YEC - Loretta McHugh just started her first blog. It's got nothing to do with ASME, but its fun.
Here's the description: A new and hopefully more interactive home of the Wicked Good Guide to Mainah English.
Check it out at: mainahglossary.blogspot.com!
Wednesday, October 12
Tuesday, October 11
Young Engineer Stakeholder's Workshop Complete
I just spent the last day and a half participating in the Young Engineer Stakeholder's Workshop in Alexandria, Virginia. As stated by Patti Jo Snyder, Project Manager, ASME Strategic Initiatives, "The purpose of this workshop was to hear from you - the customer - in assessing the value of current YE-related activities as well as to learn your thoughts on new, innovative programming."
Current members of the Young Engineer Correspondents in attendance included Loretta McHugh, Aaron Ryan, and Kalan Guilley. There was also a number of young engineers there as well as a number of staff members from all over the Society. The workshop was facilitated by Marsha Rhea from the Institute of Alternative Futures.
When I received the invitation to attend, I was unsure of the topics to be discussed as well as the context of those discussions. After sitting through the workshop, I must say that I am quite pleased with the outcome of the workshop.
I would like to provide the following key themes from the 1st Day of the Workshop.
Those included:
- That career advancement and community can build allegiance among Young Engineer's to ASME.
- Technical information has utility value (Nobody wants to turn out the lights)
- YE's would like to see greater personalization/customization of ASME's email communications and websites
- Corporations are important influencers of YE's
- Smooth, quick navigation of websites and services is critical
The full report will include a list of first step recommendations as well as strategies to try to answer the question of how to make ASME more relevant to Early Career Engineers. There is a lot more work to do, but this workshop was a great first step toward trying to provide for this groups needs. I will post a link to the report as soon as it is released.
I would like to thank everyone who participated as well as Patti Jo and the team for inviting a few YEC's to paricipate.
Current members of the Young Engineer Correspondents in attendance included Loretta McHugh, Aaron Ryan, and Kalan Guilley. There was also a number of young engineers there as well as a number of staff members from all over the Society. The workshop was facilitated by Marsha Rhea from the Institute of Alternative Futures.
When I received the invitation to attend, I was unsure of the topics to be discussed as well as the context of those discussions. After sitting through the workshop, I must say that I am quite pleased with the outcome of the workshop.
I would like to provide the following key themes from the 1st Day of the Workshop.
Those included:
- That career advancement and community can build allegiance among Young Engineer's to ASME.
- Technical information has utility value (Nobody wants to turn out the lights)
- YE's would like to see greater personalization/customization of ASME's email communications and websites
- Corporations are important influencers of YE's
- Smooth, quick navigation of websites and services is critical
The full report will include a list of first step recommendations as well as strategies to try to answer the question of how to make ASME more relevant to Early Career Engineers. There is a lot more work to do, but this workshop was a great first step toward trying to provide for this groups needs. I will post a link to the report as soon as it is released.
I would like to thank everyone who participated as well as Patti Jo and the team for inviting a few YEC's to paricipate.
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