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Inspiring Today's Young Space Professionals

Inspiring Today's Young Space Professionals. Kamara Brown President, NASA Academy Alumni Association (NAAA). Goal. To share concepts on how to motivate and retain young space enthusiasts from a student perspective. Ideas to Inspire. Go Where They Mingle Be Proactive Alternative PR

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Inspiring Today's Young Space Professionals

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  1. Inspiring Today's Young Space Professionals Kamara Brown President, NASA Academy Alumni Association (NAAA)

  2. Goal To share concepts on how to motivate and retain young space enthusiasts from a student perspective.

  3. Ideas to Inspire • Go Where They Mingle • Be Proactive • Alternative PR • Other Methods

  4. Go Where They Mingle • Get to know organizations/events like: NAAA Space Generations Foundation NSBE-Space Yuri’s Night ISU Alumni SEDS X-Prize Cup ISDC • Leading organizations/events with many current and future young space professionals • Manage Annual Events • Host Major National & Regional Conferences • Conduct Teambuilding R&D Technology Projects • Establish a presence

  5. Move Like Your Hair’s On Fire Host Network Events among SG-sponsored fellow and Intern alumni often Invite dynamic space leaders to talk with future ones Utilize tele /video conferences to create virtual forums Offer real scholarships (4-year) & competitive internships similar to commercial industry Bring back full-time opportunities for space leaders in exchange for years of service Rotational Training Programs for New Hires Be Proactive

  6. Blogs Podcasts YouTube MySpace Professional Student Organizations Magazine / Websites NAAA, SEDS, X-Prize,… Listservs Web banners Get media involved in your events Local NPR Build partnerships with cable networks and space products Discovery Channel SciFi Channel Disney -the little explorers XM Radio Alternative Cost-Effective PR

  7. Other Methods • Get former fellowship & internship participants involved • Reveal the politics & policies of your group • Let them really see how your agency function • Take a lesson from Hollywood • Find out what young space professionals are passionate about Space tourism Space public policy Renewable energy Green initiatives for Space Science

  8. Final Highlights • Establish real collaborations • Advertise by utilize Today’s ‘IT’ Technologies • Follow-up with past fellowship participants • Share democratic practices & grant young space leaders more secure participation of Political Business Research Foster environments to inspire highly creative space professionals

  9. Resources NAAA www.nasa-academy.org NSBE Space www.nsbe-hsc.org/space/projects.htm Yuri’s Night www.yurisnight.net X-Prize Cup www.xprize.org/xprizecup ISDC Space Leadership Conference http://isdc.nss.org/2007 SEDS http://www.seds.org SpaceAlumni www.spacealumni.com Space Generations Foundation www.spacegeneration.org/usa

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