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Council GRID Services

Learn how to maximize the use of the GRID system to promote your IEEE chapter events, conferences, and seminars. Discover the various services available, including the GRID.pdf, e-GRID email, website, and more.

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Council GRID Services

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  1. Council GRID Services Paul Wesling SFBAC Communications Director and GRID Editor p.wesling@ieee.org

  2. Outline • Overview: What IS the GRID “system”? • How to make the best use of the GRID: • When/how to send meeting/event information • What you can expect • Resources

  3. The GRID “System” • The GRID is a powerful publicity utility for Chapters in the Bay Area Sections: SCV, OEB, SF • As a monthly PDF – the GRID.pdf • As a twice-a-month e-GRID email to Members & others (now up to a circulation of about 30,000) • As a website (events come up in Google searches) • As a web log (blog) and RSS feed - Google indexing in <30 minutes – www.e-grid.net/BayAreaTech • As a Google Calendar that people can integrate into their own Calendar; and a Twitter feed (@ITripMan) • Aimed at both Members and non-Members (to encourage non-members to attend and get involved)

  4. GRID services: the GRID.pdf Front cover of the GRID.pdf is a hyperlinked index to the issue (like SJ Merc, Wall St Journal, etc) • Each Chapter mtg is profiled & linked to the full details inside • Conferences are profiled and linked to internal ads • Your Chapter Seminars, Courses are highlighted, linked to internal descriptions (demo)

  5. GRID services: the GRID.pdf • Each Chapter meeting has its own feature page with over-view of talk, details, bio sketch, and space for our advertisers • These can be “extracted” from the full PDF to provide a Chapter with a small document (~60 kB) that can be circulated separately to Members Ads for Marketplace, Conferences

  6. GRID services: the e-GRID • “Push” Technology – Sent as an email to all Council Members twice a month • All future upcoming meetings, plus conferences, short courses, seminars • Sent also to non-Member subscribers (ListServ) • There is also a text-only version, for those who request it • The e-GRID tends to be forwarded to co-workers around the company/lab

  7. GRID services: the e-GRID (cont.) • Upcoming Chapter meetings – summaries, links • The e-GRID Conference Calendar lists upcoming conferences, workshops • Conferences – plus Chapter-advertised seminars, classes and workshops – are profiled for 6 to 8 weeks before the event • (demo)

  8. GRID services: the GRID Website • Links to the Marketplace, QuickRef Calendar, “contact us” • Tweet, Blog, RSS • Each Chapter meeting is profiled, and linked to details on your own Chapter website • Paid banner ads for upcoming conferences • Banner ads for Chapter-advertised Seminars, Courses

  9. Survey: Which format do YOU think is most effective for finding your meeting, for the average reader: • Title first, then chapter, keywords or: • Chapter first, then title, keywords (Kept in date order)

  10. Google Calendar • Meetings • Conferences Integrate into your own Calendar e-grid.net/gcalendar.html

  11. The GRIDBlog and RSS Feed Meeting Title, Details All, or “Category”: eg, BioEng, Comm’ns, Computers/SW, Power, Design, Engng Mgmt, Nano, Optics, Semiconductors Search functionLook for past meeting topics WordPress automatically creates an RSS feed … www.e-grid.net/BayAreaTech

  12. The GRIDRSS Feed eg, SAGE in Firefox browser (sidebar)or on a Tablet Various Subscriptions (CNN, NYTimes, CNET, etc) Most recent 10 “Stories” in blog Story Summaries www.e-grid.net/rss

  13. GRID services to Council Chapters • The Council’s GRID is a primary service for alerting the broader membership and the full technical community about your Chapter’s Meetings and other events • Over 50% of IEEE Members have NOT joined any Society – your Chapter can’t get to them. • The GRID can get information to engineers a Chapter can’t: neighboring Sections, Members who are not in your Society, and non-members • So, we supplement your own Chapter publicity

  14. How to use the GRID • What to send: Weekday and Date(I try to spot errors!)Your Section/ChapterSubject of talkSpeaker(s) and companyTimeCostPlace • RSVP info (if needed)Web link • Article text • (one or two paragraphs) • Biography(s) • (one or two paragraphs) • Attached photo (.jpg, .png) • (optional) This listing is at www.e-grid.net/contact.html

  15. How to use the GRID What to send: • These details, in an email, toeditor@e-grid.net • Or email me the link to your Chapter’s website page containing the details (I’ll grab the info) I always acknowledge your email as I enter the information into the GRID: • If you don’t hear back in several days, ping me again (I sometimes misplace an email) • If I have questions, I’ll get back to you(eg, I may suggest another chapter’s publicity)

  16. GRID services for Chapters • The GRID publicizes free Chapter events (such as lunch or evening meetings) without cost. • A low-cost course, workshop or seminar is publicized at no cost. If the non-member fee is less than $70/day ($80, if lunch is included), or $40/half-day, then the event is not considered to be a fund-raising event, and GRIDpublicity is free.(half-page ad or Chapter page;e-GRID; Calendar; etc)

  17. How to use the GRID You will get my “Deadlines” email every 2 weeks: • See if I’ve added your meeting by going to the website (www.e-grid.net) and checking the Calendar (www.e-grid.net/calendar.html) using the links in my email • Let me know of errors, omissions, updates, and also of future meetings I should add

  18. How to use the GRID Blog The Blog provides a searchable database of all meetings for the past ~5 years • Search on your Chapter (eg, “control systems”) to find all of your past meetings (each listed twice) • Search on a topic (“cloud computing”) • Search on a speaker or company, to see if he/she/it has given a talk before, and topics

  19. How to use the GRID Blog Other uses: • Search to see which chapters meet at a particular venue (eg, “cadence”) • Select by one of the 9 Categories(demo)

  20. Uses for the Google Calendar Location: www.e-grid.net/gcalendar.html • Scan past months to see which chapters also meet on second Thursdays with yours (evaluate whether this might sometimes lead to conflicts in topics) • Integrate the Calendar into your own Google Calendar, if desired, to monitor IEEE activities • Promote it, at your Chapter meetings

  21. When do we need your inputs? • Deadlinesare usually around the 10th and 22nd of each month, for the mid-month and month-end e-GRID and the next month’s GRID.pdf. • But earlier is better!! I usually get it posted to our website within a day (sometimes with the hour) • The Blog entry goes up when I first post the event, and then it is reposted the weekend before the meeting. • We will publicize events up to three months in advance. • An email goes out to all Chapter officers twice a month, with actualdeadlines – be sure you’re seeing it.

  22. GRID services: More Information Download from our website: Single-Sheet “Chapter Seminar Rate Sheet” Flyer www.e-grid.net/docs/chap-flyer.pdf Six-Page “Conference Advertisements” Flyer www.e-grid.net/docs/conf-flyer.pdf (demo) Five-Page “Marketplace Advertisements” Flyer www.e-grid.net/docs/marketplace-flyer.pdf Contact me at editor@e-grid.net

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