Upcoming VOLT Events
The VOLT Academy offers a variety of leadership training and orientation events for ASME volunteers throughout the year, including general leadership development workshops on topics relevant to ASME’s volunteer leaders for all interested volunteers as well as specialized training for various ASME units and volunteers in leadership roles throughout the Society. To find out what trainings we have coming up or to discuss training options for your ASME unit, please contact Clare Bruff, Director, Volunteer Engagement and Diversity at bruffc@asme.org.
Storytelling to Motivate and Inspire
Learning Objectives
Facilitator: Marc Santos has over 15 years of experience in engineering consulting, policy analysis, technology evaluation, business development, and more recently founding a start-up. He is a longtime ASME member and volunteer, including service as the 2008 ASME WISE Intern, member of the Committee on Government Relations, 2019 ASME Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow in the Office of Senator Chris Coons, and Vice Chair of Programs for the Volunteer Orientation & Leadership and Training (VOLT) Academy. Marc holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a M. E. in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College and is a licensed Professional Engineer in California and Texas.
Upcoming Leadership Training and Orientation Events
The VOLT Academy is pleased to present a special leadership workshop for volunteers attending the ASME Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California.
Storytelling to Motivate and Inspire
Telling an authentic and personal story can be one of the best forms of persuasion. Stories can open people’s minds and help them to see from a different perspective. As we strive to ensure ASME is an organization that values difference and welcomes all, we need to be able to tell the stories that will show the way and inspire others to join us.
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Hone your unique perspective
- Craft a persuasive message
- Inspire and motivate your audience
Date & Time: Monday, June 3, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Marc Santos has over 15 years of experience in engineering consulting, policy analysis, technology evaluation, business development, and more recently founding a start-up. He is a longtime ASME member and volunteer, including service as the 2008 ASME WISE Intern, member of the Committee on Government Relations, 2019 ASME Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow in the Office of Senator Chris Coons, and Vice Chair of Programs for the Volunteer Orientation & Leadership and Training (VOLT) Academy. Marc holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a M. E. in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College and is a licensed Professional Engineer in California and Texas.
Past Leadership Training and Orientation Events
- Setting up for Success Through Succession Planning (March 2024)
- Making it Easier to Talk about Race (December 2022)
- Balance – Carving Out Time for What’s Most Important to You (June 2022)
- Effective Mentoring for All Generations (February 2022)
- Performance Management: Using Positive Reinforcement and Other Techniques to Improve Team Results (October 2021)
- Leveraging Diversity to Make More Effective Teams (April 2021)
- Finding Opportunities in Times of Change (January 2021)
- Why You Need Resilience and How to Build It (June/July 2020)
- Succession Planning for ASME Units (March 2020)
- Communicating to Include (March 2020)
- Exploring Engineering Identity (March 2020)
- Communicating Effectively to Inspire Action (February 2020)
- Your Next Volunteer Position: Navigating Your ASME Volunteer Pathway (November 2019)