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Membership Development Report Region 4 Meeting January 2010. Tarek Lahdhiri, PhD, PE, PMP, SM-IEEE Region 4 MD Chair. 1. Responsibilities. Promote Membership Development and diversity
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Membership Development ReportRegion 4 MeetingJanuary 2010 Tarek Lahdhiri, PhD, PE, PMP, SM-IEEE Region 4 MD Chair 1
Responsibilities • Promote Membership Development and diversity • Development, implementation and evaluation of programs intended to recruit new members, retain existing members and recover members • Analysis of membership statistics • Support the Senior and Fellow membership program • Create new MD products that fits the Region • Enhancement & maintenance of the MD Web pages • Communicate member feedback to IEEE MD committees 2
Key Activities in 2009 • Participated in MD meetings • Developed and distributed Media to promote MD resources • Conducted workshops and seminars to increase IEEE membership awareness • Special visits to local sections • Presented Membership Benefits Module 3
Dec-09 – Active Membership by Region Record Year for IEEE : 397,001 Region 4 Membership Change from 2008 to 2009: • Professionals: ( - 1%) • Graduate Students: +27.3% • Undergraduate Students: +14.1% • Total: +2.4%, Second Best Change in the 6 US Regions 5
2010 Renewal – Through Dec-09 • Last Year > • 45.5% through Dec 6
MD Team Strategy • January through April • 85% effort - Retention / Arrears Recovery • 15% effort - Recruitment • May through August • 15% effort - Arrears Recovery • 85% effort - Recruitment • September through December • 85% Recruitment • 15% Renewal monitoring Recruitment is now the primary growth-driver of membership 7
MD Team Strategy • Maintain total membership count at same level as prior year • Recruit new (not a member previously) higher grade members above the Section’s total recruitment from the prior year • Migrating members – those who moved from one section to another do not qualify • Use SAMIEE for MD analysis in your area and reaching your membership 8
Member-Get-a Member Program • Member-Get-a-Member rewards current IEEE members for referring new members to join. • Members receive $15 per higher grade member recruited. • $2 per student member recruited • HG members cannot earn awards on students recruited. • Annual max award of $90 per member 9
Plan for 2010 • Develop Membership Development Plan for R4 • MD Chair in every Section • Membership Kit for all sections • Promote the of use SAMIEEE and access to the MD Virtual Community • Promote Membership Development . Discuss member benefits and the value of Networking • Visit Student Branches and discuss the career benefits of IEEE membership and life after graduation 10
Plan for 2010 (Ctnd) • Participate in the MD meetings. • Work with local Societies to support a membership desk at their conferences. • Make use of the IEEE-USA Membership Incentive and IEEE membership incentives. • Deliver MD Training at every Region Conference and meeting. • Promote Senior Member upgrades. • More communications with Section MD Chairs. 11
Key Websites for MD Development • IEEE MD Website (Main) http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/membership_dev • IEEE MD Virtual Community https://www.ieeecommunities.org/ieee.md.net?type=join • IEEE-USA Career Navigator http://careers.ieeeusa.org 12
Membership Recruitment Kits Membership Development Manual • Member Benefits • Membership Development Calendar • Monthly Checklist • Letter Templates Brochures • Prospect Brochure • Multimedia CD-ROM • Member-get-a-Member Program & Business Cards • Society, Standards Memberships • Benefits Brochure • IEEE Financial Advantage Program Giveaways • Posters • Bookmarks, Pens, Bumper Stickers 14
Membership Development Manual • Description: • The must-have resources for MD officers • Advice for developing new members and retaining old • Also available in PDF format • Usage: • Summary of duties • Membership development guidelines, calendar • Correspondence templates • Concise list of member benefits • How to respond to objections 15
Online Order Form www.ieee.org/mdsupplies 16
MD Online Communityhttps://www.ieeecommunities.org/ieee.md.net • Repository of MD documents • Communicate • Collaborate • Share Practices • Time-sensitive alerts • Archive of past MD webcasts 17