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ISSIP
Quarterly Welcome
Community Connection Online Event
Quarterly Welcome – October 8, 2025
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ISSIP Community Engagement - Quarterly Welcome
What do you want to Give, to Get? How do you want to Grow with ISSIP?
Jim Spohrer
ISSIP Co-Founder, Board
Director
IBM (Retired)
SF Bay Area, CA
https://linkedin.com/in/spohrer
Give - Automate & augment processes with AI
Get - Enjoy watching careers unfold!
Grow - To have an AI digital twin :-)
Survey Results
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Three Common Themes:
(1) Grow professional network
(2) Give time/enthusiasm/expertise on collaborative projects
(3) Get professional recognition
Examples:
Give:
As a seasoned software engineer with experience in developing cutting-edge solutions for various industries, I can contribute to ISSIP in several
ways:
- Technical expertise: I can share insights on emerging technologies and their practical applications in service innovation, drawing from my
experience.
- Project management skills: Having led complex software projects, I can offer guidance on best practices for managing innovation initiatives.
- Industry knowledge: My vast experience with vast client base allows me to bring diverse industry perspectives to ISSIP discussions and projects.
Get:
- Networking: Engaging with ISSIP's diverse community of innovators and thought leaders can expand my professional network.
- Cross-disciplinary insights: ISSIP's focus on service innovation can broaden my understanding beyond pure software engineering, enhancing my
ability to deliver holistic solutions.
- Access to research: ISSIP's academic connections can provide access to cutting-edge research, keeping me at the forefront of service innovation
trends.
Grow
- Innovation acceleration: Applying ISSIP's service innovation frameworks my projects can lead to more innovative solutions.
- Skill enhancement: Participating in ISSIP workshops and conferences can help me develop new skills and methodologies applicable to my work.
- Thought leadership: Contributing to ISSIP publications or speaking at events can enhance my personal brand.
ISSIP Community – Knowledge Sharing
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Business Expert Press
Book Collections
Conferences
Collaborative
Intelligence
Service Systems
Innovation
Service
Design
Many
Others
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ISSIP Community Engagement – Quarterly Welcome!
Michele Carroll
Executive Director, ISSIP
Founder & President,
Carrollco Marketing
SF Bay Area, USA
A diverse, and growing global community
of service innovation leaders and professionals
founded in 2012 by major IT companies and
universities
Who is ISSIP?
Advancing innovation to benefit
people, business and society.
Why Engage?
Access, insights, mentoring &
connection with world leaders,
experts in service innovation;
Leverage ISSIP platform,
programs to amplify and scale
mission-aligned efforts
To Give. Get. Grow.
in global
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Join & Engage with ISSIP
JOIN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY: Register & Agree to Code of
Conduct @ISSIP.org: https://issip.org/register/
VOLUNTEER! to lead or support ISSIP Program(s):
https://issip.org/volunteer/
FOLLOW ISSIP on LinkedIn (and please invite your network!):
Company Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/2866322/
Private Community Exchange page: h
ttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/4720974/
REGISTER for UPCOMING ISSIP Events -
https://issip.org/upcoming-events/
SUBSCRIBE TO ISSIP NEWS: https://issip.org/newsletters/
Further info:
VIEW Past ISSIP Events, Presentations on YouTube
(videos) and Slideshare -
https://www.youtube.com/@ISSIPorg/videos
https://www.slideshare.net/issip/presentations www.ISSIP.org
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ISSIP Community Engagement - Quarterly Welcome
What do you want to Give, to Get? How do you want to Grow with ISSIP?
Jim Spohrer
ISSIP Co-Founder, Board
Director
IBM (Retired)
SF Bay Area, CA
https://linkedin.com/in/spohrer
Give - Automate parts of ISSIP back-end
processes
Get - Enjoy watching careers unfold - my biggest
joy!
Grow - To have an AI digital twin :-)
New Business Expert Press Book
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ISSIP Community Engagement - Quarterly Welcome
What do you want to Give, to Get? How do you want to Grow with ISSIP?
Vaishali Mane
ISSIP Community Lead
Sr. Product Analyst
Austin, TX
Give - Lend a pair of ears to listen :-)
Get - Learn the art of building a global Technical
Community
Grow - With ISSIP’s GGG community mission.
Vaishali Mane
ISSIP Community Lead
Sr. Product Analyst
Austin, TX
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Join & Engage with ISSIP
JOIN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY: Register & Agree to Code of
Conduct @ISSIP.org: https://issip.org/register/
VOLUNTEER! to lead or support ISSIP Program(s):
https://issip.org/volunteer/
FOLLOW ISSIP on LinkedIn (and please invite your network!):
Company Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/2866322/
Private Community Exchange page: h
ttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/4720974/
REGISTER for UPCOMING ISSIP Events -
https://issip.org/upcoming-events/
SUBSCRIBE TO ISSIP NEWS: https://issip.org/newsletters/
Further info:
VIEW Past ISSIP Events, Presentations on YouTube
(videos) and Slideshare -
https://www.youtube.com/@ISSIPorg/videos
https://www.slideshare.net/issip/presentations www.ISSIP.org
ISSIP
Quarterly Community
Connection
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Zoom Transcript