BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T150236Z UID:911344E5-FA38-44C7-B1D0-1397AD59B6C1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261109T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261109T200000 DESCRIPTION:Join IEEE Young Professionals Central Tennessee and Power and E nergy Society at Tennessee Tech University (PES-TTU) for an evening of car eer insights and volunteer leadership with our distinguished speaker John McDonald - IEEE Life Fellow\, IEEE Foundation President\, National Academy of Engineering member\, ABET Program Evaluator\, CIGRE Honorary Member\, and IEEE volunteer for 55 years.\n\nKey Insights to Career Management\n\nD rawing on 52 years of experience as an engineer\, manager\, and executive\ , John will discuss 12 important principles for managing a successful and fulfilling career. Through practical examples and photographs\, he will ex plore career priorities\, goal setting\, professional growth\, and the imp ortance of aligning personal aspirations with organizational objectives.\n \nBuilding and Leading a Volunteer Organization\n\nLeading volunteers requ ires engagement\, influence\, and a compelling value proposition—not man agerial authority. Based on 55 years of IEEE service and leadership at the local\, national\, and international levels\, John will share practical s trategies for building\, motivating\, and sustaining impactful volunteer o rganizations.\n\nThe presentations will be followed by a Q&A and dinner fo r in-person attendees. The event is available both in person and remotely. Registration is required\, and in-person seating is limited.\n\nSpeaker(s ): John McDonald\n\nAgenda: \nMonday\, November 9\, 2026 | 6:00 PM CST\n\n 6:00–6:05 PM — Welcome and Speaker Introduction\n\n6:05–6:45 PM — Key Insights to Career Management\n\n6:45–6:55 PM — Break\n\n6:55–7: 35 PM — Building and Leading a Volunteer Organization\n\n7:35–7:45 PM — Audience Q&A\n\n7:45 PM onward — Dinner and Networking for In-Person Attendees\n\nBldg: Ashraf Islam Engineering Building (AIEB) Atrium\, 1 Wi lliam L Jones Dr\, Cookeville\, Tennessee\, United States\, 38505\, Virtua l: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/576416 LOCATION:Bldg: Ashraf Islam Engineering Building (AIEB) Atrium\, 1 William L Jones Dr\, Cookeville\, Tennessee\, United States\, 38505\, Virtual: htt ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/576416 ORGANIZER:sanatnayak@gmail.com SEQUENCE:24 SUMMARY:Career Insights & Volunteer Leadership by IEEE Distinguished Speake r URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/576416 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Join <strong>IEEE Young Professionals Cent ral Tennessee</strong> and <strong>Power and Energy Society</strong> at <s trong>Tennessee Tech University (PES-TTU)</strong> for an evening of caree r insights and volunteer leadership with our distinguished speaker <strong >John McDonald </strong>- IEEE Life Fellow\, IEEE Foundation President\, N ational Academy of Engineering member\, ABET Program Evaluator\, CIGRE Hon orary Member\, and IEEE volunteer for 55 years.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Insigh ts to Career Management</strong></p>\n<p>Drawing on 52 years of experience as an engineer\, manager\, and executive\, John will discuss 12 important principles for managing a successful and fulfilling career. Through pract ical examples and photographs\, he will explore career priorities\, goal s etting\, professional growth\, and the importance of aligning personal asp irations with organizational objectives.</p>\n<p><strong>Building and Lead ing a Volunteer Organization</strong></p>\n<p>Leading volunteers requires engagement\, influence\, and a compelling value proposition&mdash\;not man agerial authority. Based on 55 years of IEEE service and leadership at the local\, national\, and international levels\, John will share practical s trategies for building\, motivating\, and sustaining impactful volunteer o rganizations.</p>\n<p>The presentations will be followed by a Q&amp\;A and dinner for in-person attendees. The event is available both in person and remotely. Registration is required\, and in-person seating is limited.</p ><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>Monday\, November 9\, 2026 | 6:00 PM CST</strong></p>\n<p><strong>6:00&ndash\;6:05 PM</strong> &mdash\; Welcom e and Speaker Introduction</p>\n<p><strong>6:05&ndash\;6:45 PM</strong> &m dash\; Key Insights to Career Management</p>\n<p><strong>6:45&ndash\;6:55 PM</strong> &mdash\; Break</p>\n<p><strong>6:55&ndash\;7:35 PM</strong> &m dash\; Building and Leading a Volunteer Organization</p>\n<p><strong>7:35& ndash\;7:45 PM</strong> &mdash\; Audience Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p><strong>7:45 PM onward</strong> &mdash\; Dinner and Networking for In-Person Attendees</p > END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR