Sections Congress 2014 Breakout Sessions, Learning Labs, and IGNITE! Sessions
During IEEE Sections Congress 2014 (SC2014) Breakout Sessions, speakers shared information on specific topics with attendees, leaving time for a question and answer period. The following three program tracks were established:
- Enhance Member Satisfaction
- Improve Volunteer Experience
- Reach Globally with Local Touch
In addition to attending five 75-minute traditional Breakout Sessions throughout the weekend, attendees were offered several new program options, including Learning Labs and IGNITE! Sessions.
Session topics are included on this page. Presentations are linked to session topics.
Registered attendees can download the mobile app or access the Web site for more information
Attendees and non-attendees can also review the following in more detail:
- full pocket schedule (PDF, 5.6 KB)
- abstracts/descriptions of the program sessions (PDF, 479 KB)
- speaker bios (PDF, 518 KB)
- moderators (PDF, 316 KB)
Enhance Member Satisfaction
Session topics include:
- Advancing Career Resources for Members - McCorkle, Grayson (PDF, 5.9 MB)
- Attracting and Retaining New Members - Wan, Perez (PDF, 2.2 MB)
- Building Technical Communities - Hebner, Lerendegui, Ward-Callan (PDF, 3.7 MB)
- Embracing Young Professionals - Wong, Worboys, Milicevic (PDF, 4 MB)
- Engaging Students and Student Activities - Paserba, Schmid (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- Engaging with the Practitioner - Mintzer, Coughlin (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- IEEE-wide Opportunities for Continuing and Professional Education - Kam, Fujii (PDF, 2.1 MB)
- Improving IEEE Engagement in Industry - Cox, Hua, Kennedy (PDF, 713 KB)
- Member Grade Elevation and Member Recognition - Papomichalis, Martinez (PDF, 470 KB)
- The IEEE Professional Productivity and Collaboration Tool (PPCT) - Ford, Setti, Day (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Improve Volunteer Experience
Session topics include:
- Best Practices for Small and Mid-Size Sections - Beheshti
- Driving Section Vitality - Rice, Szabo (PDF, 540 KB)
- How to Promote Your Local Events - Monica, Perez, Stickel (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- Leadership Development for Volunteers - Shoop (PDF, 768 KB)
- Meeting Member Technical Needs by Building Strong Chapters - Tejera, Zurada (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Recruiting and Volunteer Succession Planning - McKee (PDF, 605 KB)
- Tips and Tricks for Getting Young Professionals to Volunteer - McKee (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Training Opportunities for Volunteers - Arellano, Aleman, Madison (PDF, 2 MB)
- Viable Financial Models for Organizational Units - Gupta, Bramlett (PDF, 889 KB)
Reach Globally with Local Touch
Session topics include:
- Conducting Conferences - Here, There, and Everywhere - Moses, Debono, Root (PDF, 2.8 MB)
- Developing your Networking Skills - Blank, Young (PDF, 2.2 MB)
- EPICS in IEEE and TISP - Two Key Programs that Impact Your Local Community and Pre-University Educators - Ramesh, Pelham (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Ethics as a Global Concern - Kalasky (PDF, 312 KB)
- Getting Speakers for Your Section - Joffe, Luiken (PDF, 824 KB)
- Humanitarian Efforts - Navarro, Kulkarni, Schneider Brown (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- Importance of Standards for Industry Practitioners - Kraemer, Bartleson, Handal (PDF, 3.6 MB)
- Partnering with Other Professional Societies - Wong, Lloyd (PDF, 967 KB)
- SMART Cities - Engaging Technologies and Communities - Betis, Larios, Tonti (PDF, 10.2 MB)
Learning Labs
For Section leaders interested in learning more about a particular IEEE tool, Learning Labs are ten- to 25-minute sessions providing live demonstrations on resources from MGA, Technical Activities, Educational Activities, and other IEEE organizational units. Some Learning Labs also used presentations, hyperlinked below.
Topics include:
- A Section Leader's Guide to Understanding IEEE-HKN, the IEEE Student Honor Society - Ramesh (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Engaging Life Members Locally - Cruz, Kemp (PDF, 580 KB)
- Explore How Your Section Can Participate in Engineering Education Accreditation Activities - Kam
- Google Apps - Lehotzky
- ICAP - Conformity Assessment for IEEE Standards - Green
- IEEE and the Life Sciences - Hudson (PDF, 425 KB)
- IEEE Awards Program - Terman (PDF, 1 MB)
- IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence - Almuhtadi, Sen, Zajc (PDF, 292 KB)
- IEEE Conference Exchange (ICX) - Goodwin (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- IEEE Foundation: Transforming Lives through the Power of Technology and Education - Jamieson
- IEEE Technology Navigator - Flescher
- Importance of Standards Education and Section Engagement Opportunities - Irvine
- Introduction to IEEE Web Hosting - Luu
- Nominate Someone from Your Section: IEEE Educational Activities Board Awards - Ramesh (PDF, 658 KB)
- On-line IEEE Educational Activities Board Resources and Portals - Irvine
- Professional Productivity and Collaboration Tool: Networks and Research - Martinez, Melley, Schwartz
- Resume Lab - McCorkle
- Section Vitality Dashboard
- Senior Member Application - Martinez
- Solve for X: Engaging IEEE to Accelerate Progress on Technology Moonshots - Hecht, Ahira, Glass
- Special Interest Groups on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) How To's - Schneider Brown
- Standards: Consensus-building in Action - Ingredients for Running Successful Meetings to Reach Consensus - McCabe
- The New Young Professionals Affinity Group: How to Create a Vibrant and Engaged Community of Young Professionals - Pranlal
- The Role of Standards in Economic Development in Developing Countries - Kraemer, Chandra (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Tools for Section Chapter Recording and Distribution - Walz
- Use IEEE eLearning Library Tutorials in Your Section or Chapter Meeting - Kam
- Use the IEEE Certificates Program for Your Next Section or Chapter Event - Kam
- Using Webex Effectively - Khusid
- vTools.eNotice - Gargiula
- vTools.Meetings - Gargiula
- vTools.Officer Reporting - Khusid
- vTools.Surveys - Luu
- vTools.Voting
- Word Press - Luu
IGNITE! Sessions
Ignite Sessions are five-minute presentations on specific topics intended to spark interest on a particular subject.
Topics include:
- Conferences for the Practitioner - Moses
- Engaging with Members and the Community - Toland
- Engaging with Mid-Career Professionals - Trelewicz
- Engaging with Other Organizations - Mozar
- Engaging with Social Media - Jacob
- Engaging with Young Professionals - Worboys
- Enhancing Technical Know-How and Education Through the Distinguished Lecturer Program - Gupta
- Expanding SSCS Globally - A Chapter's Success Story (New to Best Chapter in 20 Months) - Kumar
- From Small Steps to Large Leaps: Pilot Projects with Solve for X - Hecht
- Getting Your News into The Institute - Pretz
- How Global Standards Change the World - Bartleson
- How to Use Conferences to Build Communities - Lightner (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- IAS - An Outreach Success Story -
- IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence - Sen
- IEEE Consultants Network - Blank
- IEEE Day - Akar
- IEEE Digital Library - Dahl
- IEEE Women in Engineering - Patel
- IEEEXtreme - World's Biggest 24hr Programming Competition - AlSheikh
- Investing in Innovation - IEEE Foundation Grants Program - Feisel
- Membership Recruitment at Conferences - Meier
- New IEEE Author Workshops Introduced in 2014 - Dahl
- Out with the GOLD and in with the New Young Professionals - Vice
- Power and Energy Society (PES) Chapters - Armstrong
- Section/Chapter Sponsored Conferences - Panda
- Solve for X Technology Moonshots - Glass
- TAB/MGA Collaborations - Kumar
- Technical Society Chapters are the Heartbeat of IEEE - Ligthart
- 22 Technologies Shaping the World in 2022 - Walz
- vTools Introduction - Gargiula
- Women in Engineering Focus in Technical Activities - Cooper