As an IEEE member you enjoy privileges that help you stay current and competitive in the professional marketplace. Here are some of the benefits IEEE membership delivers:
 

: :  Membership Benefits Brief List  : :

 

• Save money with low member prices on IEEE products
  
  From Journals to self-study courses, standards to magazines, books to videos, IEEE provides the best publications on electrical, electronics and computer engineering in the world. Your membership entitles you to a discount on all of it.
  
   
• Enhance your career by networking with technical experts
  
  Through IEEE, you're in touch with a technical community that is changing the world. Yours for the asking is the knowledge and perspective of more the 300,000 fellow IEEE members. By attending IEEE's major technical conferences and local meetings you can interact with leaders in the field.
  
   
• Attend top technical conferences at low member rates
  
  Each year the IEEE conducts more than 300 major conferences and 5,000 local meetings around the world -- far more than any other technical society. You can attend technical sessions, gain first-hand knowledge of new product developments, and talk to colleagues on the cutting edge of your technology -- all at low member rates.
  
   
• Receive your own personal subscription to SPECTRUM
  
  Winner of the prestigious 1993 National Magazine Award for Reporting, SPECTRUM delivers to you each month the latest technological information with behind-the-scenes stories to put the news in context. Our team of experts covers everything (from energy to medicine, politics to economics) and everybody (business, industry, academia, government).
  
   
• Gain a competitive edge through information access
  
  IEEE publishes 25% of the world's state-of-the-art electrotechnology information annually. Your membership, and participation in the IEEE's technical Societies, is a ticket to all of it.
  
   
• Have a voice on career and pocketbook issues
  
  The IEEE addresses career and technology policy issues for engineers, including tax and pension policy, competitiveness in global markets and intellectual property protection. As a member, you'll participate in these efforts as well as share in the rewards.
  
   
• Ensure your company's competitive position by helping to set worldwide technical standards
  
  As an IEEE member you can join the 30,000 fellow professionals who are involved in the development of standards. The IEEE has been active in the standards development process since 1890, and today more than 700 IEEE standards are in use around the world.
  
   
• Enhance your potential for professional success
  
  By joining our profession's premier technical society, you gain career benefits regardless of the level of your participation. Simply by adding "Member, IEEE" to your resume, you gain a competitive edge.
  
   
• Develop your leadership skills
  
  By participating in IEEE volunteer activities, members gain the experience and exposure needed for building leadership ability. The IEEE provides opportunities and resources to develop your skills -- management, organizational, communications and marketing -- with colleagues in your profession.
  
   
• Stay current with today's technology
  
  Today's electrical engineering graduate may be technologically obsolete within six years. That threat faces all of us. But with the IEEE's continuing education programs of video-conferences, self-study tutorials and seminars -- all available at low member prices -- you stay comfortably ahead of the six year curve.
  
   
• Participate in an international organization
  
  With members in almost 150 countries, the IEEE provides a global reach to build on. Active members share information with colleagues throughout the world at technical conferences, through local activities, and electronically.
  
   
• Become part of your local technical community
  
  As an IEEE member, you automatically become part of the local IEEE organization and receive local and regional newsletters, meeting announcements and other useful information. Stay on the forefront of the technology right where you live and work. And gain access to IEEE's resources through local Section and Chapter volunteers, who help you get the most from IEEE membership.
  
   
• Use Ask*IEEE to get any engineering or computer science article
  
  Members can get any technical article or document ever published quickly and inexpensively through Ask*IEEE, our new document delivery service. For more information, call 1(800)949-IEEE or 1(415)259-5040 or email [askieee@ieee.org]
  
   
• The IEEE Financial Advantage Program
  
  The new IEEE Financial Advantage Program brings members and their families value-added benefits on financial services that non-members simply can't get.
  
   
  • Insurance
  • Annuities
  • Gold MasterCard and VISA Gold
  • Mutual Funds
  • Annuity Program
  • Loans
  • Discounts
    1. Mednet Discount Prescription Plan
    2. Kinko's Copy Service
    3. Airborne Express
    4. Penny Wise office products
    5. Car Rentals
    6. Long Distance Telephone Services
    7. Debit Calling Card
    8. Eye Care Plan of America
    9. Weichert Realty Program
    10. Quest Hotel and Entertainment

 

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: :  The Activities of the IEEE  : :

• Technical Activities
  
  An explosive growth in electrical, electronics and computer engineering has led to increased specialization both in the field and within the IEEE. Today nearly 40 specialized IEEE technical Societies and Councils provide forums that facilitate the exchange of information on the latest technical advances, thereby enabling members to remain competitive. Collectively, they organize more than 300 conferences each year around the world. IEEE technical Societies are also responsible for an array of journals and magazines that are regarded as pacesetters in their fields.
  
   
• The World's Leading Publisher in Electrotechnology
  
  The IEEE is a recognized leader in technical publishing, responsible for nearly one-fourth of the annual output of the world's literature in electrical, electronics and computer engineering and science. This includes nearly 100 periodicals and more than 200 conference proceedings. The IEEE Press publishes many series of technical books, including users' guides, handbooks and manuals that offer practical, application-oriented information.
  
   
• The Institute's flagship publication is SPECTRUM,
  
  an award-winning monthly magazine that offers timely articles on the theory and latest applications of electrical, electronics and computer engineering. SPECTRUM is provided to every IEEE member.
  
   
• Local Activities
  
  The Institute is divided geographically into 10 Regions which encompass nearly 300 units known as Sections. Sections serve as local IEEE centers for member activities and public outreach. Once of the primary initiatives of IEEE Sections are the technical Chapters, whose program of activities serve Section members with like technical interests and Society memberships. Collectively, IEEE Sections and Chapters hold nearly 5,000 meetings per year, providing technical, professional and educational opportunities for members. When you join the IEEE, you automatically become a member of your local Section and, where applicable, Chapters.
  
   
• United States Activities
  
  Through the United States Activities Board (USAB), the Institute support the career and technology policy interests of approximately 250,000 U.S. members. Activities include frequent invited testimony on technical, social and economic issues such as pension portability; position papers on matters of public concern; participation in other U.S. technical organizations; job fairs in many cities that link engineers and prospective employers; workshops and seminars on significant issues; and educational materials on career maintenance and development.
  
   
• Standards and Global Standardization
  
  The Institute is a world leader in standards development, providing authoritative, consensus-based documents to a global marketplace in all branches of electrical, electronics and computer engineering. IEEE Standards benefit industry and the public, and are designed to meet user requirements while ensuring safety. To achieve this, more than 30,000 professionals integrate scientific research with applications experience to determine the precise technical requirements in a specific field. More than 700 published IEEE Standards are currently available and recommended for use, while approximately 80 new standards are published yearly.
  
   
• Educational Activities
  
  Fast-moving advances in electrotechnology require that professionals continually refresh their education to stay current with new developments. The IEEE offers engineers and their employers a fully integrated program of video conferences, video tutorials and multi-media self-study courses, which are regularly updated and revised to include the latest topics. The Institute participates in the accreditation of engineering, technology and computer science programs at colleges and universities in the United States, while IEEE technical Sections and Societies engage in specialized and local education activities.
  
   
• History Center
  
  The Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, located at Rutgers University, offers archival material from some of the most important technology of modern times, including energy development and utilization, the birth of radio and television, the development of radar, and the earliest computers.
  
   
• Awards
  
  IEEE awards, presented each year, are international benchmarks of technological excellence. Over the years, the IEEE has honored such renowned members as Charles Steinmetz, David Sarnoff, Robert Noyce and Akio Morita. Among the most coveted honors the Institute bestows is the rank of IEEE Fellow, accorded every year to a limited number of members in recognition of unusual distinction in the engineering profession.
  
   
• IEEE Foundation
  
  The IEEE Foundation links contributors with worthy projects supporting IEEE goals. Principal among these are the funding of annual IEEE awards, special educational and public information programs, and the Center for the History of Electrical Engineering.

Much of this document is transcribed from the pamphlet "Your IEEE Membership, An Introduction to Member Benefits and Services", published by the IEEE in 1994, document number F6994.