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BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
NIVAS RAVICHANDRAN
IEEE Region 10 Young Professionals Coordinator – 2017
Transition from GOLD to Young ProfessionalsNew Name, New Feel!
“Graduated from their first professional degree within the last 15 years. There
will be an opt-in option available for members that do not meet this criteria.”
The name, “IEEE GOLD” was not instantly recognized as a Young
Professionals Group
Increase member awareness and engagement
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Inconvenient Truths about Young ProfessionalsInconvenient Truth #1
Belonging to a community alone does not drive us
–We are comfortable changing jobs every 2 years
–We are comfortable joining/leaving professional
associations
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Inconvenient Truths about Young ProfessionalsInconvenient Truth #2
We have a short attention span
–We are the connected generation, 15 seconds is our
maximum attention span
–We are not only content consumers, we are also content
creators
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Inconvenient Truths about Young ProfessionalsInconvenient Truth #3
Our time is limited
–Many YPs are starting new jobs/careers and families, so we
have to juggle our time
–There's only a small piece of time left for IEEE
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Inconvenient Truths about Young ProfessionalsThe Takeaway
The next “young” generation will be different than this one– IEEE must invest in it's IEEE Young Professionals program
in order to stay relevant
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Challenges faced by Young Professionals
increase in membership fee
Early in career with need to grow
Lack of recognition (in a few sections)
Lack of focused activities
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Importance of Young Professionals to IEEE
Increase membership retention rate
Develop and nurture future IEEE leaders
Recruit and develop YP volunteers for the section
Help recent graduates to find value in their membership
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Activities / Initiatives
Technical Workshops
Entrepreneurship activities
Investment Seminar
Power plant / Industry tours
Personal finance seminar
Humanitarian Workshop
Graduation reception
Volunteer Training
Career Decision
Career Fair
Humanitarian Activities
Skills Development activities
Leadership Training
Volunteering opportunities
Networking activities
Few fun activities
120,153 Young Professional Members worldwide*
Region 9:5,558
Region 1:6,445
Region 2:5,774
Region 3:6,803
Region 4:5,571
Region 5:6,586
Region 6:11,758
R1-6 Total:42,937
Region 7:5,667
Region 8:29,748
Region 10:36,252
* based on December 2015 Membership Development report
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Sections without Young Professional Affinity Groups
57Sections
39Have YP AGS
18Sections without AG
Sections which do not have Young Professional AGNorth Asia
• Changwon
• Daejeon
• Fukuoka
• Hiroshima
• Sapporo
• Sendai
• Seoul
• Shanghai
• Shikoku
• Shin-etsu
• Wuhan
• Xian
• Macau
• Nanjing
South Asia
• Gujarat
• Kharagpur
ANZ
• Northern Australia
South East Asia
• Republic of Philippines
2016 Congresses / MeetupsVolunteer Training: Students / WIE / Young Professionals
Region 10 India Congress
Japan YP Congress
Pakistan
Australia
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IEEE Young Professionals Meet up
Format:• Open to IEEE & Non-IEEE members• Graduating student members• Informal nature • Debates | Networking | Brainstorming• Minimal lectures• Beginning of the year
Strengthening the global IEEE member networkCreating global networking experiences at conferences
IEEE Conference Sponsored by Society(1000+ Int’l Attendees)
FREE Off-Site Meetup Event with Local IEEE Members
Young Professionals Event at Conference - (Panel, Hackathon,
“Breakfast with Mentors”)
International Conference Attendees
Local SectionIEEE Members
Global Professional Networking Experiences
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TIPS / ACTION POINTS TO SECTIONS
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Voice for Young Professionals in Executive CommitteeAction Point #1
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Encourage YP Representation in Region / Council CongressAction Point #2
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Encourage / Involve Young Professionals to Societies Action Point #3
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Support with funds/resources for activitiesAction Point #4
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SUCCESS STORIES
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Success Stories of Young Professionals EmpowermentIEEE Tokyo Section
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Success Stories of Young Professionals EmpowermentIEEE Bangalore Section
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Success Stories of Young Professionals EmpowermentIEEE Kerala Section
