[]Using STEAM as a Catalyst for Sustainable Leadership Capacity
February 23, 2026
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
21c Library — Pikes Peak Library District
1175 Chapel Hills Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
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Engineers Know What Matters.
Now Let’s Scale It.
IEEE is more than a technical society — it is a professional home for leadership formation, career progression, and cross-generational mentorship
This meeting will outline a clear, intentional systems-engineering approach to using STEAM outreach as the Section’s:
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Center-of-Gravity for Community Engagement
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Leadership Flywheel (Recruit → Mentor → Activate → Replicate) (p.9
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Platform for Sustainable Leadership Capacity (p.6
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Why Attend?
Many Sections face:
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Volunteer burnout or not enough volunteers
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Mentorship discontinuity
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Institutional knowledge gaps
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Industry engagement challenges
This session will present a structured response using:
Strategy
Infrastructure thinking and intentional design of leadership systems.
Operations
Academia–Industry–Section coordination through makerspaces and STEAM pipelines.
Tactics
Volunteer activation, student engagement, and distributed leadership growth.
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What Makes This Meeting Different?
This is not a motivational talk.
It is a systems-engineering architecture for scaling:
Self-Leadership → Team Leadership → Organizational / Legacy Leadership
Built around:
Skillset × Mindset × Mentorship = Sustainable Leadership Capacity
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Bring Your Kids!
This is a family-friendly event.
We will run parallel sessions:
Adult Session
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Section Strategy
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Operational Model
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Volunteer Activation Framework
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Leadership Capacity Scaling
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Career Path Integration (Academia, Industry, Young Professionals)
STEAM Demo Session for Kids
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Hands-on engineering demos
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Robotics and maker-style activities
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Encouragement toward thinking like engineers
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Inspiration for future IEEE members
We believe leadership continuity begins early.
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Who Should Attend?
IEEE Members (all grades)
Academia and Industry Leaders
Young Professionals
Parents
Student Members
Future Engineers
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The Goal
To build a Section where:
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Every member grows as a leader
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Every leader builds other leaders
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Career progression aligns with service
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Outreach strengthens leadership capacity
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IEEE remains the professional home for engineering excellence
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The Vision
“For each year, each of the current active and engaged members, recruit one IEEE member and mentor the recruit to become active and engaged…”
That is how leadership compounds.
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Be part of the intentional design.
Be part of the leadership momentum flywheel.
Help build sustainable leadership capacity.
Very Respectfully,
John
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Room: ENT Conference Room, 21c Library — Pikes Peak Library District 1175 Chapel Hills Drive , Colorado Springs, CO , Colorado, United States, 80920