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:

aitp@eiu.edu

Questions??

Pictures from events @ EIU

Networking with IT Professionals Day, Spring 2010