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Technical
Committee Member
Volunteer Training Module
June 2009
Volunteering with SAE
• SAE Volunteer Structure
– How This Role Fits
• Technical Committee Members
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Benefits
Leadership Skills Gained
Recognition Opportunities
Duties
Qualifications
Time Commitment
Next Steps
• Staff Contact Information
SAE Volunteer Structure
How THIS ROLE Fits
YOU ARE HERE!
Engineering Meetings Board
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Background
General information
10,000+ Volunteers
100+ Committees
Generating 3,000+ technical papers
and 30+ conferences every year
Benefits
Technical Committee Member
• Stay abreast of industry, government,
and academia players and new
technologies
• First access to new technical papers and
presentations
• Networking and business relationship
opportunities with other experts in your
technical field
Benefits (cont.)
Technical Committee Member
• Enhance your professional knowledge
base
• Individuals and corporations benefit
from a business and professional
perspective by participating in SAE
activities
Leadership Skills Gained
Technical Committee Member
• Chairmanship opportunities
– Gain experience in project management
and facilitation
• Conflict resolution
• Managing a diverse, global team
Recognition Opportunities
Technical Committee Member
• Over 60 SAE Awards recognize
outstanding achievement
http://www.sae.org/news/awards/
• Forest R. McFarland Award
http://www.sae.org/news/awards/list/mcfarland/
Duties
Technical Committee Member
• Develop technical session(s)
• Recruit:
– Technical papers and authors
– Committee members and presenters
– Session organizers
• Develop symposium content
• Review technical papers
Qualifications
Technical Committee Member
• Established experts in designated
technical field
• Objectivity
• Passion for creating/exploring new
topics
• Strategic thinker
Time Commitment
Technical Committee Member
• Monthly or quarterly committee
teleconferences (approx. 1-2 hours)
• Two-year term on most committees
Next Steps
Technical Committee Member
• Committee Vice Chair
• Committee Chair
• Further SAE advancement opportunities
– Land & Sea Group
– Air & Space Group
– Engineering Meetings Board
– Board of Directors
Staff Contact Information
• Staff reps vary by committee and
conference
• Interested parties may begin by sending
an e-mail to [email protected] or
[email protected]
Thank You For Your Interest!
[email protected]