WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.812 >> IT'S TIME NOW TO GO INSIDE INNOVATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY DMI, MOBILIZING ENTERPRISES FOR THE CONNECTED WORLD. 2 00:00:12.812 --> 00:00:19.486 IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, IT IS ONE OF INDY WOMEN IN TECH'S MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE YEAR -- IGNITE YOUR SUPERPOWER STEM DAY. 3 00:00:19.486 --> 00:00:22.455 IT'S A GATHERING OF SOME 700 CENTRAL INDIANA MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS FOCUSED ON HONING THEIR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING 4 00:00:22.455 --> 00:00:29.729 AND MATH SKILLS. JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHY THIS SIGNATURE EVENT IS SO IMPORTANT TO INDIANA AND THE 5 00:00:29.729 --> 00:00:36.136 BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS IWIT DIRECTOR AND CHAIR KAREN MAGINN. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU! 6 00:00:36.136 --> 00:00:42.275 >> THE IGNITE YOUR SUPERPOWER EVENT IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR, STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND FROM 7 00:00:42.275 --> 00:00:46.846 THE BEGINNING, THIS HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR. I THINK YOU HAD 600-PLUS IN THAT FIRST YEAR. 8 00:00:46.846 --> 00:00:52.352 TALK ABOUT THE IDEA AND WHAT THIS IGNITE YOUR SUPERPOWER EVENT IS ALL ABOUT. >> THANK YOU. 9 00:00:52.352 --> 00:01:01.561 THE IGNITE YOUR SUPERPOWER IS FOR THE SEIVET SEVENTH AND H GRADERS THROUGH THE IPS, WARREN 10 00:01:01.561 --> 00:01:08.201 TOWNSHIP AND INDIAN CREEK. OUR FIRST YEAR WE HAD WELL OVER 600 STUDENTS THAT CAME, AND THEY GOT SO EXCITED, THEY GOT 11 00:01:08.201 --> 00:01:17.944 ENGAGED, THEY WERE HAVING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS, WE HAD SEVERAL SUPERHERO VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE 12 00:01:17.944 --> 00:01:26.152 LEADING THE STUDENTS AROUND, AND WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY WERE COMING AWAY SAYING, I THOUGHT MY BROTHER COULD DO 13 00:01:26.152 --> 00:01:30.390 THIS. >> PROBABLY A BIG ATTRACTION TOO IS THE FACT IT REALLY IS A HANDS-ON. 14 00:01:30.390 --> 00:01:35.595 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THESE YOUNG GIRLS ARE GOING TO BE DOING AT THIS EVENT. >> OKAY. 15 00:01:35.595 --> 00:01:45.104 SO WE HAVE 3D PRINTERS THAT WILL BE COMING IN, WE ALSO HAVE WHERE THEY'LL BE MAKING SNOW, SLIME, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF THINGS 16 00:01:45.104 --> 00:01:54.614 WHERE HEY GET REALLY EXCITED. THEY WANT TO REALLY DIVE IN, GET ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, AND WITH OUR 17 00:01:54.614 --> 00:01:59.519 VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE SEVERAL SUPERHEROS. 250 THIS YEAR WILL BE GUIDING THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE STEM 18 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:09.929 ROOM, AND THEY ARE ROLE MODELS WITHIN THE TECH COMMUNITY, AND THEY WILL BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND GIVING THEM INSIGHT AND JUST 19 00:02:09.929 --> 00:02:16.903 ENCOURAGING THEM AND GIVING THEM THAT SELF CONFIDENCE. LAST YEAR, WE HAD A COUPLE OF STUDENTS THAT WALKED AWAY 20 00:02:16.903 --> 00:02:25.745 SAYING, I COULD SEE MYSELF HERE, YOU KNOW, ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. BECAUSE OUR PARTNERS THAT HELP US GET THE IGNITE YOUR 21 00:02:25.745 --> 00:02:34.721 SUPERPOWER TOGETHER IS WOMEN IN HIGH-TECH, CONNER PRAIRIE AS WELL AS OF COURSE IUPUI WHERE WE'LL BE HOSTING AGAIN THIS 22 00:02:34.721 --> 00:02:40.493 YEAR, AND THEY SEE THEMSELVES ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS, THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES THERE, AND A FEW OF THE GIRLS EVEN SAID, I COULD SEE 23 00:02:40.493 --> 00:02:47.500 MYSELF BEING A SCIENTIST OR AN ENGINEER. AND THAT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE THOSE GIRLS JUST GET SO EXCITED 24 00:02:47.500 --> 00:02:55.108 ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES. >> IMPORTANT TO GET THEM ENGAGED AT AN EARLY AGE, WHICH THIS EVENT DOES. 25 00:02:55.108 --> 00:03:01.981 VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE BRICKYARD AGAIN, THIRD YEAR, THAT, TOO, HAS A COMPONENT VERY MUCH ABOUT EXPOSING NOT ONLY THE 26 00:03:01.981 --> 00:03:08.388 ORGANIZATION BUT ALSO YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS AS WELL TO STEM FIELDS. >> YES, SO WE ARE HAVING OUR 27 00:03:08.388 --> 00:03:19.499 THIRD YEAR FOR THE IWIT CHAMPIONSHIP LPGA AT THE BRICKYARD CROSSING AND THAT FULL WEEK, WE HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS. 28 00:03:19.499 --> 00:03:29.309 THE EXCHANGE, A STEM EVENT, AND OUR IWIT SUMMIT, AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PLATFORM TO MAKE AWARENESS OF INDY WOMEN IN TECH, 29 00:03:29.309 --> 00:03:39.052 MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SPONSORSHIPS AND DONORS, AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD 180,000 RAISED LAST YEAR THAT GOES TO THE IWIT 30 00:03:39.052 --> 00:03:44.924 FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION FOR THE WOMEN AS WELL AS OUR STEM DAYS. >> GREAT. 31 00:03:44.924 --> 00:03:55.034 >> AND I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT THIS YEAR, WE DID -- WE'RE THRILLED, WE GOT AN AWARD FROM JUNIOR LEAGUE OF INDIANAPOLIS, 32 00:03:55.034 --> 00:04:01.808 $20,000 TO SUPPORT US TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL IYS THIS YEAR. >> VERY GOOD. INDY WOMEN IN TECH, GREAT 33 00:04:01.808 --> 00:04:09.182 ORGANIZATION, AND AGAIN, THE EVENT COMING UP, IGNITE YOUR SUPERVISOR TOWER EVENT FOR SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS, 34 00:04:09.182 --> 00:04:10.183 AUGUST 22 AT IUPUI.