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

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Inspiring Today's  Young Space Professionals

Inspiring Today's Inspiring Today's Young Space ProfessionalsYoung Space Professionals

Kamara BrownPresident, NASA Academy Alumni Association

(NAAA)

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GoalGoalTo share concepts on how to motivate

and retain young space enthusiasts from a student perspective.

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Ideas to InspireIdeas to InspireGo Where They MingleBe ProactiveAlternative PROther Methods

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Go Where They MingleGo Where They MingleGet 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

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Be ProactiveBe ProactiveMove Like Your Hair’s

On FireHost 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

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Alternative Cost-Effective PRAlternative Cost-Effective PRBlogsPodcastsYouTubeMySpaceProfessional Student

Organizations Magazine / Websites

◦ NAAA, SEDS, X-Prize,

ListservsWeb 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

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Other MethodsOther MethodsGet former fellowship & internship

participants involved◦ Reveal the politics & policies of your group

◦ Let them really see how your agency function

Take a lesson from HollywoodFind out what young space professionals

are passionate about

Space tourism Space public policy

Renewable energy

Green initiatives for Space Science

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Final HighlightsFinal HighlightsEstablish real collaborationsAdvertise by utilize Today’s ‘IT’ Technologies Follow-up with past fellowship participantsShare democratic practices & grant young

space leaders more secure participation of Political Business

Research

Foster environments to inspire highly creative space professionals

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ResourcesNAAA 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 Foundationwww.spacegeneration.org/usa