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Help from the Community requested....

Teresa Downes
Hi everyone


I have recently gained my CEng and volunteered to be the industry representative at Gartner UK.  I was wondering if any of you could advise on an approach to kick starting my role within Gartner Consulting?


I was thinking of arranging some 'brown bag lunches/lunch and learn/drop-in sessions' for our consultants so that they can come and find out what the IET is all about.  To do this though I would need some marketing material (which I gather I can order) and probably a greater in-depth understanding of the IET offer.  Are there any individuals in the Egham, Surrey area that could assist in a small event or just meet with me to help steer me in the right direction?


To keep in line with the INSPIRE - INFORM - INFLUENCE moto, I believe my role is to do the following:

- INSPIRE: inform colleagues who the IET is; why they should join the IET; and the benefits of joining

- INFORM: inform colleagues of the application process and facilitate help from other volunteer colleauges who do this regularly

- INFLUENCE: help broaden opinion amongst the IT consultant community that being a member of the IET is a good thing!!


Anyone able to steer me in the right direction


Yours

An eager volunteer

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    Hello Teresa,


    In all of the things you are looking for the IET staff and website contains a lot of information (once you have convinced someone to spend time to look!)


    Using your bullet points:

    - INSPIRE: Think about what motivated you to be a CEng? The same would apply to others! For IT professionals, the (natural) choice would be The IET or British Computer Society (BCS). Note that BCS is also part of Engineering Council and so can award IEng and CEng (just like IET). So what is the difference? I would claim that BCS is a "narrow specialist" field for computer scientists / engineers whereas IET is much broader and includes computer scientists / engineers. For you and your colleagues the choice as a consultant then becomes "narrow specialist" or "broader strategic" - not everybody wishes (or feels comfortable) to have a broader viewpoint!

    - INFORM: Besides the very useful IET website and the requirements set out by Engineering Council, within IET, the IET will have (I)PRA who can assist in the application process

    - INFLUENCE: The IET is consulted regularly by UK Government and through its association with many Engineering Socs. in many other countries as well! Hence IET = Global influence.

    Note: There has been a "debate" about what does "an Engineer" mean in UK since at least before 1970 when I joined the precursor IEE so would advise you to avoid this, except that in many countries you need to be a qualified engineer (CEng) to carry out related work - just like a medical doctor needs to be recognised. Hence you may face an uphill battle to convince someone what it means to be a professional engineer (irrespective of via BCS or IET)


    Hope the above helps! Good luck!


    PS: I am an IPRA (International Professional Registration Advisor)
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    Hello Teresa,


    In all of the things you are looking for the IET staff and website contains a lot of information (once you have convinced someone to spend time to look!)


    Using your bullet points:

    - INSPIRE: Think about what motivated you to be a CEng? The same would apply to others! For IT professionals, the (natural) choice would be The IET or British Computer Society (BCS). Note that BCS is also part of Engineering Council and so can award IEng and CEng (just like IET). So what is the difference? I would claim that BCS is a "narrow specialist" field for computer scientists / engineers whereas IET is much broader and includes computer scientists / engineers. For you and your colleagues the choice as a consultant then becomes "narrow specialist" or "broader strategic" - not everybody wishes (or feels comfortable) to have a broader viewpoint!

    - INFORM: Besides the very useful IET website and the requirements set out by Engineering Council, within IET, the IET will have (I)PRA who can assist in the application process

    - INFLUENCE: The IET is consulted regularly by UK Government and through its association with many Engineering Socs. in many other countries as well! Hence IET = Global influence.

    Note: There has been a "debate" about what does "an Engineer" mean in UK since at least before 1970 when I joined the precursor IEE so would advise you to avoid this, except that in many countries you need to be a qualified engineer (CEng) to carry out related work - just like a medical doctor needs to be recognised. Hence you may face an uphill battle to convince someone what it means to be a professional engineer (irrespective of via BCS or IET)


    Hope the above helps! Good luck!


    PS: I am an IPRA (International Professional Registration Advisor)
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