DISCOVER ENGINEERING Toolkit
Engineers Make a World of Difference.  Celebrate engineer-volunteerism and outreach.

Collectively, America’s engineers contribute more than one million hours annually to public service. National Engineers Week  Foundation coalition members, with the support of engineering firms and agencies, represent a significant segment of this volunteer force. This year, to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Engineers Week Discover E educational outreach program,  the Foundation is giving special recognition to engineer volunteers! Explore this toolkit for tips on how to recognize and energize your local volunteers; graphics to include on your websites or in print announcements, postcards, and posters; suggestions for outreach opportunities; and much more.

Toolkit Introduction

This toolkit includes a tip sheet of practical ideas and 3 files with graphics to use in promoting the theme Engineers Make a World of Difference, a celebration of Engineer volunteerism. 

Source files for In-Design, Illustrator, and/or Photoshop are provided in each directory for users who have access to Adobe desk top publishing software.  All files are included in .jpg format for immediate viewing. Pdf files are presented in an editable form. Authorized edits are made in suggested text.

Print graphics files

This file contains images appropriate for 4-color print processing. Use on print invitations, programs, table tents, small banners, posters, or other printed promotional items. 

This file contains an editable file for an ad template (Illustrator .eps). Authorized edits to this file are to insert your own photos, to insert your company’s /organization’s name in the appropriate spaces provided.

Indesign Poster for Print

Poster for Print (.pdf)

Square Print Art (428K .jpg)

Square Print Art (173K .jpg)

Web graphics files

Files included are appropriate for use in Websites, eNewsletters, etc.  The .gif file contains animation that rotates the two messages from the separate banners.  The .gif file must be loaded on a server that supports this animation to preview the effect.

Animated Horizontal Banner (.gif)

Eweek 3x10 Postcard (.pdf)

Horizontal Banner 1 (93K .jpg)

Horizontal Banner 2 (88K.jpg)

Horizontal Banner 1 ( 41.5 MB Adobe Illustrator)

Horizontal Banner 2 (Adobe Illustrator)

Poster for Web (158K .pdf)

Luncheon /Banquet Program files

Two editable luncheon /banquet program templates are supported by either Photoshop (template 1) or Word (template 2).  Instructions for using the templates are provided.  Older versions of word may utilize the .doc rather than .docx files.  Shifts in text boxes may occur, requiring correction in your Word program.

Program 1

Cover (256K .jpg)

PCover (14.5 MB .psd)

Instructions for program (.doc)

Program (.pdf)

Program (425K.doc)

Program (542K .doc)

Program 2

Instructions for program (.doc)

Program (.pdf)

Program (425K.doc)

Program (542K .doc)