Computer Society Learning Series Webinar Personalizing Your CS Membership Experience: New Benefits for 2017 John Walz, IEEE Division VIII Director 24 August 2016

Agenda New Membership Experience –Why the Change? –Review all 5 tiers of membership myCS –The new way to read you CS magazines and journal subscriptions Skillsoft –Upgraded content and launch of a new platform TechIgnite –2 day event with a focus on Emerging Technologies, IoT, big Data, Cybersecurity –6 Keynotes including Steve Wozniak

Why The Change?  Provides members with a choice and lets them determine which benefits are useful to their career development.  Allows members to see the primary benefits more clearly.  Helps to reduce cost of membership.  Give us more information on which benefits members find useful.

Student Membership IEEE + Computer Society North America = US $40 Outside NA = US $35 Full member benefits Includes Full Access to Computer Society Digital Library

Basic Membership Provides the foundational resources you need as an IT professional to stay informed about current industry trends, including the latest research and professional practices from around the globe. Benefits include: Subscription to Computer magazine (12 issues per year) Subscription to ComputingEdge (12 issues per year)  Print North America  Electronic Elsewhere Unlimited access to computer.org and myCScomputer.org ComputingNow Newsletter Local chapter membership Members-only webinars Deep member discounts on all programs, products and services

The choice if you’re looking to learn new skills, refresh existing skills and ultimately ensure you have the skillset to do your job more effectively while advancing your career. All basic benefits plus…..  Skillsoft Complete: On demand training. Helping you to stay current, do your job, advance your career. Over 100 IT and business certifications with online mentoring. Videos, Books, Practice Exams, Mentoring, Challenge Series  Safari Books Online – 650 technical titles and videos  Three free Computer Society Learning Webinars: interactive monthly webinars on technical issues you deal with daily Training and Development

Research The best choice if you’re a technology professional in industry or academia who wants to stay up-to-date in our ever-changing technology landscape and identify solutions to specific technical challenges. All basic benefits plus … Choice of any two Computer Society signature magazines 30 tokens to the myComputer App 12 article downloads from the Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL)

The widest access to all Computer Society benefits. Preferred Plus benefits include: All basic membership benefits plus …  Your choice of any two Computer Society signature magazines  Skillsoft Complete: On demand training. Helping you to stay current, do your job, advance your career. Over 100 IT and business certifications with online mentoring.  Videos, Books, Practice Exams, Mentoring, Challenge Series  Safari Books Online – 650 technical titles and videos  Three free Computer Society Learning Webinars: interactive monthly webinars on technical issues you deal with daily  12 article downloads from the Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL)  30 tokens to MyComputer mobile app  Priority registration at Computer Society events  One-time 20% Computer Society online store discount Preferred Plus

2017 Membership Options Preferred Plus $60 $126 Cost With IEEEWith Out Research $55 $115 Training $55 $115 and Development Basic $40 $99 Student $40

Beginning 1 January 2017 digital subscriptions no longer fulfilled through Qmags. Past issues will be archived on Qmags. You will need to save issues. New issues will be archived on myCS. myCS is: Easily Accessible – desktop, eReader, laptop, tablet smartphone Customizable to your Preferences – adjust layout, color, text size Conveniently Archived – all CS journal and magazine subscriptions saved in myCS mycs.computer.org

Skillsoft: Upgraded Content On demand training. Helping you to stay current, do your job, advance your career. Over 100 IT and business certifications with online mentoring. For 2017 more than 30,000 additional assets added. Videos, Books, Practice Exams, Mentoring, Challenge Series Business 1,000+ courses 10,000+ books 140+ Business Impacts and 100+ Challenge Series Mentoring in PM, Six Sigma IT 2,000+ IT Skills and courses 14,000+ Books Online mentoring for 100+ certifications Test Prep Exams Desktop 460+ Digital Skills courses 890+ Books Online Mentoring for Digital Skills certification

Skillsoft: New Platform 8i Modern cloud-based content delivery platform that provides an unparalleled learning experience. Personalized homepage and profile Content recommendations, features topics and curated learning plans Powerful search engine with multiple filters Intuitive library display with easy access to new releases

Skillsoft Certifications Skillchoice IT - Over 100 IT Certifications with online mentoring including: (ISC) 2 BCS Professional Certifications 10+ Cisco Certifications: Routing and Switching, Security, Network Professional, Data Center, and Cloud 8 CompTIA Certifications: Linux+, Network+, Security+, and A+ EC-Council Linux Professional Institute Over 40 Microsoft Certifications: MCTS, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, and MCSD 16 Oracle Certifications: SQL, 12c, and Java Se 8 PRINCE2 Red Hat ScrumMaster Skillchoice Desktop Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and SharePoint with online mentoring Skillchoice Business ASQ Human Resource Certification Institute International Institute of Business analysis ITIL PRINCE2 Project Management Society for Human Resource Management

21-22 March 2017 San Francisco, CA, USA Six Keynotes SteveWozniak, Co-Founder, Apple Computers Grady Booch, Chief Scientist, Software Engineering, IBM Peter Fonash, CTO, Homeland Security Bill Ruh, Chief Digital Officer, GE Digital Brian David Johnson, Futurist, Intel Annette Bruls, VP Medtronic Four Tracks Emerging Technologies  Internet of Things  Big Data  CyberSecurity Fireside chat with Steve Wozniak on the future of Tech!