IEEE USA President Candidate Tom Coughlin 1
About Me More at: http://www.tomcoughlin.com/ieee_usa_president. html Senior Member of IEEE (1992), Member (1981) and Student Member (1978) VP, IEEE USA Professional Activities (2017) Chair, IEEE Public Visibility Committee (2016-2017) Member, IEEE New Initiatives Committee (2017) Member Industry Engagement Adhoc Committee (2017) Past Director, IEEE Region 6 (2015-2016) Chair, 2011 IEEE Sections Congress Chair, R6 Central Area (2008-2009) Chair, San Francisco Bay Area Council (2007) Chair, Santa Clara Valley Section (2007) President, Coughlin Consulting, Data Storage Consulting (2000-now) 2
Our Challenge In today s world, with all its distractions and uncertainties, how can we be the people our culture needs us to be? How can we attract the next generations of technologists into the IEEE, with their diversity and different approaches to getting things done? We must change, or die If you re not busy being born, you re busy dying (Bob Dylan) 3
My Objectives Work to create a top level membership experience and increase membership in IEEE USA Increase participation in professional activities, STEM and career development Create a more efficient and cost effective IEEE USA Increase IEEE connections with industry Represent the interests of our members to the government Have fun! 4
What We Should Do Return to membership growth in the US Regions focus on member retention and corporate memberships Work with other IEEE OUs to create a stronger and more efficient and effective IEEE Let s get involved in the next generation of technologists participate in STEM, Maker Faire, FIRST Robotics, etc. Increase involvement in humanitarian activities, such as MOVE and GHTC 5
What We Should Do Support entrepreneurs and consultant members Support regional activities to have joint meetings, job search services, etc Support continued IEEE USA public policy Increase IEEE USA public visibility Pursue industry engagement 6
2016 IEEE Member Satisfaction Survey---Note important but low satisfaction items! Satisfaction by Importance Higher Grade Members Without Graduate Students (2016) 0.65 0.60 Less critical strength Top 2/3 Box Most critical strengths continue to be conferences online access to transaction, journals, magazine online conference proceedings Conferences More critical strength Online access to transactions, journals, and magazines 0.55 Online access to conference proceedings Satisfaction (Mean = 38%) 0.50 0.45 0.40 0.35 Google Apps @IEEE.org accountformerly the IEEE email alias Printed copies of transactions, journals, and magazines Printed books Discounts on professional products and services Open access publishing Opportunities for professional networking Printed copies of conference proceedings Online meetings/webinars Continuing education opportunities Printed copies of standards Ability to participate in Local meetings with others Technical Skills Awards and standards development Interaction with other scholarships Internet video programming of members Access to IEEE Contact Center conferences, author interviews, etc. Promoting technology to public Lower priority improvements Importance (Mean = 52%) Online access to standards Salary and compensation Insurance and other financial Opportunities for Technical skills has risen as top benchmark data in your field products and services leadership roles Representation on public policy issues improvement opportunity. Also promoting 0.30 Contributing to humanitarian efforts related to the profession appreciation of technology to general Forums and newsgroups Online career public interaction w/other members, Social networking resources local meetings and representation on Non-Technical Business Skills public policy) 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80 0.85 Top improvement opportunity BASE: Higher Grade (n=9181) Q14. Thinking about the types of products and/or services you may expect a professional association to offer, please indicate how important each of the following items is to you. Use a 1 to 5 scale. Q16. Now thinking about your IEEE membership, how satisfied are you with each of the products and/or services as offered by your IEEE membership. Use a 1-10 scale. 7
2016 IEEE Member Satisfaction Survey---Note important but low satisfaction items! Satisfaction by Importance Student Members Including Graduate Students (2016) 0.65 Less critical strength Top 2/3 Box Students cite similar top strengths to Higher Grade* members. More critical strength Online access to transactions, journals, and magazines 0.60 Online access to conference proceedings Conferences Satisfaction (Mean 48%) 0.55 0.50 0.45 0.40 0.35 Google Apps @IEEE.org account- formerly the IEEE email alias Printed copies of standards Printed copies of conference proceedings Insurance and other financial products and services Lower priority improvements Printed copies of transactions, journals, and magazines Having access to and obtaining responsive answers from the IEEE Contact Center Social networking Forums, newsgroups, and other online collaboration tools Printed books Salary and compensation benchmark data in your field Online meetings/ webinars Internet video programming of conference highlights, author interviews, and so on Ability to participate in standards development Representation on public policy issues related to the profession Student branch meetings (Students) Student contests (Students) Promote appreciation to public Opportunities for leadership roles Non-technical Skills Local meetings with other professionals Online access to standards Continuing education opportunities Discounts on products and services Opportunities for professional networking Interaction with other members Technical Skills Contributing to the people through humanitarian Awards and scholarships Online career resources Students** cite similar improvement opportunity to Higher Grade* in technical skills and interaction with other members. More Interest in awards, online career resources and humanitarian contribution. 0.30 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90 Importance (Mean 67%) Top improvement opportunity *Without Graduate Student Members **Including Graduate Student Members 8 BASE: Students (n=1496) Q14. Thinking about the types of products and/or services you may expect a professional association to offer, please indicate how important each of the following items is to you. Use a 1 to 5 scale. Q16. Now thinking about your IEEE membership, how satisfied are you with each of the products and/or services as offered by your IEEE membership. Use a 1-10 scale.
What the Survey Tells Us Higher grade as well as student members want continuing education and networking opportunities HG Members want representation on public policy issues that impact the profession HG Members want local meetings and chances to interact with other members Students want on-line career resources, awards and humanitarian contributions Let s make these things happen! 9
Membership Participation Efficiency Representation Fun! My Goals Vote for Tom Coughlin as IEEE USA President 10
We Have the Power 11