Educational Activities

Dr. Gary L. Blank spoke today about activities to engage members. He suggests obtaining instant feedback from your lower members by asking them what they think of their membership. Learning

He suggests the following activities:

1. Online professional development
2. Member professional awareness conferences (M-PACS == PDS)
   
3. Professional engineer license review (The P.E. is highly recommended, one noted benefit by Dr. Blank is that you can testify in court to aid a lawyer - He mentions that it is really fun!)
   
4. Educational partners program (take an on-line course with one of the participating Universities and get a discount of 10%; earn CEUs, PHDs)
   
5. Expert now (The best 1 hour courses presented at IEEE conferences and meetings, must pay, learn at your own pace, earn CEUs, PHDs)
   
6. e-Books (Downloadable books, less than $10 a book)
7. Webinars (Offered aperiodically and they are advertised)
   

The following websites can assist with setting up the aforementioned activities:

• http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers
• http://www.ieee.org/web/education/profev/pdtopics.html
• http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/pace/mpac.asp
• http://www.ieee.org/web/education/partners/eduParteners.html
• http://www.ieee.org/web/education/Expert_Now_IEEE/Catalog/index.html
• http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks/

How can sections organize educational events?
Audience suggestions:

• Set up a meeting around an Expert Now. Project the video so many people can gain the knowledge, but only pay the fee once.

What kinds of educational events make good programs?

• Anything that I can gain a PHD or CEU from.
  

What would you like to see IEEE & IEEE-USA do to help our members educationally?

• Improve the mode of communication. The content is great, but some of the speakers are poor.
• Interactive models on-line that promote learning (i.e. learning about a DC motor)