Motorola Hosts Girl Scouts for High-Tech Program

     Release Date: 10/17/2006
     Press Contact: Lori Sullivan, 954-739-7660 ext. 219
     
     Motorola Hosts Girl Scouts for High-Tech Program
     Experience designed to expose girls to technology-related careers
     
     PLANTATION, FL --- Motorola (NYSE: MOT) will host a group of 11-17 age girls from the Girl Scouts of Broward County on Friday, October 20 from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at its Plantation facility for a second consecutive year. The South Florida chapter of the Motorola Women’s Business Council, one of the five Motorola Diversity Business Councils, will offer Girl Scouts a full day of technology experiences, including:
     --A visit to the Model Shop, where ideas come to life. Girl Scouts will see the rapid prototyping machines and processes at work, as well as make some parts of their very own
     --Introduction to Future Technologies presentation
     --Concept/Design Development presentation
     --GPS (Global Positioning System) Technology demonstration
     --3D/CAD Modeling (3-D computer-assisted design) demonstration. Girl Scouts will use the computer program that mechanical engineers use to build mobile phones and radios.
     
     Many of these activities will help the girls earn the technology portion of their “Build a Better Future” Girl Scouts badge. The group will also have the opportunity to speak with executives and learn about multiple career disciplines within Motorola. As a prerequisite, participating Girl Scouts will make a technology collage to bring to the event.
     
     “Motorola’s goals for this event are threefold: to expose girls to the many female faces who influence the technology they use everyday, to encourage girls to choose technology-related fields in the future, and to receive market research from the girls,” said Amy Tupler, Site Leader of the South Florida Chapter of the Motorola Women’s Business Council and a product manager for Motorola’s iDEN® Mobile Devices business. “The Girl Scouts’ goal is to have a fun, interactive, and educational experience in a major technology company and to help the girls achieve the technology portion of their ‘Build a Better Future’ badge.”
     
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     About Girl Scouts:
     Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 3.7 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouting is the leading authority on girls’ healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The organization serves girls in every corner of the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, as well as destinations abroad. Girl Scouts of Broward County, Inc. serves more than 8,900 girls and 4,500 adult volunteers. For more information on local registration, volunteer opportunities, or opportunities for support, call 954-739-7660 or visit www.browardgirlscouts.org.
     
     About Motorola’s Diversity Business Councils
     Motorola has five worldwide business councils: the Women’s Business Council, Asian Business Council, Black Business Council, Latino Business Council, and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Business Council. Their purpose is to leverage diversity by providing support to Motorola’s business initiatives and goals through brand awareness and marketing, community involvement, retention and recruitment, and personal and professional development.
     
     About the South Florida Motorola Women’s Business Council
     Our mission is to create a distinctive business advantage for Motorola by leveraging markets fueled by female consumers and improving business relationships influenced by female decision makers. We will simultaneously help establish Motorola's status as an employer of choice where women's talents and creativity are fostered and celebrated and their contributions are valued and recognized.
     
     About Motorola
     Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $35.3 billion in 2005. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit www.motorola.com.