Reported by Y W Liu

R10 Globalization of Professional Activities Coordinator

Section Congress 2008 Recommendation  - There are a good number of IEEE member benefits that are relevant or accessible to Regions 1 - 6 members only.  IEEE should implement similar benefits of local relevance across all regions. (Member Benefits). 

The Globalization of Professional Activities Committee was formed and this is the 2009 progress report.

MGA IEEE Globalization of Professional Activities Committee Report Highlights: -

 

1.    IEEE Free e-Book and Webminar http://ieeeusa.org/careers/gpa/

These services were already provided by IEEE USA and is now extended to all IEEE members.  It is an excellent resource for the benefit to the career, project management, employment and financial services to all members.  Volunteer leaders are encouraged to promote and to make use of the resource to organize forum and technical activities, e.g. training courses to members and students.  This is in particular beneficial to Region 10 members to practice their English language skill.

 

2.    Products, Services and Models that Already Exist –

Section chairs and volunteer leaders are urged to check below list and to take the initiative planning similar new activities that can most benefit members in their locality.

 

We can make reference to this excellent resource to achieve the goal of R10.  Should you need more information, send your question to Y W Liu, ywliu@ieee.org.

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Professional Activities: Products, Services and Models that Already Exist

IEEE Comprehensive List of Products and Services
(collected by Committee Members)

IEEE-USA (Regions 1-6)
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10

 Recognition

Awards (Professionalism Awards, Technical Achievement Awards, Literary Awards) -(IEEE-USA)

Student Services

·        Student Video Competition (IEEE-USA)

·        Mass Media Fellows Program (IEEE-USA)

·        SPACs (IEEE-USA)

·        TISP -- Teacher in service has been promoted in some Countries of R9. The Teacher In-Service Program features IEEE Section engineers developing and presenting technologically-oriented subjects that matter to local pre-college students. This program has been coordinated for students and committees, and has been successful where it has been presented. (A Region 9 Service)

·        Various competitions for students: Student Branch Website Design Competition and Telus Innovation Design Competition, Student Paper Competition (A Region 7 Service)

·        Student Leader Congress once a year for section and student branch executives (A Region 7 Service)

·        WISE Program (IEEE-USA): Washington Internship for Students of Engineering Program provides the opportunity to juniors and seniors in University to spend time in Washington, D.C., writing a technology policy paper and meeting with Government officials.

 

Public Policy Services

·        Eye on Washington (IEEE-USA): High readership among members from Regions 7-10.

·        Public Policy Awareness (Press Releases) (IEEE-USA)

·        Government Fellowships (IEEE-USA)

·        Federal, State, and Local Advocacy (IEEE-USA)

·        Grassroots Advocacy Program (IEEE-USA)

 

Publications/Communications/One Stop Shopping Websites

·        Today’s Engineer – Online and print (IEEE-USA): High readership among Regions 7-10.

·        IEEE-USA Website (IEEE-USA)

·        IEEE Website (IEEE-USA)

·        IEEE-USA E-Books (IEEE-USA): High interest among Regions 7-10.

·        Free IEEE PA books: (See Appendix A)

·        The IEEE Latin America Transactions – An IEEE electronic periodical published in Spanish and Portuguese by IEEE Region 9. It includes original papers written in Spanish and Portuguese covering several areas of electrical engineering. Students as well as experienced engineers should benefit from the publication. The homepage for the publication is: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/9/etrans/   (A Region 9 Service)

·        Coordinate PA activities in sections through local PA leaders Report on a regular basis (A Region 8 Service)

·        Digital Library http://www.ieee.ca/diglib/index.html (A Region 7 Service)

·        Two annual publications: IEEE Canadian Review and Canadian Journal (A Region 7 Service)

Career Maintenance

·        Career Navigator (IEEE-USA): www.ieeeusa.org/careers. One-stop shopping website that links to products and services.

·        Career Checkup (IEEE-USA)

·        Salary Service - Member Version (IEEE-USA)

·        IEEE Career Lifecycle  Web Page www.ieee.org/careers (IEEE-wide)

·        Career Website: http://www.engineeringcareers.ca/ in association with EIC

Career Development/Employment

·        Career Asset Manager (IEEE-USA): Inventory your career and employment history

·        The Beyond Job Satisfaction Fieldbook (IEEE-USA): A workbook to analyze and create a plan to be satisfied in one’s job

·        Employment Navigator (IEEE-USA): Utilizes spidering technology to search for hard to find jobs (currently U.S. only)

·        Innovation Styles Profile (IEEE-USA): Online tool to analyze your innovation style

·        Consultants Services Web site (IEEE-USA)

·        Region 9 Job Site -- It was launched in 1994. Region 9’s target is to make the best qualified individuals in the Electrical areas available to companies, and at the same time facilitate IEEE R9 members the best job opportunities in the Region. The Job Site is a free service in its first “post” for companies, and this service of job opportunities is only available to active members of the IEEE. (A Region 9 Service)

 

Training

·        Careers Webinars (IEEE-USA)

·        Annual Meetings (IEEE-USA)

·        Career Development Courses (IEEE-USA)

·        P.E. Exam Review Courses (IEEE-USA)

·        Webinars (IEEE-USA)(Region 10 wants more)

·        Continuing Professional Development courses (IEEE-USA))

·        DLT -- Distinguished Lecture Tours: Technical Chapters are encouraged to take advantage of this benefit that the Societies’ offer. Several DLTs take place during the year in Region 9 Countries. (A Region 9 Service)

·        Region 9 Technical workshops, seminars and expositions -- They are organized on a yearly basis, except for Andescon (every two years). These events are of greater importance in their technical areas, because they are an excellent opportunity to update knowledge, to establish professional relations, to close business deals, to promote the networking among attendees and the great exhibition areas, where manufacturers and distributors in the electrical, electronic and computer fields can be in direct contact with the attendees.

-         Andescon. (Andean technical conferences and exposition) takes place in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. http://www.andescon2008.com/

-         Concapan (Central America & Panama technical conferences and exposition. Belongs to Central America http://concapan2009.org/

-         RVP (Power summer meeting) Acapulco, Mexico. www.ieee.org.mx (A Region 9 Service)

 

·        Organize lectures and workshops in Sections (A Region 8 Service)

·        Facilitate use of Webinars and Online seminars (A Region 8 Service)

·        Webinars http://www.ieee.ca/diglib/webinars.htm (A Region 7 Service)

·        Distinguished Lectures (R7 used to have IEEE Canada Lecturers, but not widely

·        publicized or used) (A Region 7 Service)

·        Collaboration with other professional organizations, such as PMI, APEO, OSPE in offering courses (A Region 7 Service)

·        Two annual conferences within R7: IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and

Computer Engineering (since 1998) and IEEE Canada Electrical Power and Energy

·        Conference (since 2004) (A Region 7 Service)

·        Support for Mini-Conference & Mini-Symposium (International Conference for

·        Upcoming Engineering (ICUE); Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy; Toronto International Conference – Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH) (A Region 7 Service)

·        Project Management and Leadership Training courses offered twice, along with BoD Meetings (A Region 7 Service)

·        Webcasts: (A Region 7 Service)

·        Professional Development Units for IEEE-organized seminars in Alberta (A Region 7 Service)

·        Workshops to assist Provincial Certification in Ontario and Alberta (A Region 7 Service)


Networking

·        Entrepreneurs Village (IEEE-USA)

·        IEEE-USA TechMatch – online matching of IEEE Entrepreneurs and funders (angels, VCs and other sources)

·        Employment & Career Strategies Communities (IEEE-USA)

·        IEEE-USA LinkedIn

·        IEEE-USA Facebook

·        IEEE-USA Twitter

Employer/Independent Employment Services

·        Consultants Database (IEEE-USA)

·        Innovation Institute (IEEE-USA)

·        Salary Calculator and Reports (IEEE-USA)

·        Consultants Network (Exists in all regions AICN run by IEEE-USA)

 

Auxiliary Services

·        Develop strategic alliances with companies.   Industry may have interesting series of programs and resources like free developer kits, conferences, workshops, sponsorships for students, teachers and engineers that can also benefit IEEE members. (A Region 9 Want)

·        IEEE Canada Insurance Program: (A Region 7 Service)

·        Discounts to IEEE members in UBC Continuing Education courses, APEO courses (A Region 7 Service)

·        IEEE Canadian Foundation support to McNaughton Centers in Universities and Colleges and funds special grants http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/index.htm (A Region 7 Service)