

We are pleased to let you know that we will be running the Steel 101 Workshop again on Dec. 8-9 on our customized virtual platform.

These days we don’t get to interact with our colleagues, clients or co-workers often. Being able to “see” everyone in the workshop is a really great way to not only learn, but reconnect with other people in different sectors of the steel industry. The interactive structure of the workshop allows for students to have discussions and learn from each other as well. We even have a happy hour at the end of day one.

We begin the workshop with introductions and a quick overview of the agenda before diving into the main topics that we refer to as “modules.” Each module covers a different section of the industry beginning with how steel is made all the way through buying and selling steel and its many end uses. Our instructors have decades of combined experience and are able to answer any question.

We surveyed our first virtual Steel 101 workshop students in October and our polling showed that the modules on Steel Qualities and Grades, Automotive and Painted Steel were of the most interest. The great thing about our online platform is that our instructors can answer all your questions live in Q&A’s after each module. However, if you happen to miss one of the modules, you can go back to the platform and watch it on-demand. The flexibility of the virtual world is appealing to many of our attendees as they can participate in the course either live or after the scheduled workshop days. Attendees have access to both the platform and our instructors for several weeks after the workshop has aired. This also allows you to sync your calendar to the workshop if you have any conflicts. There are many other beneficial features to our online virtual workshops.

If you would like to learn more or see the live demo on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 1:30 p.m. EST, please email Jill Waldman at jill@steelmarketupdate.com or click here to receive the login link.

Our next Steel 101 workshop will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 8-9, with upcoming workshops on Feb. 9-10, 2021, and another planned for April. We hope to resume live workshops sometime in late 2021.

For more information or to register for the December Steel 101 Workshop, please visit our webpage here.

Jill Waldman
Sponsorship and Exhibition Coordinator
CRU Events/Steel Market Update
jill@steelmarketupdate.com