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    About the VOLT Academy

    Volunteer Orientation & Leadership Training

    Welcome to ASME's Volunteer Orientation and Leadership Training (VOLT) Academy, a resource for all ASME volunteer leaders. As volunteers, you contribute your time and talents to ASME for a variety of personal and professional reasons, and come to ASME with varied backgrounds and a diverse array of skills. In order for the Society and to achieve its full potential and realize the benefits of its broad range of members, volunteer leaders must be well prepared to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the positions or offices they hold, and understand the strategic relevance of their work in the context of ASME's purpose, mission, and vision.

    The VOLT Academy offers a range of programs for current volunteers at all levels in ASME, including leadership workshops, orientation for new committee and unit chairs, programs for emerging volunteer leaders, and more. 

    Upcoming Leadership Training and Orientation Events

    Check back soon for more events.

    Past Leadership Training and Orientation Events

    • Generative AI Foundations (June 2026)
    • Creating a Successful ASME Initiative (March 2026)
    • Leading Through Uncertainty: Practical Strategies for Resilient Leadership (June 2025)
    • Forming Successful Teams (February 2025)
    • Storytelling to Motivate and Inspire (June 2024)
    • Setting up for Success Through Succession Planning (March 2024)
    • Making it Easier to Talk about Race (December 2022)
    • Balance – Carving Out Time for What’s Most Important to You (June 2022)
    • Effective Mentoring for All Generations (February 2022)
    • ​Performance Management: Using Positive Reinforcement and Other Techniques to Improve Team Results (October 2021)
    • Leveraging Diversity to Make More Effective Teams (April 2021)
    • Finding Opportunities in Times of Change (January 2021)
    • Why You Need Resilience and How to Build It (June/July 2020)
    • Succession Planning for ASME Units (March 2020)
    • Communicating to Include (March 2020)
    • Exploring Engineering Identity (March 2020)
    • Communicating Effectively to Inspire Action (February 2020)
    • Your Next Volunteer Position: Navigating Your ASME Volunteer Pathway (November 2019)