IEEE NSW Student Branch Leaders Catch Up 2020
Luke Wicent Sy
IEEE NSW Student Representative
2020 Jun 10
Agenda
- Welcome Speech
- Colin Elston (Chair, IEEE NSW Section)
- Important information that you should know
- Sudipta Chakraborty (Vice-Chair IEEE NSW Section)
- Question Answer Session
- Senior members of Section
- Break Out Session: Planning future events
- Section History
- Picture Taking (?)
How to run a successful Student Branch?
Basic Advice
- Be organised - aim to be efficient and high impact
- Communication and Marketing
- Social Media
- Email channels
- Events
- Social and Technical (Fun OR Tech. awe OR Both)
- Be aware of the undergraduate/postgraduate divide
- Collaboration events (Uni level, fellow SBs, YP, Tech chapter)
Basic Advice
- Take advantage of the IEEE Network
- Get industry and academia involved
- Every branch should organise a student and young professional social event
- Funding
- Draw upon other sources of funding outside the section
- Talk to your head of school. Leverage the IEEE brand.
- University student organisation
- Fundraising
Discussion Goals
- WHY run a student branch?
- It benefits our members and me
- HOW can we run a successful student branch?
- any lessons from the past?
- WHAT activities should be held?
Value Preposition
- What should your fellow student member get out of their IEEE membership? Create a list of benefits
- What would a student member want from a club (technical professional organisation)?
What you (SBs) can do?
- What have been the best events that you have participated in? Why was it successful?
- What kind of activities can be run in this COVID lockdown?
How we (NSW) can help?
- What involvement do you have with the branch councillor? How can they or the section support you? (Student $\leftrightarrow$ Councillor)
What we (SB and NSW) can do?
- What can active (and inactive) SBs and SB Chapters do to support each other? (SB $\leftrightarrow$ SB)
- What activities/competition can the SB’s can run both locally and across NSW? (Industry? Humanitarian?)
- What can branches do to increase events/engagement with industry/young professionals (SB $\leftrightarrow$ YP)?