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Student Branch Fundraising, Activities, Events, & Recruiting IEEE Southeastern Michigan Student Branch Officer Training Don C. Bramlett, PE, SMIEEE, FESD, FMSPE IEEE MGA Treasurer IEEE Region 4 Advisor IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Advisor DTE Energy – Senior Project Engineer

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Student Branch Fundraising, Activities, Events, & Recruiting. IEEE Southeastern Michigan Student Branch Officer Training. Don C. Bramlett, PE, SMIEEE, FESD, FMSPE IEEE MGA Treasurer IEEE Region 4 Advisor IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Advisor DTE Energy – Senior Project Engineer. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Student Branch Fundraising, Activities, Events, & Recruiting

IEEE Southeastern Michigan Student Branch Officer Training

Don C. Bramlett, PE, SMIEEE, FESD, FMSPE

IEEE MGA TreasurerIEEE Region 4 Advisor

IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section AdvisorDTE Energy – Senior Project Engineer

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Sections Cover Broad Scope Locally

Technical Activities Board

Parent Committees - WIE, YPs, LMC,

Consultants NetworkIEEE Societies & Technical Councils

Geographic Unit Structure

Divisions

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IEEE-SEM Section Map

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IEEE-SEM SectionStudent Branches

University of Detroit Mercy

Michigan State University

University of Michigan – Ann arbor

University of Michigan – Dearborn

Wayne State University

Lawrence Technological University

Oakland University

Eastern Michigan University

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Planning

5 Ps

Proper

Planning

Prevents

Poor

Performance

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Fundraising

Normally there may be four (4) different kinds of money the Branch may need to raise:

Operating Funds - for continual expenses

Seed Money – an “advance” for an event

Subsidy Money – to reduce the cost for members

Capital Funds – to buy things

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Fundraising (continued)

Sources of Funding:

IEEE Allotment and Rebate

IEEE Region, Section, Technical Societies, Chapters

University – Department Head, Student Associations

Local Industry

Campus fundraising events or activities

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Fundraising (continued)

Considerations:

Brainstorming is a good way to thinks of ideas

Best Practices from other Student Branches

Be aware of University Fundraising constraints

Need to be careful not to tarnish the image of IEEE, the University and engineering, in general

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Fundraising (continued)

When asking outside sources for money:

Donor must have funds to give (not everyone does!)

Put the request in writing and include a brief budget

Convince them of the merits of your cause and how their involvement with help both you and them

Show them that your proposal is well-thought out and that you are soliciting form others as well

Give them time to make a decision and then follow-up

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Event Planning

Invite on-campus technical/professional speakers

Organize field trips to industry

Enter design, paper, poster & website competitions

Plan fun social events

Conduct community service events

Operate pre-university program events

Hold Engineers Week program

Plan an IEEE S-PAx

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IEEE-SEM Section Events

Conferences

Spring Section Conference

Fall Section Conference

Technology for Humanity Conference

Section Technical or Professional events/workshops

Technical Society Conferences

Chapters – 17 Chapters represent 24 Technical Societies/Councils

Chapter Technical Meetings

Affinity Groups – YPs, LMs, WIE, CN

Affinity Group Meetings

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Who qualifies for IEEE Student Membership?

Undergraduate or graduate students taking at least 50% of a normal full-time course of study (going to school at least part-time)Listed below are some IEEE pertinent fields. These are important because it is from these areas that you most likely to recruit new student members.

EngineeringComputer Science and Information TechnologyPhysical SciencesBiological and Medical SciencesMathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, Law and Policy

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Recruiting Student Members

Need to have a program of activities of interest to prospective new Student Members

Need to publicize; get IEEE before students

Need to make personal contact; ask students

Need to have spirit and enthusiasm

Need to make students feel welcome

Need to listen to student needs

Need to follow through with commitments

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Region 4 & IEEE-SEM Section Student Branch Support

IEEE Region 4 Student Activities Committee Chair

Steven D. James – [email protected]

IEEE-SEM Section Chair, Student Activities

Nevrus Kaja - [email protected]

IEEE-SEM Section Student Representative

Samar Koda – [email protected]

Section website: http://sites.ieee.org/sem

Section Student Activities: http://sites.ieee.org/sem-sa/

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Conclusion

The End

Have Fun!!

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