Stuarts Draft High School is launching their new event called: “Lunch with Future Leaders” and we have been invited to spend some time with the students to discuss with them our careers and the paths we took to get to where we currently are. This is a great opportunity for us to show our passion for what we do and give some insight to students who are trying to make important decisions about their future. As a community focused company we value events like this that allow us to interact with young people who will soon become the bright minds of the future.

Eric and Youssef will be having lunch with the students at Stuarts Draft High School on Tuesday, October 14, 12pm – 1pm.

Below is one of the news releases sent out by the school:

Stuarts Draft High School is launching “Lunch with Future Leaders”, an opportunity for young professionals to promote job skills and career pathways.  Once a month over lunch in the high school cafeteria, the featured guest and a group of students will be able to discuss educational foundations, the joys and challenges of a particular career, and job-specific knowledge necessary for achieving the students’ plans for their future. The first guest will be Sam Rasoul, candidate for the United States 6th Congressional District on Spetember 18th. Anticipated future guests will include local individuals in their 20’s and 30’s from a variety of interesting fields and professions. The core idea behind “Lunch with Future Leaders” is to allow students the opportunity to learn first-hand about the varieties of careers available and how to reach their potential in a chosen field.  The featured professionals will also benefit from hearing about the next generation’s ambitions and enjoy the chance to display how their own dreams have come to fruition.  Questions about this program can be directed to SDHS Principal, Donna Abernathy, or program sponsors Jonathan Kern, Government teacher, and Jenny Gardner, Career Coach.

I’ll be presenting HighTechCville to the Neon Guild next Monday, September 15.

I’ve been looking forward to this for months because most of the people information in HighTechCville comes from the Neon Guild public membership database. My initial success in finding Communities of Interest came about by looking at the over 200 people in the Neon Guild and finding 8 folks who were all technical writer folks! I would never have guess that there are enough people in the Neon Guild who do technical writing to do a group dinner together!

See you’all there!

Here are directions from Debra Weiss:

Location:
Inova Solutions
110 Avon Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Directions from downtown Cville:
Take Market Street E to Ninth/Avon St, turn right.
Go over the bridge, get in the left lane.
Look for Spudnuts on the left.
Turn Left at Spudnuts, and then another immediate left.
Follow around, you’ll see a large brick building. That’s Inova.
Go around to the front of the building and park.
Take the elevator to the second floor. We’re in the café.