BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260504T165736Z UID:EDB51AE1-AB21-44F7-8335-60BD309AC0E1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260223T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260223T190000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nUsing STEAM as a Catalyst for Sustainable Leadership Capa city\n\n[πŸ“…] February 23\, 2026\n[πŸ•”] 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM\n[πŸ“]21c L ibrary β€” Pikes Peak Library District\n1175 Chapel Hills Drive\nColorado Springs\, CO 80920\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------\n\nEngineers Know What Matters.\n\nNow Let’s Scale It.\n\nIE EE is more than a technical society β€” it is a professional home for lead ership formation\, career progression\, and cross-generational mentorship\ n\nThis meeting will outline a clear\, intentional systems-engineering app roach to using STEAM outreach as the Section’s:\n\n-\n[🎯] Center-of-G ravity for Community Engagement\n\n-\n[πŸ”] Leadership Flywheel (Recruit β†’ Mentor β†’ Activate β†’ Replicate) (p.9\n\n0_Intro-Engineering-Week_In put-…\n\n)\n\n-\n[πŸ“ˆ] Platform for Sustainable Leadership Capacity (p. 6\n\n0_Intro-Engineering-Week_Input-…\n\n)\n\n-------------------------- -------------------------------------\n\nWhy Attend?\n\nMany Sections face :\n\n-\nVolunteer burnout or not enough volunteers\n\n-\nMentorship discon tinuity\n\n-\nInstitutional knowledge gaps\n\n-\nIndustry engagement chall enges\n\nThis session will present a structured response using:\n\n[🧭] Strategy\n\nInfrastructure thinking and intentional design of leadership s ystems.\n\n[πŸ”„] Operations\n\nAcademia–Industry–Section coordination through makerspaces and STEAM pipelines.\n\n[πŸš€] Tactics\n\nVolunteer a ctivation\, student engagement\, and distributed leadership growth.\n\n--- ------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWhat Makes This Meeting Different?\n\nThis is not a motivational talk.\n\nIt is a sy stems-engineering architecture for scaling:\n\nSelf-Leadership β†’ Team Le adership β†’ Organizational / Legacy Leadership\n\nBuilt around:\n\nSkills et Γ— Mindset Γ— Mentorship = Sustainable Leadership Capacity\n\n--------- ------------------------------------------------------\n\n[πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€ πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦] Bring Your Kids!\n\nThis is a family-friendly event.\n\nWe wi ll run parallel sessions:\n\n[πŸŽ“] Adult Session\n\n-\nSection Strategy\n \n-\nOperational Model\n\n-\nVolunteer Activation Framework\n\n-\nLeadersh ip Capacity Scaling\n\n-\nCareer Path Integration (Academia\, Industry\, Y oung Professionals)\n\n[πŸ€–] STEAM Demo Session for Kids\n\n-\nHands-on e ngineering demos\n\n-\nRobotics and maker-style activities\n\n-\nEncourage ment toward thinking like engineers\n\n-\nInspiration for future IEEE memb ers\n\nWe believe leadership continuity begins early.\n------------------- --------------------------------------------\n\nWho Should Attend?\n\n[βœ” ] IEEE Members (all grades)\n[βœ”] Academia and Industry Leaders\n[βœ”] Yo ung Professionals\n[βœ”] Parents\n[βœ”] Student Members\n[βœ”] Future Engi neers\n---------------------------------------------------------------\n\n The Goal\n\nTo build a Section where:\n\n-\nEvery member grows as a leader \n\n-\nEvery leader builds other leaders\n\n-\nCareer progression aligns w ith service\n\n-\nOutreach strengthens leadership capacity\n\n-\nIEEE rema ins the professional home for engineering excellence\n\n------------------ ---------------------------------------------\n\nThe Vision\n\nβ€œFor each year\, each of the current active and engaged members\, recruit one IEEE member and mentor the recruit to become active and engaged…”\n\nThat i s how leadership compounds.\n--------------------------------------------- ------------------\n\nBe part of the intentional design.\n\nBe part of the leadership momentum flywheel.\n\nHelp build sustainable leadership capaci ty.\n\nVery Respectfully\,\nJohn\n\nSpeaker(s): \, \, \n\nRoom: ENT Confer ence Room\, 21c Library β€” Pikes Peak Library District 1175 Chapel Hills Drive \, Colorado Springs\, CO \, Colorado\, United States\, 80920 LOCATION:Room: ENT Conference Room\, 21c Library β€” Pikes Peak Library Dis trict 1175 Chapel Hills Drive \, Colorado Springs\, CO \, Colorado\, Unite d States\, 80920 ORGANIZER:john.santiago@ieee.org SEQUENCE:60 SUMMARY:Using STEAM as a Catalyst for Sustainable Leadership Capacity URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/539993 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div>\n<h3><img src="https://events.vtools.ie ee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/077ce9b4-1e95-4dac-a7b8-1b285590b8e5" alt=" " width="729" height="1094"></h3>\n<h3>Using <span class="il">STEAM</span> &nbsp\;as a Catalyst for Sustainable Leadership Capacity</h3>\n<p><img cla ss="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16 .0/1f4c5/72.png" alt="πŸ“…" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ“…" aria-label=" πŸ“…">&nbsp\;<strong>February 23\, 2026</strong><br><img class="an1" dragg able="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f554/72.pn g" alt="πŸ•”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ•”" aria-label="πŸ•”">&nbsp\;<s trong>5:00 PM &ndash\; 7:00 PM</strong><br><img class="an1" draggable="fal se" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f4cd/72.png" alt=" πŸ“" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ“" aria-label="πŸ“">21c Library &mdas h\; Pikes Peak Library District<br>1175 Chapel Hills Drive<br>Colorado Spr ings\, CO 80920&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Engineers Know What Matters.</h2>\n<p>Now Let&rsquo\;s Scale It.</p>\n<p>IEEE is more than a t echnical society &mdash\; it is a&nbsp\;<strong>professional home for lead ership formation\, career progression\, and cross-generational mentorship< /strong>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This meeting will outline a&nbsp\;<strong>clear\, intentional systems-engineering approach</strong>&nbsp\;to using&nbsp\;<sp an class="il">STEAM</span>&nbsp\;outreach as the Section&rsquo\;s:</p>\n<u l>\n<li>\n<p><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic .com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f3af/72.png" alt="🎯" loading="lazy" data-emoji ="🎯" aria-label="🎯">&nbsp\;<strong>Center-of-Gravity for Community E ngagement</strong></p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f501/72.png" alt="πŸ” " loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ”" aria-label="πŸ”">&nbsp\;<strong>Leader ship Flywheel (Recruit &rarr\; Mentor &rarr\; Activate &rarr\; Replicate)< /strong>&nbsp\;(p.9</p>\n<p>0_Intro-Engineering-Week_<wbr>Input-&hellip\;< /p>\n<p><button></button>)</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><img class="an1" draggable ="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f4c8/72.png" a lt="πŸ“ˆ" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ“ˆ" aria-label="πŸ“ˆ">&nbsp\;<stron g>Platform for Sustainable Leadership Capacity</strong>&nbsp\;(p.6</p>\n<p >0_Intro-Engineering-Week_<wbr>Input-&hellip\;</p>\n<p><button></button>)< /p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>Why Attend?</h1>\n<p>Many Sections face:</p>\ n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Volunteer burnout or not enough volunteers</p>\n</li>\n<li >\n<p>Mentorship discontinuity</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Institutional knowledg e gaps</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Industry engagement challenges</p>\n</li>\n</u l>\n<p>This session will present a structured response using:</p>\n<h3><im g class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemo ji/16.0/1f9ed/72.png" alt="🧭" loading="lazy" data-emoji="🧭" aria-lab el="🧭">&nbsp\;Strategy</h3>\n<p>Infrastructure thinking and intentional design of leadership systems.</p>\n<h3><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f504/72.png" alt="πŸ”„ " loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ”„" aria-label="πŸ”„">&nbsp\;Operations</h3 >\n<p>Academia&ndash\;Industry&ndash\;Section coordination through makersp aces and&nbsp\;<span class="il">STEAM</span>&nbsp\;pipelines.</p>\n<h3><im g class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemo ji/16.0/1f680/72.png" alt="πŸš€" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸš€" aria-lab el="πŸš€">&nbsp\;Tactics</h3>\n<p>Volunteer activation\, student engagemen t\, and distributed leadership growth.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr>\n<h1>What Makes This Meeting Different?</h1>\n<p>This is not a motivational talk.</ p>\n<p>It is a&nbsp\;<strong>systems-engineering architecture</strong>&nbs p\;for scaling:</p>\n<h3>Self-Leadership &rarr\;&nbsp\;<span class="il">Te am</span>&nbsp\;Leadership &rarr\; Organizational / Legacy Leadership</h3> \n<p>Built around:</p>\n<p><strong>Skillset &times\; Mindset &times\; Ment orship = Sustainable Leadership Capacity</strong><br><br></p>\n<hr>\n<h1>< img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoe moji/16.0/1f468_200d_1f469_200d_1f467_200d_1f466/72.png" alt="πŸ‘¨&zwj\; πŸ‘©&zwj\;πŸ‘§&zwj\;πŸ‘¦" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ‘¨&zwj\;πŸ‘©&zwj\; πŸ‘§&zwj\;πŸ‘¦" aria-label="πŸ‘¨&zwj\;πŸ‘©&zwj\;πŸ‘§&zwj\;πŸ‘¦">&nbsp\;Bri ng Your Kids!</h1>\n<p>This is a family-friendly event.</p>\n<p>We will ru n&nbsp\;<strong>parallel sessions</strong>:</p>\n<h3><img class="an1" drag gable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f393/72.p ng" alt="πŸŽ“" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸŽ“" aria-label="πŸŽ“">&nbsp\;A dult Session</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Section Strategy</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Op erational Model</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Volunteer Activation Framework</p>\n< /li>\n<li>\n<p>Leadership Capacity Scaling</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Career Pat h Integration (Academia\, Industry\, Young Professionals)</p>\n</li>\n</ul >\n<h3><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s /e/notoemoji/16.0/1f916/72.png" alt="πŸ€–" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ€– " aria-label="πŸ€–">&nbsp\;<span class="il">STEAM</span>&nbsp\;Demo Sessio n for Kids</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Hands-on engineering demos</p>\n</li>\n<li >\n<p>Robotics and maker-style activities</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Encourageme nt toward thinking like engineers</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Inspiration for fut ure IEEE members</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We believe leadership continuity be gins early.</p>\n<hr>\n<h1>Who Should Attend?</h1>\n<p><img class="an1" dr aggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72. png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;IEE E Members (all grades)<br><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https:// fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;Academia and Industry Leaders<br ><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/not oemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-la bel="βœ”">&nbsp\;Young Professionals<br><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;Parents<br><img cl ass="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/1 6.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ” ">&nbsp\;Student Members<br><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https: //fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="laz y" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;Future Engineers</p>\n<hr>\n<h 1>The Goal</h1>\n<p>To build a Section where:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Every me mber grows as a leader</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Every leader builds other lead ers</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Career progression aligns with service</p>\n</li> \n<li>\n<p>Outreach strengthens leadership capacity</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>I EEE remains the professional home for engineering excellence</p>\n</li>\n< /ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>The Vision</h1>\n<p>&ldquo\;For each year\, each of the cu rrent active and engaged members\, recruit one IEEE member and mentor the recruit to become active and engaged&hellip\;&rdquo\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>That is how leadership compounds.</p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Be part of the intentional des ign.</h2>\n<h2>Be part of the leadership momentum flywheel.</h2>\n<h2>Help build sustainable leadership capacity.</h2>\n</div>\n<div>Very Respectful ly\,</div>\n<div>John</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR