Presenter: Elise Cronin-Hurley (Team 1902 Exploding Bacon, FL) FIRST@elisech.com
Thank you for joining us at the 2026 FRC Training in Mexico with
Team 4400 - Cerbotics, for Building Resilience: Team Sustainability.
A step by step resource for developing and implementing team continuity. The presenters walked through a process to help you unpack your team’s current available information, discover what else you might want to develop, and build a living document that is easily transferable to a next generation.
This presentation is an evolution of numerous such presentations that have been developed and contributed to from the experiences of numerous mentors.
Thank you to the mentors who have contributed, including
Elise Cronin-Hurley, Wendy Austin, Amanda Little, Laurie Shimizu, and Joyce Walters
- all of whom have participated in presenting the content since 2021.
Now, FIRST has created a tremendous resource through their Training Portal. Creating Team Sustainability, is a 75-minute training module that also includes some interesting worksheet assets to help teams develop a more sustainable process. Some of their information was sourced from and inspired by our sustainability presentations located here at FIRSTMentorLife.com.
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About the Presenters:
Elise Cronin-Hurley, Team 1902 Exploding Bacon
Elise's Story
- Volunteer Experience
- Event Organizing since 1988
- FIRST & 4-H Mentor since 2011 (Team Lead for Hall of Fame team,
4-H Exploding Bacon Robotics 1902, 2016-2019) - Communications Director for Orlando and Tallahassee Regionals,
in Florida - FIRST Hall of Fame Chair and FIRST Mentor Conference Planning
Committee and presenter - 3 years in a row
- Work Experience
- Graphic Design since 1985/Website Design since 2000
- Professional consulting experience: assisting organizations develop and recover digital assets.
- Education
- Bachelors: Organizational Communication 1990
- Masters: Public Admin w/focus on Non-Profits 1994
Tip
Conduct a SWOT Analysis with your whole team. Defining your Strengths, Weaknees, Opportunities and Threats. Consider these when making decisions.
About the Author
Serving as a mentor since 2011, Elise Cronin-Hurley also served as a Team Lead of 4-H Exploding Bacon Robotics Team 1902 for the 2016 - 2019 seasons. She volunteers at numerous FIRST events, on regional planning committees, mentor conferences and currently serves as the chair of the FIRST Hall of Fame. She has conducted numerous workshops on imagery, chairman's and team organization. By day she is a freelance web and graphic designer. Read More about Elise