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FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING | Magazine.Sfpe.Org | Q3 2016 FIRE PROTECTION FIRE PROTECTION Q3 2016 / ISSUE #71 Special Hazards Fire Protection Systems DATA CENTER FIRE PROTECTION A CASE STUDY ON OXYGEN REDUCTION FIRE PROTECTION AN UPDATE ON WATER MIST FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS The Official Magazine of SFPE Join Us. JENSEN HUGHES is the largest and unique opportunity to show your “A” game while most experienced specialty engineering consulting challenging yourself. You’re one of the best. frm in the world. When you join us, you’ll use Become one of us, let everyone see it. your talents to save lives and protect property. Visit www.jensenhughes.com/joinus or call us Whether you’re a recent engineering graduate at 410-737-8677 to put your career on the or a seasoned consultant, you’ll have the technical fast track. We are here. Join us. 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Worcester Polytechnic Institute submission to Fire Protection Engineering Q3 2016 | magazine.sfpe.org | FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING 3 FROM THE SFPE PRESIDENT The Most Interesting Person in the World MOST OF US WOULD FEEL A SENSE OF PRIDE OR GRATIFICATION if we heard ourselves described as “the most interesting person in the world.” A variation of this accolade underpinned a successful series of long-run- ning television commercials. The ads amusingly built the image of a fictional but captivating character, one who possesses a range of desirable attributes, such as accomplishment—“He has won the lifetime achievement award, twice”—esteem—“When he visits museums, he’s allowed to touch the art,”—and confidence—“His busi- ness card simply says, I’ll call you.” With strong undercurrents of humor, the marketing strategy importantly, should? How many times have we told someone built a compelling image and convincingly associated a particu- about our career path only to be met with looks of astonishment lar product as a means of realizing such an image. Even though followed by, “I never knew such a career existed. It sounds so the ads were largely portrayed as a joke, they achieved their interesting.” goal of establishing a genuine and powerful connection with an If we rely upon the sale of services or products for our live- intended audience. Solid sales figures over a decade and a ubiq- lihood, we naturally desire to grow and convince the audience uitous web presence punctuated the success of the campaign. of potential buyers. But don’t we also need to reach out to a Watching this commercial prompted me to think of our pro- much broader community about what we do and why we are fession and how fire protection engineers or fire engineers are so uniquely qualified to do it? Shouldn’t the greater populace perceived. What is our image? Who is our audience?
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