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How do you motivate people who have little time and disposable income to become active in a professional society, like the IEEE? While contemplating ways to encourage his son to join and become active in a professional society, IEEE member Vern Johnson looked back on the experiences that led him to conclude that his IEEE membership has been a "marvelous investment."

There is a commodity-like value to engineers who are hired simply for what they can do today, rather than what benefits their knowledge and skills might bring tomorrow.

Adults of every age are self-directed as workers, parents and more, but when they need to learn something new they put on their dunce caps of educational dependency and say, “teach me.” Professionals must take charge of their own intellectual maturation to progress from dependency to increasing self-directedness in their careers.

Technical professionals are very good with tasks. But when it comes to successful teaming, tasks are only half the equation — the other half is about fostering relationships. Find out how to select team members and assess your team's development to maximize productivity.

In a small-team setting, unresolved conflict can hamper productivity and deflate morale. By recognizing the drivers of conflict and learning how to communicate concerns, team members can work toward resolution and getting their project back on track.

When you were in school, you had teachers to guide your learning. Even after graduation, we must consider pursuing learning for the rest of our professional lives. Now, though, we must be both teacher and student. Here's how.

You’ve heard the expression, “If you give a man a fish, he will have a single meal; if you teach him how to fish, he will eat for the rest of his life.” The natural progression of maturity involves moving from dependency on others toward increasing self-reliance. How can engineers progress from focusing on survival to focusing on endurance to become self-reliant learners.

IEEE-USA Today’s Engineer ran a survey earlier this year to determine engineers’ opinions of and preferences for continuing education. Find out what the respondents had to say.

If you are looking to improve your professional stature within your organization, consider following a flexible five-step career-change process.

During the past half-century, engineering career types have evolved from lifelong corporate engineers to today’s global engineers. Many engineers today probably identify with the characteristics of more than one type. Which combination fits you?

Personal computing has changed dramatically since the first keyboards and monitors were placed on workplace desks. Then, PCs were truly 'personal,' but is there any 'personal' left in your computer today?

What is your dream for the future and what do you need to support that dream financially? The key lies in where you invest your dollars and effort…

Whether you're just starting your technical career or are well into it, education plays a key role in professional success. How do engineering professionals progress from being merely students to being self-directed independent learners?