1. Shaping the future of global Young Professionals
Rafal Sliz, R8YP

2. Workshop plan Background information and reasoning Open discussion
Segmentation studies
Open discussion
Brainstorming
Conclusions

3. 2 Years Later... Transition from GOLD to Young Professionals
GOLD was a retention program
We have started creating VALUE, and our membership is growing!
Difficult for the GLOBAL MGA Young Professionals Committee to have a LOCAL impact
Largest membership benefit that we can provide: Professional Networking
New IEEE Young Professionals brand offers flexibility and opportunity to revitalize local affinity groups, and expand global reach

4. Young Professionals, a global view
Promote value of global member network
Build awareness for IEEE products
Generate awareness about technology trends and potential opportunities
Member Satisfaction
Mobilize an existing affinity group
Mobilize Regional Coordinator and/or Society Liaison(s)
Create micro-volunteering opportunities in Sections without affinity groups
Recruit new volunteers and/or promote succession of current volunteers
Form new affinity group, or revitalize dormant affinity group
Volunteer
Satisfaction
Collaborate with IEEE partners Students, Women in Engineering, IEEE-USA, Technical Activities, SIGHT, Educational Activities, etc.
Collaborate with non-IEEE partners
Engage in partner outreach and sponsorship activities
Partner
Satisfaction
Enhance Young Professionals awareness to elevate Student members
Drive conference registration or Society membership
Non-member sign-ups in IEEE Collabratec
New member sign-ups
Membership
Growth

5. 120,153 Young Professional Members worldwide*
Region 7: 5,667
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 8: 29,748
Region 9: 5,558
Region 10: 36,252
* based on December 2015 Membership Development report

6. IEEE Young Professional Affinity Groups Leveraging local volunteers: opportunity for global impact
Total number of groups (as of today): 167
Total active groups: ???
How can we as the leadership committee make it easy for volunteers to run events and expand the member network?

7. How Young professionals see IEEE
Higher Grade Overall
Young Professionals
Academic
Promotes highest professional standards
Global
Unbiased source of technical information
Relevant to industry
Innovative
Prestigious
Practical
Expensive
Thought leader
US centric
Approachable
Responsive
Humanitarian
Exclusive
view the organization as academic, innovative, and prestigious
BASE: Higher Grade (n=9181), Young Professional (n=2205)
Q22. When thinking about IEEE as an organization, please tell us how much you agree or disagree that each of the words describes IEEE.

8. Barriers for young professionals preventing from being more active
BASE: Higher Grade (n=9181), Young Professional (n=2205)
Q30. What are the barriers that prevent you from being more actively involved with IEEE?

9. Reasons to stay in IEEE Higher Grade Young Professionals
To remain technically current
To obtain IEEE publications
For continuing education
To network with others in the profession
To join IEEE Societies
To enhance my stature within the profession
To enhance my career opportunities
To obtain a reduced registration fee at IEEE conferences
To participate in local IEEE activities
To give back to my profession
To give back to the world community
To have access to discounts on professional & personal services
To access insurance
To participate in standards development
To obtain a Google - formerly IEEE alias
To participate in public policy
Enhance career opportunities was the key difference between YP and HGM in remaining IEEE membership
BASE: Higher Grade (n=9181), Young Professional (n=2205)
Q4. Which of the following reasons best describe why you continue to maintain your membership with IEEE? Please select all that apply.

10. Importance of IEEE products and services
Higher Grade
Young Professionals
Online access to transactions, journals, and magazines
84%
90%
Online access to conference proceedings
77%
83%
Online access to standards
74%
79%
Conferences
71%
80%
Opportunities for professional networking
67%
Technical Skills
66%
75%
Continuing education opportunities
65%
72%
Promoting the appreciation of technology and our profession to the general public
63%
Open access publishing
62%
Discounts on professional products and services
58%
69%
Interaction with other members
Representation on public policy issues related to the profession
56%
60%
Local meetings with other professionals
54%
64%
Online meetings/webinars
53%
Contributing to the people of the world through humanitarian efforts
49%
59%
Internet video programming of conference highlights, author interviews, and so on
Printed copies of transactions, journals, and magazines
48%
51%
Online career resources
47%
Printed books
50%
Salary and compensation benchmark data in your field
Ability to participate in standards development
45%
55%
Opportunities for leadership roles
44%
Awards and scholarships
43%
61%
Forums and newsgroups
46%
Non-Technical Business Skills
40%
52%
Having access to and obtaining responsive answers from the IEEE Contact Center
39%
Printed copies of standards
38%
Printed copies of conference proceedings
35%
Social networking
32%
Google account- formerly the IEEE alias
31%
Insurance and other financial products and services
28%
27%
Importance of IEEE products and services

11. Importance of the services
Conclusions
Barriers
Lack of time
Lack of knowledge how to get involved
Why to stay?
To remain technically current
To obtain IEEE publications
To continue education
Importance of the services
Online access to IEEE publications
Conferences

12. Proposed actions YPX-plore µVolunteering Events Loyalty program
Free access for YP to x articles/year
Solve: lack of benefits for YP
µVolunteering
Platform implemented to Collabratec
Solve: Lack of involvement, succession planning
Events
STEP -> Seed funding
Signature Events – IEEE and non-IEEE conferences
Crossectional congresses
Solve: Support for AGs, increase the visibility of IEEE, involve members and volunteers, educate volunteers and increase networking , industry reps
Loyalty program
Pokemons of volunteering
Solve: Volunteers engagement

13. Loyalty/Reward program
Brainstorming
Group 1
YPX-plore
Free access for YP to x articles/year
Solve: lack of benefits for YP
Group 2
µVolunteering
Platform implemented to Collabratec
Solve: Lack of involvement, succession planning
Loyalty/Reward program
Friday: 14:00

14. IEEE Collabratec alone can’t fix this problem
We can use it as a tool

15. YPX-plore

16. µVolunteering