Presentation given at KMUK on 27 June 2013 on adopting a collabortive approach to tacke the 21st century engineering challenges

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Adopting a Collaborative approach to
tackling 21st Century engineering
challenges
Steve Perry
Head of Sectors and Communities
June 2013

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IET Vision
Leading the development of
an international engineering
community, sharing and
advancing knowledge to
enhance people’s lives.
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IET 10 Year Outcomes
MEMBERSHIP
&
KNOWLEDGE
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Serving the global engineering community
 152,000 members
 127 countries
 5 international regions
 120+ local & technical
communities
 350+ communities online

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IET enables collaboration
Government
AcademiaIndustry
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IET collaborative approach
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 Making sure we are relevant to the international engineering
community
 Working collaboratively with other professional engineering
institutions, corporate and academic partners and
government organisations
 Using our members as multipliers
 Sectors and Communities

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“The IET played a pivotal role in disseminating
the engineering intelligence gained from the
planning and deployment of these major
projects as the ODA’s Sustainable
Infrastructure Learning Legacy Partner.”
Olympic Delivery Authority
Sectors connecting with the outside world …

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 Leading institutional
professional networking and
collaboration platform for
engineers.
 Enables individuals or groups
of people to connect, interact
and exchange knowledge
around the world.
Connecting Engineers,
Forming Communities

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 Total registrants – 11,500
 Average new registrants monthly increase - 28%
 Most active communities
 Women's Network
 Victoria, Australia Local Network
 International Measurement Community
 Manchester Power Network
 Most used tools are files and discussion forums - increase of
13% per month

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Company
sites
Wikipedia Blogs
LinkedIn
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High quality
professional
content
General
content
Limited
content
No communities
/ networks
Social / general
communities Expert
communities
Content
People
IET
TPNs
IET
books &
journals
Inspec
Google
The IET
Content / Community
Facebook/
Google +
Content
CommunityCollaboration

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