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How a woman engineer can serve her society A real life experience

How a woman engineer can serve her society A real life experience Marwa Aboulfadl Advisory Software Engineer March 2007 Who I am Advisory Software Engineer, IBM Egypt BSc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt 7 years in the field of Software Engineering

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How a woman engineer can serve her society A real life experience

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  1. How a woman engineer can serve her societyA real life experience Marwa Aboulfadl Advisory Software Engineer March 2007 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  2. Who I am • Advisory Software Engineer, IBM Egypt • BSc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt • 7 years in the field of Software Engineering • 8 years in participating, organizing and leading volunteer activities • Charity, support for under privileged families • Moral support for orphans, terminally ill and elderly people 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  3. Outlines • Women and volunteer work • Women engineers and volunteer work • Resala Training Center – A real life experience 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  4. Women and volunteer work Women volunteer 4 times more than men* • Able to multi-task • Emotional: Feel for others • Patient • Willing to devote more personal time to serve her society * Statistics provided from National Council for Women (NCW) in Egypt 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  5. What makes an engineer distinct • Creative • Problem solver • Systematic thinker 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  6. Women engineers in volunteer work A woman engineer Emotional & Patient + Systematic Thinker = An ideal volunteer 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  7. Resala Training CenterA real life experience • What is Resala Training Center? • Achievements • Challenges • Benefits 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  8. Resala Training Center • A subsidiary of “Resala” Charity*, an Egyptian NGO that has started as a student activity in the School of Engineering, Cairo University in 1999 • Offers high-quality, low-cost courses that improve people opportunity in the job market • Was initiated by 2 women Software Engineers (A friend of mine and myself) * Resala has 24 braches with more than 40,000 Volunteers, 80% females 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  9. RTC - Why? • Help develop technical and business skills of students and fresh graduates to be better qualified to join the Software Engineering field • Encourage qualified software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with others 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  10. RTC - How? • Late April 2003 • A preliminary proposal was provided to Resala chairman • Project Process was established • Milestones were determined • Performance monitoring methodology was defined • Weekly tracking meeting • Monthly report • RTC website was created to automate instructors registration • 1st July 2003, RTC was inaugurated 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  11. RTC Management Team • Project Manager (Myself) As an engineer, I planned for my goals and translated them into achievable tasks taking into consideration the obstacles that might arise As a woman, being emotional was what really initiated the idea and I was patient till my dream was materialized • 6 Acting Teams Administration, Instructors evaluation, Lab setup, Marketing, Material preparation, Quality Total of 56 volunteers, 55% females 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  12. Some of the courses offered • Computer • Graphics: PhotoShop, 3D Max, Flash, AUTOCAD • Operating systems: Windows, Linux • Programming: Java, C#, Visual Basic, VB.NET • Web: ASP, ASP.NET, JavaScript, FrontPage • English • Soft skills • C.V. writing and Interviewing skills • Effective business writing • Leaving impact and leading effectively • Negotiation skills • Presentation skills • Problem solving • Time Management • Train the Trainer (TTT) 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  13. RTC - Achievements • 280 Instructors • 3150 Learners • Courses organized • 390 Computer course • 15 English course • 35 Soft skills course • June 2005, a businessman donated a fully-equipped place to establish a new branch for RTC 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  14. Challenges • Time availability • Work commitments versus volunteer commitments 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  15. Benefits • Developed my: • Management and leadership skills • Problem solving skills • Communication skills • Practiced Project Management concepts and techniques I learned in my work environment 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  16. TTT course at RTC Memories One of the weekly tracking meetings at RTC Windows course at RTC 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  17. A Final word "You make a living by what you get... But you make a life by what you give." Winston Churchill 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  18. References and Important links • National Council for Womenhttp://www.ncwegypt.com/english/index.jsp • Resala Charityhttp://www.resala.org • Resala Training Center (RTC) website http://resala.egyptnode.com/ 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  19. My contacts • Business email • mfadl@eg.ibm.com • Personal email • marwafadl@hotmail.com 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

  20. 2007 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering, March 22-23

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