Host a Girl Powered Workshop

How to Host a Girl Powered Workshop

Girl Powered Workshops are virtual or in-person events hosted by our community in order to get young women excited about STEM and robotics opportunities available to them.
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Instructions for Event Partners
  1. Login to RobotEvents to register your October Girl Powered Workshop event and have it approved by September 22, 2024.
  2. Provide your shipping address under the Event Partner Payment Address field. Event organizers are responsible for distributing materials to event attendees.
  3. Your Regional Support Manager will review your registration, and you’ll be notified when it’s approved.
  4. Workshop boxes will be shipped after September 22, 2024, to the address provided in the Event Partner Payment address field. Please note that Event Partners outside the United States are responsible for any taxes or duties incurred upon arrival in their country. To confirm this understanding, we will provide a form for Event Partners to acknowledge their responsibility prior to shipment.
Instructions for New Event Partners
  • Reference our Support Map to find your local Regional Support Manager (RSM). They will be shown under the event Inquiries heading.
  • Email your Regional Support Manager with your Girl Powered Workshop event request.
  • Your REC Foundation Regional Support Manager will connect with you on next steps.
Resource Materials
  • Assets – Templates for Girl Powered Pledge, Event Planning Checklist, Press Release, Fundraising Letter, Speaker Invite Letter, Event Day Sign In Sheet, and a Post-event Thank you Letter
  • Activities – Ideas in-person and virtual workshops on Robotics and Drones
  • Girl Powered Flier and Pledge – Templates for digital and printable formats.

To access them all, click here.

Please Note: We ask that you keep attendance of your event by using the Event Sign in Sheet available here.

We expect you to complete a Post-Event Survey in November and this year, we will have a drawing prize for survey participants. Stay tuned!

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Will the $5 fee for my Girl Powered Workshop be waived?
A: Yes! The Regional Support Manager should waive the $5 fee when they approve the event (assuming the event is free)!

Q: What if I am charging a fee for my event? Will the $5 fee be waived?
A: If you are collecting fees for your event, the $5 fee will not be waived.

Q: Who will be able to receive the marketing boxes?
A: The criteria is the following:

  1. The event must take place during the month of October 2024.
  2. The event must be approved by the Regional Support Manager
  3. The event must have a shipping address (which will be the Event Partner Payment Address). 
  4. The event must be posted and approved by September 22, 2024. If an event is approved after September 22, 2024, it will not receive a box (even if there are less than 150 events that meet the criteria listed).
  5. The event must be one of the first 150 approved meeting these criteria
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