Increasing Industry Support for IIE

1. Increasing Industry Support for IIE Roman Hlutkowsky August 19, 2005

2. Premise: IIE needs a well defined industry advisory group to be successful • Natural tendency to focus on CIE as this group • CIE is a well established organization that must continue to provide input to IIE • But many of the needs of an industry advisory board don’t necessarily mesh with CIE

3. What are the objectives of an industry advisory group? • Provide an “industry voice” • Help define relevance of the institute to the practitioner • Identify needs of the industry consumer • Small, medium, large • Ensure that the industry perspective is communicated to the BOT • Identify issues and concerns of the group • Respond to questions from the BOT • Represent all member organizations • Businesses, consultants, government • Promote Corporate IIE membership

4. What are the objectives of an industry advisory group? • Help shape the IE graduate “product” • Participate on Visiting Committees • Provide a consistent message • Provide ABET evaluators • Nurture development of students in student chapters

5. What are the objectives of an industry advisory group? • Ensure that excellence in our fields are recognized • Nominate deserving candidates for institute awards • Actively recruit and develop successors to leadership positions within the institute • Recognize and promote best practices to all member companies

6. What are the objectives of an industry advisory group? • Help identify and develop our human resources • Female, minority recruiting • Alliances with sister organizations • NSBE, SWE, etc • Formalize co-op and internship • Create new funding sources • Scholarships, grants, sponsorships

7. What should an industry advisory group look like? • Must reflect our industry membership and profiles • Small companies/sole proprietors • Medium Companies • Large companies • National and international focus • Government agencies • Consultancies

8. What should an industry advisory group look like? • Must span the plethora of industry types • Manufacturing • Steel, automobile, • Consumer Products • Durable goods, soft goods • Service • Hospitality, transportation, banking, telecom • Healthcare • Hospitals, Pharma • High Tech • Electronics, computers

9. Many challenges exist to successfully create and harness such a group • How to organize? • 20 to 30 member “board” • Must include CIE • Executive director or assigned rep • Target director and above position • Ensure all constituencies represented • Maybe form an “Industry Division” • Invite Society heads as appropriate

10. Many challenges exist to successfully create and harness such a group • How to meet and communicate? • Session at annual conference • Morning or all day session • Conference calls • Quarterly, bi-monthly, monthly • Website, emails • Column in IE magazine

11. What are the next steps to form and launch the group? • Form a launch team • Refine and extend charter from BOT • Recruit initial “board” members • Governance, interaction, etc • Develop member communications • Work with staff to raise awareness • Gain BOT approval on plans • Prepare for first meeting in Orlando • Aggressive timetable • Forum to solidify the function of the group • Active listening by the “board”