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Technology training doesn’t get any more visceral and real than it does when Building Momentum shows up in Okinawa for two weeks of our Innovation Boot Camp(IBC)! When we arrived, we threw sixteen active-duty marines right into the deep end of the pool with a five day intensive IBC where they learned how to CAD (Computer Aided Design), 3D print, basic robotics, sensors and more!
Jon Margolick is Building Momentum’s first Entrepreneur-in-Residence. He collects and tests scalable innovation practices for large organizations, from the tools that help the pioneers get started to the leadership practices that ensure those early sparks catch and expand.
Albert Vega, co-founder of local small business Building Momentum, is seeking the Democratic nomination for Springfield District supervisor.
Tom Sullivan, the Chief Operating Officer of Building Momentum, is recognized with a 2022 Alexandria Chamber of Commerce 40 Under 40 Award for his professional accomplishments, leadership and community impact.
For some speaking up and sharing their perspective feels so second-nature, that they hardly think about it at all. For others, it feels crushing. If you identify with the second scenario more than the first, you’re not alone, and I’m with you too. However, in my first three years as a young professional, I have learned a lot about finding my voice at work.
Co-Founder of Building Momentum, Brad Halsey, questions modern leadership practices and if the military would be more effective adopting a vulnerable and empathetic culture of feedback and leadership.
If you come in for a building tour, it can be difficult to describe all that we do at Building Momentum. Senior Associate of Education, Cecily, outlines a typical Friday at The Garden. A “fly on the wall” of sorts – or, to make it more tech-savvy, a day as a drone.
We celebrate diversity in the use of our space and love that you can visit [The Garden] for a night of Wine & Welding, a Saturday afternoon of woodshop classes, or to drop your child off for their after-school Laser Cutting Club (all run by the Build Mo team at The Garden). ALL of this could be happening while there is a wedding just a few feet away, a ThinkWrong training session, or while Local Motion and Yellow Door are putting on a jazz concert with interpretive dance.
One thing that always elevates a simple picture is attention to the lighting of your photos. Let’s talk about how DIY lighting can vastly improve the reception and quality of your shots!
My initial fear of speaking up will always be present, but finding a unique and silly way to express myself allowed me to overcome enough of that fear to be a productive, confident, and more useful engineer and person in general.