A few weekends ago, PSG/CMS team members Dannyell Mitchell, Carlos Colon and Landon Lewis participated in a mentoring session for the local Girl Scouts organization. Thanks to Dannyell for the below article and Landon for the great photos.
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Mentoring Workshop and Giving Back to the Community
by Dannyell Mitchell
In the morning I participated in
a Speed Mentoring session with representatives from about 10 local companies
including PSG, Eaton, Citrix, Fidelity, Eaton, Cisco, GNK, and John Deere.
In this morning session
each company “Mentor” was assigned a table and the girls were able to go to
each Mentor for a speed mentoring session.
In the space of about 5 minutes we
gave brief background on ourselves, our educational and career paths, a typical
“day-in-the-life” and then answered any questions they may have as it related
to their career aspirations. We concluded by attempting to impart a little
“wisdom” that they could take with them on their journey. The girls ranged in
age from 7th and 8th grade middle schoolers to seniors in
high school. It was a lot to try to impart when you are timed with a bell
ringing to countdown “1 minute!” J But I think it was a great
introductory experience for the girls in terms mentor/mentee interaction.
The afternoon workshop was just
as awesome. Carlos Colon and Landon Lewis did an awesome job of walking the girls through
the “job” process of building a room air-conditioner from supplies you can find
at your local home improvement store. After introducing ourselves and giving a
brief synopsis of our job experience and roles with PSG we got the girls
involved by getting them to volunteer for roles of those involved in a typical
project. From the initial interaction with the Client and Sales Consultant to
the final QC with our commissioning agent and client turn-over. Carlos and
Landon did a great job of getting the girls to think through the process and
the “why” behind the various components of the system. We concluded with a
great Q&A .
Thank you Dannyell, Carlos, and Landin for representing Piedmont in what I know was a very interesting and educational session for these girls. Very nice job!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to make the room air conditioner! A very cool, hands-on approach to show the girls a real world application of our industry and something they can do on their own. Great job all around!
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