STC KnowledgeBased Governance

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STC Knowledge-Based Governance

• Results from the Winter 2007 KBG survey
• This survey was conducted by the STC office.
  E-mails were sent to the STC membership. 989
  members took the online survey at STC.org.

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My primary residence is in
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survey respondents vs. membership
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Where do you get your most value?

• Society (as an international professional
  association)
• Geographic community (chapter)
• Virtual community (SIG)
• Combination of geographic community and
  virtual community
• Combination of Society, geographic
  community, and virtual community

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Where do you get your most value?
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Do you volunteer

• Do you volunteer in your STC communities (e.g.,
  officer, committee chairperson, committee member,
  or other leadership position)?
• Yes
• No

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Do you volunteer
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If you answered no, why not?

• No time
• No interest
• No one asked me
• Not sure what I could do
• Im just starting out
• Other (Please list) ______

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If you answered no, why not?
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Do you belong

• Do you belong to a geographic community
  (chapter)?
• Yes
• No

• Do you belong to a virtual community (SIG)?
• Yes
• No

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Do you belong to a
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If you do not belong

• If you do not belong to a geographic community
  (chapter), please indicate why
• Not interested in local events
• No time to participate
• Live too far away to attend meetings
• Other ______

• If you do not belong to a virtual community
  (SIG), please indicate why
• No interest in the SIGs areas of practice
• No time to participate
• Other ______

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If you do not belongwhy not?
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Observation

• Distance is a main factor that prevents members
  from joining geographic communities (more so than
  time).

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How often do you attend.

• How often do you attend meetings of your
  geographic community (chapter)?
• Attend meetings 3 or more times per year
• Attend meetings 1-2 times per year
• Attend every year or two
• Ive never attended a meeting

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How often do you attend
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Observation

• 51 of members attend at least one chapter
  meeting per year.
• 24 never attend a chapter function.

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Which communication mechanisms

• Which communication mechanisms does your
  geographic community (chapter) offer?
• E-mail lists
• Web site
• Electronic newsletter
• Printed newsletter
• Other _____

• Which communication mechanisms does your virtual
  community (SIG) offer?
• E-mail lists
• Web site
• Electronic newsletter
• Printed newsletter
• Other _____

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Which communication mechanism is offered by your
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Which communication mechanisms

• Chapters have a greater perceived Web presence
  than SIGs.
• However, all the SIGs have a Web site.

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Which communication mechanisms do you read?

• E-mail lists
• Web site
• Electronic newsletter
• Printed newsletter
• Other ______
• Asked twiceonce for geographic communities, once
  for virtual communities.

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Which communication mechanisms do you read?
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Whats the greatest value.

• Whats the greatest value you get from your
  involvement in your geographic community
  (chapter)?
• Learn new things
• Hear other perspectives
• Meet people in my field (networking)
• Find work
• Get answers to my questions
• Socialize
• I dont belong to any geographic communities
• Other (please list)

• Whats the greatest value you get from your
  involvement in your virtual community (SIG)?
• Learn new things
• Hear other perspectives
• Meet people in my field (networking)
• Find work
• Get answers to my questions
• Socialize
• I dont belong to any geographic communities
• Other (please list)

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Whats the greatest value
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Observation

• 56 of members join geographic communities to
  meet people in their field and learn new things.
• 59 of members join virtual communities to learn
  new things and hear other perspectives.