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FRC Town Hall

November 18 + 21, 2024

Welcome! Please mute for now and �add your team number to your name

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Agenda

11/18: Happy Birthday Woodie!
Meet new faces of NE FIRST
FIRST Senior Mentors
Strategic Plan: Mentor Development Focus
District updates
Opportunities and requests
Open discussion and questions

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Faces of NE FIRST

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FIRST Senior Mentors

Maine: Jamee Luce
New Hampshire: Ken St. Hilaire
Vermont: Scott McCalla
Massachusetts/Rhode Island: Liz Calef
Connecticut: Stacey Hilton

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2022–2025 NE FIRST Strategic Plan

MENTOR DEVELOPMENT

CORE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

OUR MISSION: Inspiring technology literacy and creativity in youth through hands-on, mentor-based programs across New England. We accomplish this in collaboration with FIRST, the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM Education.

OUR VISION: To prepare a generation capable of solving the world's most complex and critical problems.

AREAS OF FOCUS

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Critical Success Factors

�RELATIONSHIPS

Enlist key influencers and strengthen existing alliances

�REPUTATION

Share our story to build credibility and trust

�REACH

Expand program capacity to increase our impact

�RESOURCES

Develop strategic relationships to increase revenue

RESULTS

Focus on key outcomes and measure impact

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District Events

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What we are looking for!

2026 District Venues

Share an info flyer with venues that seem large enough
Invite potential hosts to a 2025 event to see what it’s like
Email nominations to sheaton@nefirst.org

FIRST Senior Mentors

Massachusetts
Rhode Island

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District Updates

Teams should be secured before December 2 (new date!) to avoid KOP shipping fee

NEW! Community Calendar

For every team to share their outreach opportunities and events!
Invite communitycal@nefirst.org to your event
Events will be reviewed and given a category that will sync them to a NEFIRST.org page�

Event Experience

Email experience@nefirst.org for accommodation requests and general event feedback �

District Championship

Two fields of 48 teams each! 96 NE teams will qualify
Two surveys emailed out last night! Field names and Team

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NE Mentor Slack

Community Resource

628 mentors as of November 21!
Channels from #bumper-testing to #wcmp
#frc-announcements for extra places to receive updates

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NEMC 2024

Inaugural event

Hosted at WPI in August
138 attendees from 15 states
2 keynotes, 10 presentations, �4 panels, 1 rainy ball game�

Recordings

Slides and videos posted to nefirst.org/conference
May add 1-2 more �

Hope to see everyone there in 2025!

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Opportunities

FIRST University Day at UCONN, December 7

Altair Global Student Contest

Use any Altair software for a FIRST project
Share your results at https://web.altair.com/global-student-contest-2024
Win cash prizes, sponsorship for your FIRST team, and/or a paid Altair Ambassadorship!

Get a Coke, Share a Coke

Become a member of Alltown Neighborhood Perks
Visit https://myneighborhoodperks.com/coke weekly
Choose NE FIRST and Alltown contributes $2.50 each time
You get a free drink from any Alltown location!