1. Top Ten Reasons to Join Holly Marshburn GSA Communications Officer Nova Southeastern University ITDE Dissertation Café Megan Murtaugh GSA/AECT Board Representative Tuesday, April 23, 2012 7:30PM

2. 1- Student Membership Rates Membership TypeRate New student$75 New regular$125 New regular (plus ETR&D)$175 New retired$60 Corporate$400 InstitutionRate varies

3. 2- Professional Development Annual convention Summer leadership conference Workshops  First Principles of Instruction Webinars  When Can You Trust the Experts?  World Class Education: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students  Digital Badges & the Educational Revolution  Are you Digitally Literate?

4. 3- Leadership Opportunities (GSA) President AECT Board Rep AECT Chief Openness Officer Communications Officer Prof. Ethics Committee Rep Culture, Learning, and Tech* Design & Dev. Board Rep Distance Learning Liaison* International Board Rep ITForum Rep Multimedia Prod. Board Rep Research & Theory PD Liaison* Systemic Change Board Rep Teacher Education Board Rep Training & Perform. Board Rep

5. 4- Career Center Job postings Profile Job search Job alert

6. 5- Publications & Conference Proceedings Educational Technology Research & Design TechTrends Distance Learning Quarterly Review of Distance Education

7. 6- Awards/Scholarships NSUAward for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design AECT IAP-DDL Awards ect Mentor Endowment Scholarship Immersive Learning Award-Grad McJulien Minority Graduate Award Robert M. Gagne Award for Graduate Student Research in Instructional Design Young Researcher Award

8. 7- Internships Convention Behind the scenes Leader mentors Board meetings Special events Intern class activity

9. 8- Service Opportunities Convention  Facilitator  Reviewer  Volunteer-Tech, Reg., Book Store, ISMF Organization Positions  Committee  Liaison  Representative

10. 9- GSA Convention Track & Activities Job hunt Research agenda Publishing tips Futurist panel Contests Brown bag lunch Welcome reception Socials

11. 10- Networking Grad students Professors Leaders in the industry Prominent researchers

12. How to Join Visit this link to join: http://aect.site-ym.com/general/register_start.asp?ref=6D99908C-673A- 4DA8-BC1D-A30664C932A7

13. Questions