GOLD Graduate of the Last Decade Lori Hogan Lori Hogan 2006 IEEE Canada GOLD Coordinator 2006 IEEE Canada GOLD Coordinator Past IEEE Region 7 Student Representative, 2004-5 Past IEEE Region 7 Student Representative, 2004-5 [email protected][email protected]IEEE Region 7 Student & GOLD Congress IEEE Region 7 Student & GOLD Congress 16 September 2006 16 September 2006
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Past IEEE Region 7 Student Representative, 2004-5Past IEEE Region 7 Student Representative, [email protected]@ieee.org
IEEE Region 7 Student & GOLD CongressIEEE Region 7 Student & GOLD Congress16 September 200616 September 2006
What is GOLD?
• Acronym that stands for Graduates Of the Last Decade… for graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals who have received their first professional degree within the past ten years
• Plan events and create opportunities for people in this category, but events and resources usually available to ANYONE (including Student Members!)
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GOLD Affinity Groups
• Local unit of an IEEE entity or standing committee established by petition to parent entity (GOLD, Consultants Network, Women in Engineering, Life Members)
• There are currently 12 GOLD Affinity Groups in our Region; Students, is there one in the same Section as YOUR Branch?
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GOLD Demographics
• Average age is 31 years • 90% Member, 9% Associate, 1% Senior Member • 70% have undergraduate degrees• 30% have advanced degrees
– Masters, MBA, PhD, ScD
• 89% Male, 11% Female • Top societies include:
– Computer, circuits & systems, communications, power engineering, signal processing.
Data as of 20 July 2005
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Statistics:Statistics:GOLD affinity groups (growth by year)GOLD affinity groups (growth by year)
1718191618146109Total
226324 19Region 10
331331 14Region 9
9 2222118Region 8
42 41112Region 7
3411 9Region 6
13 2219Region 5
26 1 1 10Region 4
1 1 115Region 3
1 22 5Region 2
1 4128Region 1
2005200420032002200120001999AG
Year Formed
Data as of 31Dec 2005
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Statistics:Statistics:GOLD Members (per Region)GOLD Members (per Region)
GOLD MembersRegions
27076Total
4249Region 10
1173Region 9
4825Region 8
1798Region 7
3945Region 6
2363Region 5
2030Region 4
2208Region 3
2301Region 2
2184Region 1
Data as of 12 July 2006
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IEEE Structure - where is GOLD in the IEEE?
MEMBERS
Board ofDirectors Assembly
PublicationProducts &Services
IEEE - USA EducationalActivities
RegionalActivities
Regions
StandardsAssociation
TechnicalActivities
Student Activities
Committee
GOLD Committe
e
……..
Sections
Student Branches
GOLD Affinity Groups
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Value of GOLD to IEEE
• Increase retention rate • Organization evolves with each new
generation of members• Develop future IEEE leaders• Increase participation in all events • Recruit and develop GOLD volunteers for
the Section
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Value of GOLD to IEEE Members
• Help recent graduates find value in their membership
• Help connect graduate students to local professional community
• Provide recent graduates with professional and personal development opportunities
• Network with other professionals in all member grades
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Value of GOLD to IEEE Volunteers
• Contribute to the engineering community• Introduce GOLD to the IEEE volunteer
organization• Help develop leadership skills• Network with volunteers worldwide• Allow senior volunteers to share their
experience with the recent graduates
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SAC and GOLD: Why GOLD needs SAC
• Members from SB feed into Section after graduating, and they fit directly into GOLD!
• Students provide the opportunity for GOLD to outreach
• The new Graduate Student Member fits into both SAC and GOLD concerns; we have a common audience to address, a common set of volunteers!
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SAC and GOLD: Why SAC needs GOLD
• Immediate mentorship and guidance; we've just been through it!
• GOLD members have industry and company ties that are useful to SBs
• Joint events can lend some weight to Student-planned activities
• Again, the GSM
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GOLD program/activities for members
• Concept: – International/Regional (global) vs. section (local) activities.
• International Activities: – Developed and executed by RAB GOLD Committee– Accessible to ALL GOLD members – Consistently provides membership value to members– Methods of delivery: Internet or IT-based tools
• Local Activities – complement the activities delivered through virtual means by
RAB GOLD Committee – provide face-to-face opportunities – organize activities that meet unique local needs
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IEEE Mentoring Program
• Provide mentoring opportunities within the IEEE community:– mentoring relationship is not dependent on change of job.
• Web-based program. • Conducted a pilot program in 2005; involving Region 1,2,3. • Invite higher-grade members up to age 55 as mentors• Invite higher-grade members up to age 40 and GOLD
members as mentees• Informal style of mentoring where mentee self-selects
mentor by searching for potential candidates • Article in print June 2006 The Institute• Complete communications for launch, which should be in