Events for the week of 7/21

7/22 Noon: OpenGoddard Rountable
7/22 COB: Deadline for Goddard Ambassadors applications
7/24 5.30p: Happy Hour at Ruby Tuesday's across the street from the main gate

See below for details...

OpenGoddard ROUNDTABLE
Every Tuesday at Noon (email rivers.lamb@nasa.gov for location)

Inspired by the famous Algonquin Roundtable of the 1920s, the OpenGoddard Roundtable is a place where you can indulge in the luxury of participating in enlightened conversation about Goddard and other space related topics. Over lunch, we'll discuss news, developments, and ideas within the realm of space exploration! Bring a topic or just come to participate in an intellectually stimulating conversation!


GODDARD AMBASSADORS
There's still time to apply for the Goddard Ambassador Program.

Over the next year, Goddard will either lead or play a major role in the launch of nearly a dozen incredible science missions, an unprecedented period in the Center's history. With these missions, Goddard’s Launchfest 2008, and with the NASA and Goddard 50th anniversaries upon us, we expect huge numbers of visitors. The Goddard Ambassadors Program is a newly formed program designed to provide us with a trained cadre of experts who will engage with the public in new ways.

To meet Goddard's strategic goal to inspire, engage and educate people everywhere, this new program is designed to utilize members of Goddard's workforce to serve as official ambassadors for the Center. Ambassadors will speak to students and interns, give Center tours, be on television, have their profile on the Center's home page, in the Goddard View newsletter, or even on vodcasts and podcasts around the world. These activities could range from a lunchtime chat with 20 Goddard employees, to a community event with 50,000 visitors, to a TV interview that reaches millions. We are looking for employees from all walks of life on Center to participate in this exciting program.

Apply via the GOBBS website: http://diversity.gsfc.nasa.gov/programs_GOBBS.cfm

Candidates should respond to this advertisement with a written statement of objectives, statement of qualifications and Center employment background. Please also include what unique experiences and talents you as an individual Goddard Ambassador might bring to the community.

Applications will be accepted through Tuesday, July 22nd.

Goddard Ambassadors will be provided with knowledge about our programs and people, allowing them to be the experts in their own field while also having a broad knowledge of Goddard. The program will also provide participants the tools they need to give presentations, interviews, tours and more. The program will offer participants a half-day orientation, after which participants will spend between 4 and 12 hours per month, on average, participating in ambassador activities. This program will be a complement to the Toastmasters Club, which boosts public speaking skills, and the Speakers' Bureau, which responds to official requests for NASA speakers at public events.


HAPPY HOUR
Thursday, July 24th at 5:30 at Ruby Tuesday (across the street from the main gate!)

Come out and mingle with fellow Goddard folks after work! Connect with new people from across Center or just catch up with familiar faces in a casual environment! Now happening every other week!