Engagement Barriers
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On 18 August 2011, the IEEE Region 3 Committee met in San Francisco
immediately before IEEE Sections Congress 2011. 

Section leaders reported on 

  1. **Member Engagement Activities:** What did your Section do related to member
     engagement in growth and development (technical, career, social, etc.)?
  2. **Section activities focused outward:** What activities did your Section do
     related to engaging members, industry, and the public in advancing,
     understanding, and properly using technologies of interest to IEEE.
  3. **Barriers:** What barriers does your section have in carrying out these
     activities?

As the reports were presented, Mary Ellen Randall, Gregg Vaughn, Bill Ratcliff
mined these reports to discover common themes. Through a web survey, attendees
prioritized the following four "Barrier" issues which, if proactively acted
on, would greatly improve member engagement for their section:

  1. Succession planning
  2. Knowing the members
  3. Information overload ... focused e-mail
  4. Relationships with employers

The other issues and their votes are available on the Region 3 Online
Community <https://region3.oc.ieee.org/folder-30/engagement-barriers>