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:20260226T221056Z UID:EDB51AE1-AB21-44F7-8335-60BD309AC0E1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260223T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260223T190000 DESCRIPTION:[]Using STEAM as a Catalyst for Sustainable Leadership Capacity \n\n[πŸ“…] February 23\, 2026\n[πŸ•”] 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM\n[πŸ“]21c Libra ry β€” Pikes Peak Library District\n1175 Chapel Hills Drive\nColorado Spri ngs\, CO 80920\n\n-------------------------------------------------------- -------\n\nEngineers Know What Matters.\n\nNow Let’s Scale It.\n\nIEEE i s more than a technical society β€” it is a professional home for leadersh ip formation\, career progression\, and cross-generational mentorship\n\nT his meeting will outline a clear\, intentional systems-engineering approac h to using STEAM outreach as the Section’s:\n\n-\n[🎯] Center-of-Gravi ty for Community Engagement\n\n-\n[πŸ”] Leadership Flywheel (Recruit β†’ Mentor β†’ Activate β†’ Replicate) (p.9\n\n0_Intro-Engineering-Week_Input- …\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 discontinu ity\n\n-\nInstitutional knowledge gaps\n\n-\nIndustry engagement challenge s\n\nThis session will present a structured response using:\n\n[🧭] Stra tegy\n\nInfrastructure thinking and intentional design of leadership syste ms.\n\n[πŸ”„] Operations\n\nAcademia–Industry–Section coordination thr ough makerspaces and STEAM pipelines.\n\n[πŸš€] Tactics\n\nVolunteer activ ation\, student engagement\, and distributed leadership growth.\n\n------- --------------------------------------------------------\n\nWhat Makes Thi s Meeting Different?\n\nThis is not a motivational talk.\n\nIt is a system s-engineering architecture for scaling:\n\nSelf-Leadership β†’ Team Leader ship β†’ Organizational / Legacy Leadership\n\nBuilt around:\n\nSkillset 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 will r un parallel sessions:\n\n[πŸŽ“] Adult Session\n\n-\nSection Strategy\n\n-\ nOperational Model\n\n-\nVolunteer Activation Framework\n\n-\nLeadership C apacity Scaling\n\n-\nCareer Path Integration (Academia\, Industry\, Young Professionals)\n\n[πŸ€–] STEAM Demo Session for Kids\n\n-\nHands-on engin eering demos\n\n-\nRobotics and maker-style activities\n\n-\nEncouragement toward thinking like engineers\n\n-\nInspiration for future IEEE members\ n\nWe believe leadership continuity begins early.\n----------------------- ----------------------------------------\n\nWho Should Attend?\n\n[βœ”] IE EE Members (all grades)\n[βœ”] Academia and Industry Leaders\n[βœ”] Young Professionals\n[βœ”] Parents\n[βœ”] Student Members\n[βœ”] Future Engineer s\n---------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe 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 with service\n\n-\nOutreach strengthens leadership capacity\n\n-\nIEEE remains the professional home for engineering excellence\n\n---------------------- -----------------------------------------\n\nThe Vision\n\nβ€œFor each yea r\, each of the current active and engaged members\, recruit one IEEE memb er and mentor the recruit to become active and engaged…”\n\nThat is ho w leadership compounds.\n------------------------------------------------- --------------\n\nBe part of the intentional design.\n\nBe part of the lea dership momentum flywheel.\n\nHelp build sustainable leadership capacity.\ n\nVery Respectfully\,\nJohn\n\nSpeaker(s): \, \, \n\nRoom: ENT Conference Room\, 21c Library β€” Pikes Peak Library District 1175 Chapel Hills Driv e \, 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:59 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">Using&nbsp\;<span class="il">STEAM</span>&nbsp \;as a Catalyst for Sustainable Leadership Capacity</h3>\n<p><img class="a n1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f 4c5/72.png" alt="πŸ“…" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ“…" aria-label="πŸ“…"> &nbsp\;<strong>February 23\, 2026</strong><br><img class="an1" draggable=" false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f554/72.png" alt ="πŸ•”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ•”" aria-label="πŸ•”">&nbsp\;<strong> 5:00 PM &ndash\; 7:00 PM</strong><br><img class="an1" draggable="false" sr c="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f4cd/72.png" alt="πŸ“" l oading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ“" aria-label="πŸ“">21c Library &mdash\; Pik es Peak Library District<br>1175 Chapel Hills Drive<br>Colorado Springs\, 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 technica l society &mdash\; it is a&nbsp\;<strong>professional home for leadership formation\, career progression\, and cross-generational mentorship</strong >&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This meeting will outline a&nbsp\;<strong>clear\, intenti onal systems-engineering approach</strong>&nbsp\;to using&nbsp\;<span clas s="il">STEAM</span>&nbsp\;outreach as the Section&rsquo\;s:</p>\n<ul>\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 Engageme nt</strong></p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="h ttps://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f501/72.png" alt="πŸ”" loadi ng="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ”" aria-label="πŸ”">&nbsp\;<strong>Leadership Fl ywheel (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" alt=" πŸ“ˆ" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ“ˆ" aria-label="πŸ“ˆ">&nbsp\;<strong>Pl atform for Sustainable Leadership Capacity</strong>&nbsp\;(p.6</p>\n<p>0_I ntro-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 knowledge ga ps</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Industry engagement challenges</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n <p>This session will present a structured response using:</p>\n<h3><img cl ass="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/1 6.0/1f9ed/72.png" alt="🧭" loading="lazy" data-emoji="🧭" aria-label=" 🧭">&nbsp\;Strategy</h3>\n<p>Infrastructure thinking and intentional des ign 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”„" lo ading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ”„" aria-label="πŸ”„">&nbsp\;Operations</h3>\n< p>Academia&ndash\;Industry&ndash\;Section coordination through makerspaces and&nbsp\;<span class="il">STEAM</span>&nbsp\;pipelines.</p>\n<h3><img cl ass="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/1 6.0/1f680/72.png" alt="πŸš€" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸš€" aria-label=" πŸš€">&nbsp\;Tactics</h3>\n<p>Volunteer activation\, student engagement\, and distributed leadership growth.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr>\n<h1>What Mak es This Meeting Different?</h1>\n<p>This is not a motivational talk.</p>\n <p>It is a&nbsp\;<strong>systems-engineering architecture</strong>&nbsp\;f or scaling:</p>\n<h3>Self-Leadership &rarr\;&nbsp\;<span class="il">Team</ span>&nbsp\;Leadership &rarr\; Organizational / Legacy Leadership</h3>\n<p >Built around:</p>\n<p><strong>Skillset &times\; Mindset &times\; Mentorsh ip = Sustainable Leadership Capacity</strong><br><br></p>\n<hr>\n<h1><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji /16.0/1f468_200d_1f469_200d_1f467_200d_1f466/72.png" alt="πŸ‘¨&zwj\;πŸ‘©&z wj\;πŸ‘§&zwj\;πŸ‘¦" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ‘¨&zwj\;πŸ‘©&zwj\;πŸ‘§&zw j\;πŸ‘¦" aria-label="πŸ‘¨&zwj\;πŸ‘©&zwj\;πŸ‘§&zwj\;πŸ‘¦">&nbsp\;Bring Your Kids!</h1>\n<p>This is a family-friendly event.</p>\n<p>We will run&nbsp\ ;<strong>parallel sessions</strong>:</p>\n<h3><img class="an1" draggable=" false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f393/72.png" alt ="πŸŽ“" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸŽ“" aria-label="πŸŽ“">&nbsp\;Adult Se ssion</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Section Strategy</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Operation al 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 Path Integ ration (Academia\, Industry\, Young Professionals)</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h3> <img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/noto emoji/16.0/1f916/72.png" alt="πŸ€–" loading="lazy" data-emoji="πŸ€–" aria- label="πŸ€–">&nbsp\;<span class="il">STEAM</span>&nbsp\;Demo Session for K ids</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Hands-on engineering demos</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>R obotics and maker-style activities</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Encouragement towa rd thinking like engineers</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Inspiration for future IEE E members</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We believe leadership continuity begins ea rly.</p>\n<hr>\n<h1>Who Should Attend?</h1>\n<p><img class="an1" draggable ="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" al t="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;IEEE Membe rs (all grades)<br><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.g static.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-e moji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;Academia and Industry Leaders<br><img c lass="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\;Young Professionals<br><img class="an1" draggable="false" src= "https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loadi ng="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;Parents<br><img class=" an1" draggable="false" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2 714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" data-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nb sp\;Student Members<br><img class="an1" draggable="false" src="https://fon ts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714/72.png" alt="βœ”" loading="lazy" da ta-emoji="βœ”" aria-label="βœ”">&nbsp\;Future Engineers</p>\n<hr>\n<h1>The Goal</h1>\n<p>To build a Section where:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Every member grows as a leader</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Every leader builds other leaders</ 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>IEEE r emains 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 current active and engaged members\, recruit one IEEE member and mentor the recru it to become active and engaged&hellip\;&rdquo\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>That is ho w leadership compounds.</p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Be part of the intentional design.< /h2>\n<h2>Be part of the leadership momentum flywheel.</h2>\n<h2>Help buil d sustainable leadership capacity.</h2>\n</div>\n<div>Very Respectfully\,< /div>\n<div>John</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR