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Only Ties?

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Hello,


Set off to the Rohde & Schwarz Demystifying EMC event this morning. Upon arrival at the Silverstone car park, I proceeded to get my IET tie out and promptly put it back in my bag after realizing I was not wearing a post Christmas shirt and the collar was a bit too tight to be kept fastened. That got me thinking along the lines of what else could be made available to fly the IET membership flag ..... and then it came to me, enamel lapel badges!


So how about adding them alongside ties?


Regards,


Jon


P.S. The Rohde & Schwarz event was very good!
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    A few more thoughts...


    The more I think about this the more I think it really is sending the wrong message to only offer ties. It very much suggests that the IET is for "clubbable" men of a certain age, which, let's face it, is definitely an image problem the IET already has - it doesn't want anything that will make it worse. I can image how the IET ended up here, I can well imagine that the sort of people who buy merchandise are predominantly the same sort of people who mainly buy ties. However, the more I think about this the more strongly I feel that either a range needs to be offered that clearly covers the spectrum of members we want to attract - or don't offer anything at all.

    It's not about political correctness (horrible term), it's about the image an organisation presents of who it wants to appeal to.


    Another thought, and this is what took me onto the EC page yesterday: if badges were to be introduced I'd suggest that versions be made that include a discreet but visible "CEng" "IEng" and "EngTech" logo. We need to be promoting the registration grades far more, and this would seem to be an excellent way to do it. (Could also apply to Julie's suggestion of lanyards.) The EC do have CEng, IEng and EngTech badges, but personally from how they look on the screen I'm not keen on them - they don't look subtle. I'll probably order one anyway to have a look - they're only a pound. I don't suggest only differentiating the grades with different colours - no-one will ever remember which one's which, other than deep insiders who are not the people we're trying to publicise the grades to!


    What do others think?


    Talking of which, the actual tie colours are (available from the EC):
    1. Engineering Technician/ICT Technician - B. gold, black and red

    2. Incorporated Engineer - C. blue, black and red

    3. Chartered Engineer - A. green, black and red

    So EngTech is the "Gold Standard" smiley And I'm pleased the CEng is GWR green!


    Whilst mentioning the EC page, I didn't realise that we can now download CEng / IEng / Eng Logos from there, which I did yesterday thinking that I didn't know what I'd use it for but it seemed useful. And then this morning I responded to a request from my old school to talk about STEM, which gave a perfect opportunity to stick it under my "signature"!
    http://www.engc.org.uk/shop/


    Cheers,


    Andy




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    A few more thoughts...


    The more I think about this the more I think it really is sending the wrong message to only offer ties. It very much suggests that the IET is for "clubbable" men of a certain age, which, let's face it, is definitely an image problem the IET already has - it doesn't want anything that will make it worse. I can image how the IET ended up here, I can well imagine that the sort of people who buy merchandise are predominantly the same sort of people who mainly buy ties. However, the more I think about this the more strongly I feel that either a range needs to be offered that clearly covers the spectrum of members we want to attract - or don't offer anything at all.

    It's not about political correctness (horrible term), it's about the image an organisation presents of who it wants to appeal to.


    Another thought, and this is what took me onto the EC page yesterday: if badges were to be introduced I'd suggest that versions be made that include a discreet but visible "CEng" "IEng" and "EngTech" logo. We need to be promoting the registration grades far more, and this would seem to be an excellent way to do it. (Could also apply to Julie's suggestion of lanyards.) The EC do have CEng, IEng and EngTech badges, but personally from how they look on the screen I'm not keen on them - they don't look subtle. I'll probably order one anyway to have a look - they're only a pound. I don't suggest only differentiating the grades with different colours - no-one will ever remember which one's which, other than deep insiders who are not the people we're trying to publicise the grades to!


    What do others think?


    Talking of which, the actual tie colours are (available from the EC):
    1. Engineering Technician/ICT Technician - B. gold, black and red

    2. Incorporated Engineer - C. blue, black and red

    3. Chartered Engineer - A. green, black and red

    So EngTech is the "Gold Standard" smiley And I'm pleased the CEng is GWR green!


    Whilst mentioning the EC page, I didn't realise that we can now download CEng / IEng / Eng Logos from there, which I did yesterday thinking that I didn't know what I'd use it for but it seemed useful. And then this morning I responded to a request from my old school to talk about STEM, which gave a perfect opportunity to stick it under my "signature"!
    http://www.engc.org.uk/shop/


    Cheers,


    Andy




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