Serving engineers and the world for more than 150 years to build a better quality of life.

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• Serving engineers and the world for more than 150
  years to build a better quality of life.

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Overview

• ASCE Facts
• Whats In It For Me?
• What Does ASCE Do?

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Just the Facts

• As of May 31, 2008

• More than 140,000 Members
• More than 25,000 students
• 10 of membership is international

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Whats in it for Me?

• Your Student Chapter or Club has
• prepared you to enter the civil engineering
  profession and the Society
• Specifically
• Professional matters
• Professional contacts/networking
• Leadership development

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Whats in it for Me?ASCE Graduated Dues Schedule

• First year 50
• Second year 80
• Third year 115
• Fourth year 155
• Fifth year and thereafter 205

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Whats in it for Me?

• FREE subscriptions to Civil Engineering magazine,
  ASCE News and ASCEs bi-weekly e-newsletter keep
  you in the know on the civil engineering
  community and industry.
• Sign-up for Smart Briefs and receive daily
  e-mails with top civil engineering news stories
  from around the world

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Whats in it for Me?

• Build your career with Career Connections
• CE jobs are expected to increase 8 percent
  between 2002 and 2012.
• -U.S. Department of Labor
• Post your resume
• Post open positions
• Search our job/resume bank
• Professional resume writing service
• Hire a Career Coach
• www.asce.org/careers

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Whats in it for Me?

• Mentoring
• Program will provide personal and professional
  guidance to civil engineer protégés
• New online mentoring in 2008
• www.asce.org/mentoring

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Whats in it for Me?

• Salary Survey Prepared to negotiate your first
  salary? You will be with the only comprehensive,
  civil engineering salary survey. Get information
  on salaries for your region and position and get
  paid what youre worth.

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Whats in it for Me?

• The Institutes propel the knowledge and practice
  of specific civil engineering specialties by
  focusing on the technical, educational and
  professional issues within your area.
• Stay on the cutting edge of your technical
  discipline by joining one of our eight (8)
  Specialty Institutes for FREE!

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Whats in it for Me?

• ASCE Sections Branches mean more networking
  opportunities for you
• Exchange ideas
• Build leadership skills
• Create lifelong professional connections
• Find your nearest Section/Branch by visiting
  www.asce.org/inside/sec_brnch.cfm

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Whats in it for Me?

• Younger Members (35 Under)
• Grow personally and professionally by taking
  advantage of diverse programs and opportunities
  to help
• Leadership styles
• Communication skills
• An appreciation for skills in business
  development
• Expanding your network
• Fun activities
• Easy transition from college to the real world,
  plus most Sections and Branches offer Younger
  Member Programs making them easily accessible
• Stay up-to-date with Younger Member Activities
  with the Younger Member Newsletter, published
  three times a year

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Whats in it for Me?Transferable Leadership
Skills

• ASCE Experience
• team building
• consensus building
• negotiating
• presentation skills
• fiscal responsibility
• fundraising/membership

• Work Experience
• staff management
• decision making
• negotiating
• public speaking
• setting priorities
• sales/marketing

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Whats in it for Me?Volunteer Your Skills with
Engineers Without Borders-USA

• ASCEs new partnership with EWB-USA gives
  members the opportunity to volunteer to help
  developing communities world wide

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Whats in it for Me?

• ASCE members enjoy a significant discount when
  joining EWB-USA
• Supporting Members - 75
• ASCE Members - 40
• Professional Members - 100
• ASCE Members - 60

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Whats in it for Me?

• Continuing Education Opportunities
• Keep your civil engineering skills sharp with
• Hundreds of seminars, workshops, webinars
  conferences each year
• Fulfill mandatory state requirements by earning
  Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and/or
  
  
  Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
• Take advantage of EIT and PE study courses

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Whats in it for Me?

• Publications
• Check your facts or dive into analysis with
  ASCEs Civil Engineering Database. Containing
  over 150,000 bibliographic and abstracted
  materials, it will meet your research needs.
• The Research Library provides you with
  unprecedented access to more than 33,000
  full-text papers from published ASCE Journals and
  Proceedings

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Whats in it for Me?

• ASCE Conferences Use conference discounts to
  shake hands with industry colleagues, open doors
  to new professional opportunities, and exchange
  ideas with peers.

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Whats in it for Me?

• Control your membership preferences with
  MyProfile
• www.asce.org/myprofile
• Update your address
• Provide education background
• Sign up for ASCE publications
• Customize the material you receive by filling out
  ASCEs Personal Interest Inventory

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ASCE Benefits/Affinity Programs
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What does ASCE Do?

• Located in Reston, VA
• Second Office in Washington, D.C.
• 250 staff
• 55 million budget

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What does ASCE Do?ASCE Departments Working for
Our Members

• Membership
• Publications
• Continuing Education
• Professional Practice
• Government Relations
• Communications

• Educational Activities
• Institutes and Technical Activities
• Geographical Services

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What does ASCE Do?

• Promote Professional Practice with programs in
• Licensure
• Ethics
• Business practices
• Career Development
• Community Service
• Leadership Management
• Diversity Awareness programs
• Mentoring

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What does ASCE Do?

• Engage the next generation with programs like
• K-12 Outreach
• Zoom into Engineering
• West Point Bridge Design Contest
• Building Big
• Design Squad
• Liquid Assets

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What does ASCE Do?

• Excellence in Civil Engineering Education

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What does ASCE Do?

• ASCE is a powerful voice for civil engineers in
  the public policy arena, ensuring your voice is
  heard with programs like
• Key Contacts
• 2005 Report Card for Americas Infrastructure

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Key Contacts

• Send your federal or state representative a
  message on current civil engineering
  legislation.
• Six Clicks - receive a weekly e-mail update on
  legislative and regulatory issues affecting civil
  engineering
• Learn about issues and bills affecting civil
  engineering that are active in congress and your
  state legislature.
• Track how your U.S. Representative and Senators
  voted on key ASCE bills

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• 2005 Report Card for Americas Infrastructure
• (To be updated in 2009)

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What is the Report Card?
An assessment of 15 infrastructure areas
that are essential to the nations economic
survival and quality of life
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Why ASCE?
Civil engineers are stewards of the nations
infrastructure, responsible for
design construction maintenance If
not civil engineers, then who?
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Now What?
In 2007, ASCE instituted an Action Plan for the
110th Congress The plan is a proactive approach
that includes steps that must be taken to help
raise poor infrastructure grades
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What does ASCE Do?

• ASCE Responds
• ASCEs response to infrastructure tragedies such
  as hurricane Katrina and the I-35 bridge collapse
  was immediate.
• ASCE members were called upon as experts for the
  public appearing in multiple media outlets
  including
• The Washington Post
• The New York Times
• The Boston Globe
• National Public Radio
• and many others.

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The Most Important Reason to Upgrade your
membership

• Make a difference in your profession by working
  to increase societys understanding of the
  importance of civil engineering.

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Give Back

• Upgrade your membership, and ASCE will give 10
  back to your Student Chapter/Club.

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• ASCE Membership is the single greatest
  investment you can make in the advancement of
  your career and your profession.
• -Pat Natale, P.E., F.ASCE
• Executive Director
• American Society of Civil Engineers

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Questions?

• Contact ASCE
• member_at_asce.org
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