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Rocky Mountain Water Young Professionals

- The Future of Water

Agenda• Background• Events and Programs• Lessons Learned• Questions

Rocky Mountain Water Young Professionals

- The Future of Water

Empowering a new generation of water and wastewater professionals while upholding the values of AWWA

and WEF.Promote Development.

Build Community.Provide Value.

Have Fun.

Presenter

Presentation Notes

YP Committee went through the process of developing their own Vision, Mission, and Values. Great for marketing and consistent messaging.

RMWYP Committee Co-

Chairs

Activities

Service Project

Education

Outreach

Geographic Leaders

YP Operator Liaison

Student Chapter

Treasurer

Webmaster

Membership Involvement

Communications

Awards and Publications

• 12 Subcommittees• 32 YP sub-committee co-chairs• Succession Planning

RMWYP Structure

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Presentation Notes

Broad scope of activities, professional development, generic committee functions to be apart of. No volunteer gets turned away, find something interesting YPs will find a place for you.

Events and ProgramsTours and Happy Hours

• 4 a year• Locations near CU, Mines, and

CSU – encourage students• Keep it interesting

• Breweries• Water treatment plants• Water reclamation plants• Aquarium• Zoo

Denver Aquarium

Water Recycling

Tour

Breckenridge Brewery Wastewater PlantMetro Wastewater Tour

Events and ProgramsRMWEA and RMSAWWA

Governing Board, YP Trivia Night

• Organic way to integrate YPs with Boards

• Fun and less intimidating than most professional development events

YP Summit• Send two members to the

WEF/AWWA YP Summit

YP Service Project• First Annual 2018, 40

attendees growing from there

Water for People• Softball Tournament• Thirstyfest

First Annual YP Service Project – City of Denver

YP Attendees 2018 YP SummitThirstyfest – Raised $16,000

Events and Programs

Professional Development

• Negotiation Seminar• Resume Help• Career Path

Negotiation Training

Emotional Intelligence

Lecture

Events and Programs

Successes and ChallengesSecret to Successes

• Constant engagement with events and programs

• Succession planning for committee Co-chairs

• RMWEA Board participation

Current Challenges

• AWWA Chapter is creating a new YP Group

• Organizational buy-in from YP employers

• Geographic Isolation (New Mexico, Wyoming, Parts of CO)

Next Steps

• New collaboration opportunities, ASCE, Stormwater etc.

• Student Chapter outreach/program development

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Successes – events and programs, keeps the group engaged and networking easier, dedicated YP committee chairs and subcommittee chairs, board engagement getting to know the Yps encouraging them to be apart of more.

Thank You! Questions?

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