Girls in Technology DC - Session #3: Embracing Fear & Learning to Fail - 01/24/2017
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WelcomeBackGITGIRLSMakesuretosigninatthefront!
NetworkingExercise:Talktoatleast3protégésand/ormentors1. Usethe3PUMPhandshaketointroduceyourself2. Stateyournameandwhereyougotoschoolorwork
3. Sharewhatyouwanttostudyand/orwanttobeifyouknewyoucouldn’tfail
NetworkingExercise:Talktoatleast3protégésand/ormentors1. Usethe3PUMPhandshaketointroduceyourself2. Stateyournameandwhereyougotoschoolorwork3. Sharewhatyouwanttostudyand/orwanttobeifyouknewyou
couldn’tfail
Hi,mynameisJenny.IamtheChairofGITDCMentorProtégé.IfIcouldnotfail,Iwouldtravelaroundtheworldhelpingchildrenandwomen.Andbeaphotographerduringmyglobetrotting!
WELCOMEGirlsinTechnologyMentorProtégéProgram
WashingtonDCSession3:EmbraceFear&LearntoFail
GITTalks:ResilientWomen
Agenda:TheGITMentor-ProtégéProgramstartspromptlyat6:00PM.• 5:45– 6:10pm:Sign-in/Networking/Refreshments(YoumustsigninwiththeGITfrontdeskinordertorecordyourattendance)• 6:10– 6:20pm:Welcome&Announcements• 6:20– 7:20pm:GITTalks:ResilientWomen• 7:20– 8:15pm:Mentor-ProtégéSession• 8:15– 8:30pm:Closing
FIELDOFDREAMS
Iwanttomakeprostheticsforinjuredanimals
IamexcitedaboutstartingaSTEMclubatschoolIwanttointegrateSTEMwithmusictherapy
Iaspiretocreatetechnologiesthatimproveslives
IwilldesignrobotsthathelpwithmedicalproceduresIamgoingtobeanenvironmentalengineertodesigngreenercities
Iamgoingtostudycybersecuritytoprotectusinthevirtualspace
EVERYONEHASDREAMS,PASSIONS,GOALS,
AMBITIONS,andIDEAS
WHYAREN’TYOUPURSUINGTHEM?WHYAREYOUSTOPPING?
WHYAREN’TYOUPERSERVERING?
• Iamnotready• Idon’tknowhow• Myparent’swon’tapprove• Itistoocrazyofanidea• HowwillIaffordit• Whatifitdoesn’twork• Noonewillwantit• Therearecompetitorsthatarebetter• It’stoorisky
#1REASON:FEAROFFAILURE
Education
People
Tools
Finances Experience
Idea
SUCCESS
PATHTOSUCCESS
Education
People
Tools
FinancesExperience
Idea
SUCCESSSuccessFailure
ACTUALPATHTOSUCCESS
ACTUALPATHTOSUCCESS
• It’sNOTwhatwethoughtitwouldlooklike• Therearemanychallengesandobstacles• Therearemanyfailuresalongtheway• Successdoesn’tcomeeasy• Thereisnoonerightwaytowardssuccess
Successdoesn’tcometoyou,YOUGOTOIT
…We should be teaching our students in STEM subjects: how to fail. Right now, we do not explicitly teach our students how to fail so that they can get right back up. That's in direct conflict with our goal: to prepare students to play competitively upon graduation. If our students are going to stop deadly pandemics, solve the energy crisis, and cure world hunger and poverty, they will have to be prepared to fail, over and over—and more important, they will need to know how to learn from those failures.
-Elizabeth Gerber, McCormickSchoolofEngineeringandSchoolofCommunicationatNorthwesternUniversity,andfounderofDesignforAmerica.
LEARNTOFAIL
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/11/23/stem-students-must-be-taught-to-fail
HOWTOFAIL
Whenyoufail Pickyourselfbackup Surroundyourselfwiththerightpeople
Havethegutstoadjustfromfailureandgetbackonyourpath
Avoidmakingthesamemistake.Bestrategic.Haveaplan.Takeadifferentapproach
Don’ttrytodoitbyyourself.Successiseasierasateam
Ifyoufailagain… Pickyourselfupfaster.Realizefailureisallpartofthesuccessequation.Keepyoureyeontheprize
FAILINGISGOODFORSUCCESS“Iwouldn’tbewhereIamnowifIdidn’tfail...alot.Thegood,thebad,it’sallpartofthesuccessequation.”– MarkCuban,OwnerofNBADallasMavericks
“Soitturnsoutthatthecliché"Whenonedoorcloses,anotherdooropens"ismorethanaclichéafterall.Youjustneedtobeconfidentenoughtoseethatotheropendoor.Andthatrequiresthatyounotstareatthecloseddoortoolong.”– EkaterinaWalter,authoroftheWallStreetJournalbestseller"ThinkLikeZuck“
“Manyoflife’sfailuresarepeoplewhodidnotrealizehowclosetheyweretosuccesswhentheygaveup.”- ThomasEdison
“Failures,repeatedfailures,arefingerpostsontheroadtoachievement.Onefailsforwardtowardsuccess.”– C.S.Lewis
“Failureisnecessaryforsuccess,wemustfailfastertosucceedsooner”– Unknown
“Failureandrejectionarepartofthestepstowardachievingsuccess....failureisapartofthatwholeprocess.....Youjustlearntopickyourselfup.AndthequickerandmoreRESILIENTyoubecome,thebetter....”
MichelleObamaFLOTUS
DeputyDirectorGirlUp
UnitedNationsFoundation
ExecutiveDirectoroftheNationalScience&TechnologyCouncil
WhiteHouseStaff
Thesearesamplediscussionquestions.Pleaseremembertogiveeveryoneachancetospeak,andremembertolearneveryone’snames!GITScholarship§ PleasereviewtheGITScholarshipdetails– criteria,duedates,andsubmissionprocess§ Conductmockanswersduringmentoringsession§ HelpGITGirlsprepareforawinningsubmissionQuestionsforProtégés§ Whatisyourdreamjob?§ Whatareyourconcernsaboutchoosingacollege,major,and/orcareer?§ Haveyoueverfailedorhadchallenges?Howdidyouovercomethesituation?§ Afterlisteningtothespeakers,sharetimesyouhavebeenresilientQuestionsforMentors§ Whatwasthemostdifficultchallenge/failureyouhadduringcollege,career,personallife?Howdidyouovercometheseobstacles?
§ WhocanIseekforhelpincollege?Whatresourcesareavailableinhighschool/collegetomakesureIamimproving,orstayontherighttrack?
§ HowcanIconvincemyparentsthatmydreamjob/collegeisworthpursuing?§ Anyadviceonhowtobemoreresilient?
MENTORINGSESSION
Whichprotégéhasinspiredyou
most?
GITMSINSPIRATIONAWARD
Thisawardwillbegiventothegirlwhohassharedherideas,encouragesotherstobemoreactive,andisarolemodelandinspirationtootherprotégés
GITSCHOLARSHIPCONFERENCECALLSThisconferencecallisacourtesyinformationsessionforDCGITGirls,parents,andschooladministrators.LearnabouttheGITScholarshipandsubmissionprocess.
Session1:TuesdayFebruary7,2017@7PM
Or
Session2:WednesdayMarch22,2017@7PM
Emailtofollow.
GITSHARINGOURSUCCESS
SAVETHEDATE:Thursday,March16,20175:00– 7:30PM
Pop-upSTEMfairpluspanelwithWomeninSTEM.
Location:BoozAllenHamiltonInnovationCenter,90115th StreetNW,WashingtonDC
Whichprotégéhasinspiredyoumost?
GITMSINSPIRATIONAWARD
Thisawardwillbegiventothegirlwhohassharedherideas,encouragesotherstobemoreactive,andisarolemodelandinspirationtootherprotégés
GITSITES&RESOURCESPleaseFOLLOW,LIKE,SHARE&CONTRIBUTE!
#GITDC#GITMentors#GITGirls
*Blog:http://bit.ly/GITBlog
*Facebook:http://bit.ly/GITfacebook
*Twitter:http://bit.ly/GITTweet
*Instagram:http://bit.ly/GITInsta
*Snapchat:http://bit.ly/GITSnapchat
*Website:http://bit.ly/GITwebsite
*YouTube:http://bit.ly/GITYouTube
CLOSING
REMINDERS:• ApplyforGITScholarship• Registerforexperiencesandopportunities• Challengeyourselfandlearningsomethingnew• AddandsharewithusonsocialMedia• Writeablogaboutwhatyouenjoyed,emailto:[email protected]
• NEXTSESSION• Session#4:Passion+STEM- Tuesday,2/28/2017
Reminders:• Applyforjobshadowingandawardopportunities• RegisterforGITEvents• AddandsharewithusonSocialMedia• WriteablogaboutwhatyouenjoyedEmailto:[email protected]
• Session#2:LEADERSHIP• Tuesday,11/22/16
CLOSING
Reminders:• Applyforjobshadowingandawardopportunities• RegisterforGITEvents• AddandsharewithusonSocialMedia• WriteablogaboutwhatyouenjoyedEmailto:[email protected]
• Session#2:LEADERSHIP• Tuesday,11/22/16
CLOSING