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

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

Kamara BrownPresident, NASA Academy Alumni Association

(NAAA)

GoalGoalTo share concepts on how to motivate

and retain young space enthusiasts from a student perspective.

Ideas to InspireIdeas to InspireGo Where They MingleBe ProactiveAlternative PROther Methods

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

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

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

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

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

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