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Originally Posted by seg9585
You'll have to enlighten me I guess. Can't really find any good information on what meaningful impact he's had to promote STEM besides talking about how dope it is. If the point is to get the public interested in STEM then why is his only appearance about this at the FIRST Championship where he's preaching to people already involved? Shouldn't he promote it at every other event he hosts or speaks?
Should we invite Kanye West next year, or maybe Miley Cyrus? They have quite a few Twitter followers, are these the kind of people we want to aspire to be?
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His foundation claims
15 teams of funding. I recall a team picture that had the logo on the banner, but it's not in TIMS--so call it at least anecdotal confirmation.
Coca-Cola had already been around FIRST from the Atlanta days, but I doubt the Ekocycle printer collaboration happens without Will's involvement (remember, he was in the TV spots). Whatever you thought of the printers themselves--hey, we're giving out 3D printers where there weren't any before.
Oh, and dare we bring up the arm-twist of Intel (which he's also affiliated with) to bankroll the I Am FIRST telecast on one hour of prime time on ABC?
I'm not saying Will is perfect, or even the best thing to happen to FIRST (you'll have a hard time knocking Woodie off)--but he isn't just preaching to the choir.
(And if Kanye takes the invite, I'd welcome him with open arms...but let's invite him to speak at the mentor breakfast to be safe.)