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Building a student chapter
Eastern Illinois University Student Chapter Presents
Building a student chapter
Overview
About Our Chapter Keys To Success How to Get Started Questions and Answers
Our Club… 49 Current Student Members
8 Member Executive Board, 2 Faculty Advisors
Executive Board
President – Elias “E” Sahyouni
Vice President – Brad Saribekian
Secretary – Samson Hille
Treasurer – Andy Brachear
Student Representative – Zach Caskey
Speaker/Workshop Chair – Stephanie Evenson
Fundraising Chair – Jae Michels
Website Chair – Steve Gatses
Keys To Success
Must be able to offer members something
They must get value out of their membership!
Networking
Workshops
Free Stuff!
Potential Jobs
Tours
Professional Development
AITP@EIU LAN Party/ Wii/ Rockband/ Food!!
Windows 7 Workshop
Folding @ Home Workshop
Virtual Machines Workshop
Consolidated Communications Speaker
EIU ITS Tour
Archer Daniels Midland Tour
Networking with IT Professionals Day
Information Systems Intern Panel
National Collegiate Conference
Final member meeting Pot Luck
FAH Prizes!
Make Guarantees
Guarantee your members opportunities others won’t have
1 on 1 time with recruiters
Tours
Exposure to relevant/current technology (workshops)
Give Back through Philanthropic Activities
SCORE Work Websites for other RSO’s/Entities AITP Tutors in the School of Business Folding@Home Setting up Labs for MIS ClassesCo-host for 2010 NCC!!!!!!!
Be Diverse
Be open to all majors if possible Make sure events are diverse (e.g. our LAN party) Always ask for member opinions and include them
in the planning of events
Plan, Plan, Plan
Create SOP’s for the clubWebsite – keep it current Keep an updated calendar Communicate through broadcast messages Have “business” and “social” meetings
How You Can Get Started
Find out where opportunities exist Build relationships with companies (or what
schools can your company team with?)
Find where you have connections!
Alumni, Friends, Family, Faculty
Relationships create mutual benefit
Make your organization known at your school
Give back, Have Events, Advertise
Go to “intro” level classes to recruit Go to MIS/CIS Classes RSO Day on Campus (get your name out)
Association ofIT Professionals@ EIU
“Plug into the Professional Network”
AITP @ EIU Website:
http://www.eiu.edu/~aitp
Email contact:
Questions??
Pictures from events @ EIU
Networking with IT Professionals Day, Spring 2010