IEEE Region 6 Young Professionals Sean Collison IEEE

IEEE Region 6 Young Professionals Sean Collison – IEEE Region 6 YP Chair 2016 -10 -15 1 12/19/2021

IEEE Young Professionals YP Affinity Group is an international community of enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative IEEE members and volunteers. Benefits – Provides Professional Networking to early-career IEEE Members. – Helps YP’s evaluate their career goals. – Helps YP’s polish their professional image – Creates building blocks for a lifelong and diverse professional network. 2 12/19/2021

IEEE Young Professionals Automatically included in Affinity Group for 15 years after first professional degree (e. g. Bachelors), can opt-in after that. No extra cost to be a member of the YP Affinity Group. 3 12/19/2021

IEEE Young Professionals Each IEEE Section in a Region will usually have a YP Affinity Group, that will hold at least 2 networking events a year Each Region, YP Affinity Group plans a signature event each year – for Region 6 we held ours at the Tech Industry Summit. STEP (Student Transition and Elevation Partnership) Funding available for events w/ at least 10 attendees, and starts at $500. (http: //yp. ieee. org/step/) 4 12/19/2021

IEEE Young Professionals To start a YP Affinity Group in Your Section: – Visit: http: //www. ieee. org/societies_communities/geo_activities /forms_petitions/index. html – Follow and complete the Affinity Group petition form. – You’ll need signatures from at least 6 people who are Young Professionals to form the group. 5 12/19/2021