What is #NESTFlight?
Careers
Culture
Community
To Help you Fly
NEST Flight is a professional development conference packed with inspiring speakers, hands-on workshops, powerful panel discussions and one of a kind networking opportunities — all crafted to help students like you propel their careers, no matter where you are in your job exploration!
NEST Flight
Hundreds of students turned out for an unforgettable day of inspiration, learning, and connection. You blew us away! If you missed it, check out this video!
Your Career: Let’s Do This
We see you. You’re smart, talented and deeply motivated to create a meaningful career and kick-ass life. Your career plan is a work in progress and with the right opportunity you're going to make it happen! That’s what NEST Flight is all about. People, ideas, and ways to take the next step in your career path, so you can be ready to land that dream job.
Your Community:
We’ve Got Your Back
You’re going to school and doing the work to build a career you feel good about, but you don’t have to do it alone. We’re a community of professionals, mentors and peers ready to push open the doors of opportunity for you, just as others did for us.
Your Cultura: The Real You
Your culture, education, life experiences, talents, family, friends and the place you call home — they’re all important to your career because they all make up who you are. You don’t have to put away these parts of yourself to be "professional." You can show up as your whole self and make powerful professional contributions based on the insight your experiences give you.
2019 Keynote Speakers
2019 Panelists
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2019 SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
October 12, 2019
8:30AM - 10:00AM
Check-ins
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Welcome - Navigating a Conference
10:30AM - 11:30AM
Key Note Speaker: Guy Kawasaki
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Mentor Lunch
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Breakout Session 2
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Breakout Session 3
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Breakout Session 1
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Key Note Speaker: Eliana Murillo
7:00PM - 7:30PM
*Conference Raffle & Block Party
READY TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU FIND TALENT?
NEST Flight will bring together representatives from local companies and educational institutions with talented youth who are beginning to map out their career journeys. This conference will provide youth from under-represented communities with insight and inspiration about the tech empowered career opportunities available to them and what they need to do to prepare for those careers.
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