Presentation to Region 4

IEEE-USA Strategic Challenge 2007: Improving the Competitiveness of the

United States John Meredith, President IEEE-USA

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Possible Volunteer Actions Contact your state and national legislators urging them

to take action to improve competitiveness Organize activities for local youth and teachers aimed

at improving math and science programs for youth; get the word out on resources such as tryengineering.org and DesignSquad; IEEE-USA has a career brochure to help you with this

Organize town hall meetings to get the competitiveness message out

Provide easily accessible workshops and tutorials for local engineers on technical and career development topics

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Take Personal Responsibility For Your Own Competitiveness

• Constantly seek new knowledge and tools that will help you be a better engineer tomorrow

• Ensure that your contributions are valuable to your employer

• Support your colleagues and fellow employees in their endeavors

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Useful Web Links

• IEEE-USA web site: www.ieeeusa.org• Rising of the Gathering Storm Executive Summary:

www.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11463.pdf• Useful technical and Career Information: www.eehomepage.com • IEEE resource for youth interested in engineering as a career:

www.tryengineering.org • Design Squad information: http://pbskids.org/designsquad/ • IEEE USA Consultants Network:

http://www.ieeeusa.org/business/startnetwork.asp• Entrepreneurs Village: http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/entrepreneurs/

• IEEE-USA Salary Service:

http://salaryapp.ieeeusa.org/rt/salary_database/about/salaryservice