Erin Hogbin Student Professional Awareness Committee Chair Relationship Building Between Students...

Erin HogbinStudent Professional Awareness Committee Chair

http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/spac/

Relationship Building Between Students & Professionals

1 & 2 Sept 2007 Scottsdale, AZ IEEE-USA Leadership Workshop

Benefits of Good Relationships

Increased interaction between a Section and Branch

Leads to…. More successful section and region

events/meetings with increased attendance

Open doors for joint/shared meetings Future skilled volunteers for the Section

“Students are the Regions and Sections Future Volunteers”

Benefits to Regions/Sections

Students begin to understand how IEEE works for engineers and what resources are available

Students are retained as members after graduation

Students learn to become active IEEE Section and Region Volunteers

“Many current IEEE members started as Student members!”

What are some of the things you have

done?

How Do You Build the Relationship?

• Encourage Student-Professional Awareness Activities among student branches

• Identify good local speakers• Provide discounted rates for students

attending Section and Region events• Encourage members to organize and attend

joint professional awareness activities• Support student events

Some Specifics

• Communication– Make contact, not all branches know

they belong to a section

• Student Liaison on Section Excom– Voting or Non-Voting

• Provide Branch Mentors

Some Specifics

• Hold Meetings at Schools– Ex-com– Section– Chapter

• Invite to Section Meetings and Activities

• Student Leadership Training Workshops

Some Specifics

• Support Region Contests– Paper Contests– Hardware Competitions– Ethics– Programming– Website design

• Hold/Support Section Contests

• Tours

Some Specifics

• Engineers week

• Community efforts– Scouts– Future City– Math Counts– JETS– Science Fairs

• Show benefits of IEEE to careers

Some Specifics

• SPAC/S-PAVe

• Joint venture S-PAC/Professional Development Seminar

What are S-PACs?• Student-Professional Awareness

Conferences• Students plan and run the event with

consultation from S-PAC Regional Coordinators - The students do all Project Management

• Presentation or panel format related the professional awareness categories

• Topics are selected by students in consultation with SPAC Regional Coordinators (Regions 1-6) who will advise on finding speakers

What are S-PAVes? Student-Professional Awareness Ventures Venture can take on any form except

presentation format Student Branch submits proposal based on

the professional awareness categories with budget and schedule - The students do all Project Management

Start-up funds are available to initiate venture

Examples of S-PAVe Formats

Mock Interviews Resume Writing Skill Development Role Playing and Videotaping of an

Ethical Dilemma/Situation Networking/Etiquette Dining Creating a Skit Depicting Expert

Testimony in a Courtroom

Examples of Issues Related to Professional

Awareness Career Growth

Continuing Education Effective Communication

Working Balancing Work With Personal Life “Expectations vs. Reality”

Professional Ethics & Social Responsibility

Individual and Corporate Responsibility Coping with Ethical Dilemmas

Self-Management Managing Your Career Time Management

Engineer and Public Policy Grassroots Activism Understanding How Government Works

Importance of the Professional Society Networking Benefits

Examples of Issues Related to Professional

Awareness

How Does IEEE Promote Professional Awareness to

Students?

Student Professional Awareness

Conferences (S-PACs)

Student Leadership Training Workshops

Student Professional Awareness Ventures

(S-PAVes)

Steps for Organizing an

S-PAC or S-PAVe

Contact the SPAC Coordinator when the Branch has Decided on the Event Date

• R5 – Kristi Hummel• R5 – Kristi Hummel

• R6 – Erin Hogbin• R6 – Kim Motonaga• R4 – Kristi Hummel• R4 – Kristi Brooks

• R3 – James Howard• R3 – James Howard

• R2 – John Paserba• R2 – Joe Burns

• R1 – Vishnu Pandey• R1 – Vishnu Pandey

SPAC Contacts• Chair Erin Hogbin e.hogbin@ieee.org• Past-Chair John Paserba

j.paserba@ieee.org • IEEE USA Staff Sandra Kim sandra.kim@ieee.org

• Region 1 Vishnu Pandey v.pandey@ieee.org• Region 2 Joe Burns jfburns54@ieee.org • Region 3 Jim Howard j.howard@ieee.org• Region 4 Kristi Brooks

kristi.brooks@ieee.org• Region 5 Kristi Hummel

khummel@ieee.org• Region 6 Kim Motonaga

kmoto@ieee.org• Region 7-10 Marko Delimar m.delimar@ieee.org• Student Member Krenar Komoni krenar.k@ieee.org

S-PAC/S-PAVe Budget Considerations

Potential Income Sources

• Ticket Sales• Industry Donation• University• IEEE Local

Section/Region• RAB Subsidy (when

needed as a safety net)

• IEEE Societies/Chapters

Minimize Expenditures

• Forego spending on elaborate meals and refreshments

• No need for catering halls (large classrooms are fine)

Note that the SPAC Committee will pay for the approved National Speakers travel expenses, and are “off-budget” to the students planning process

Questions?

Erin HogbinStudent Professional Awareness Committee Chair

http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/spac/

e.hogbin@ieee.org