Are you getting excited for FY20?!??! We have our first
section operations event coming up this Saturday, August 10, 2019 – our FY20
Summer Planning meeting!
This event is open to all section members and thanks to our fiscal
year sponsor, Honeywell, lunch from Panera will be provided!
The goal of the summer planning meeting is to provide a focused
space for our sections members to come and brainstorm on the types of event and
activities we’ll target in FY20 – and maybe start some initial prioritization
and next steps to go from idea to implementation. This will also provide the opportunity
for those attending who may be interested in helping with a committee or even
taking on a leadership role to sign up!
Since there are always a lot of options for what we can look
at, we will be focusing on some of the bigger areas for the section. To that
end, please find below our planned agenda for the day. We will do our best to
stay on track with the timing – but be sure to arrive about 15 minutes ahead of
any session you want to participate in to make sure you can join in!
Agenda
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Start
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End
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Topic
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8:30 am
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9:00 am
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Set-up
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9:00 am
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9:30 am
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Welcome, D&I Moment, & Goals
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9:30 am
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10:00 am
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FY20 SWE PNW structure & Introduction
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10:00 am
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11:00 am
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Section Level SWOT Analysis:
· Strengths · Weaknesses · Opportunities · Threats |
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11:00 am
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12:00 pm
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Focus Area Breakout #1:
(a) Professional development (b) Outreach (K-12) & Volunteering (c) Social & Networking |
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12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Working Lunch:
· D&I Moment Touch Base · 65th Anniversary Brainstorming |
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1:00 pm
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1:30 pm
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Signature Event Breakout:
(a) Holiday Party (b) Enso Center Workshop |
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1:30 pm
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2:00 pm
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New Signature Event Brainstorming
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2:00 pm
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2:45 pm
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Focus Area Breakout #2:
(a) Corporate/Partner Relations (b) Member Engagement (c) SWE Business/Careers |
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2:45 pm
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3:30 pm
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Section Operations Brainstorming
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3:30 pm
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4:00 pm
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Wrap up & Volunteer Sign-up
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SWOT Analysis
One of the tools we’ll be using at the planning meeting is a
SWOT analysis. This is a tool that looks at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats. Our first group activity will be to look at this from a section
level, looking primary at it from the perspective of our members. For a little
bit more, see the quick summary below:
- Strengths are things that we do well, better than anyone else. They could also be what you tell others about our section – elements that make up your SWE PNW elevator pitch.
- Weakness are areas that we can improve and do better in.
- Opportunities are things that we aren’t doing today but could be doing in the near or far future timeframes.
- Threats will look at external things or elements that we can’t (or have a hard time to) control.
Breakout Sessions
We’ll have a couple of breakout session through out the day.
These will be focused on a topic and have 2-3 small breakout groups looking at
a sub-topic. In general, these sessions will start with an assessment of the
current state baseline, start to brainstorming ideas around targeted prompts,
look at impact vs effort to help prioritize, and will target coming up with
concrete next step for the top priority.
Each breakout session will have a moderator that will be
provided with key baseline information as well as questions prompts to help the
group stay on topics and brainstorm.
A D&I Moment
As we build on the launch of the diversity and inclusion
goal from FY19 and the deployment of D&I moments at our Executive Council
meetings, we’ll be expanding that concept for the planning meeting. We’ll
launch the D&I moment at the beginning of the day – but it will be an all-day
activity, built into the various sessions. I’m excited to see how we can continue
D&I forward and at the forefront of our events in FY20!
Day-of Moderators
There are several breakout session and mini-activities that
I am looking for a few people to help with as a moderator. Guidelines, prompts,
and instructions will be provide to help you support the topic and breakout session.
If you are interested, please email swe.pnw.president@gmail.com with “FY20
Summer Planning Meeting: Moderator” in the subject if you’d like to help.
Don’t forget to RSVP!
That about does it
for the ahead of event details. If you have questions ahead of the event,
please email or post them in the Facebook event discussion here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1206688592839237/?active_tab=discussion
And don’t forget to RSVP here (especially if you want to be
included in the lunch count!): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fy20-summer-planning-meeting-tickets-64494323257
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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Theresa Krack is SWE PNW's FY20 President, having serve the section as FY19 President Elect, past section representative, and the driver behind the launch/deployment of the Virtual Brand Team (VBT). She is a Development Program Manager at Honeywell Aerospace, with a background in aerospace and aircraft certification engineering. In her remaining spare time, she is a SWE Leadership Coach for professional sections, a martial arts enthusiast, and enjoys getting out on her bike for rides.