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The membership benefit that pays.
No one knows how beneficial IEEE membership is to technical and career development better than IEEE members.
Consider sharing your IEEE membership experience and get rewarded for doing so. Through the Member-Get-a-Member (MGM) program, IEEE rewards your efforts in recruiting new members. Your local IEEE Section can also benefit.
Recruiter awards
For each new member you recruit, you earn an award which can be used toward IEEE dues, IEEE Society fees or the purchase of IEEE products and services. During the 2012 membership year (16 August 2011 through 15 August 2012), the IEEE MGM Program offers the following award schedule to members who recruit other individuals into IEEE membership.
Professional members can earn:
- US$15 for each Professional member recruited;
- US$5 for each Professional member recruited to e-Membership (offered in developing nations only);
- The maximum amount a member can earn during the membership year is US$90.
Student members can earn:
- US$2 for each Student or Graduate Student member recruited;
- US$15 for each Professional member recruited;
- US$5 for each Professional member recruited to e-Membership (offered in developing nations only);
- The maximum amount a member can earn during the membership year is US$90.
Section awards
Your local section can also benefit by your participation in the MGM program.
Regional awards: The top five recruiters in each IEEE geographic region will earn membership development awards for their Section, to help underwrite the sections’ local programs and activities. Within each region, five awards will be given to the recruiters' section:
- First Place - US$500.00
- Second Place - US$400.00
- Third Place - US$300.00
- Fourth Place - US$200.00
- Fifth Place - US$100.00
Overall IEEE award: The top recruiter in IEEE earns an additional US$500 award for his/her Section.
Additional rules apply to Section awards.
Tips on recruiting new members
- Invite a prospective colleague/student to attend an IEEE Section/Chapter/Branch meeting to experience first-hand the professional benefits of IEEE membership.
- Start a discussion about IEEE membership, emphasizing the benefits and value – be sure to provide a brochure and/or application information.
- Keep issues of IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Potentials and IEEE Society publications on display to attract the eyes of potential new members.
- Publish an article in your company or university publications explaining how IEEE helped you.
- Post announcements of IEEE meetings/conferences.
- Welcome your company/university’s newly hired or enrolled individuals - use the opportunity to discuss IEEE.
- When discussing membership with a prospect, listen for clues as to what they look for in a professional society. Stress those member benefits that meet their needs.
- Coordinate an event at your place of employment.
Rules of the program
- Only open to current IEEE members (Society affiliates, non-members and past members are not eligible).
- Completed applications (either print or online), with full dues payment, must be submitted with the recruiter’s membership number in the proper recruiter box that is provided on the application (or the 'Referring Member Number' field in the online application).
- Applications received without a recruiter's valid membership number will be disqualified – there will be no retroactive qualifying of recruiters.
- Applications must be received at IEEE before 15 August 2012.
- Professional members are not eligible to receive awards for recruiting IEEE Students or IEEE Graduate Students.
- All amounts are quoted in US dollars.
- There is a maximum award amount of US$90.
- Recruiters will be notified of their awards earned for the 2012 membership year in October 2012.
- Awards will be valid toward IEEE dues, IEEE Society fees, or IEEE products and services. In addition, at your option the value of the award may be donated to the IEEE Foundation or another IEEE fund.
- The Member Get-A-Member award may not be combined with other membership incentive programs such as discounted Society conference membership promotions.
- IEEE MGM awards earned for the 2012 membership year are not redeemable for cash and will expire on 31 December 2012.
- Section awards: The top five recruiters in each region are determined by: a. the total number of members recruited, and b. only from those individuals who, as a result of their efforts, earned the maximum US$90 individual award. In the event of a tie, the section award will be split evenly.
- Individual and section awards are subject to federal laws and certain countries are not eligible.
Download Member-Get-a-Member referral cards
All members receive four referral cards that are personalized with their name and member number in their acknowledgement package when they join or renew each year. If you need more cards, you may download this PDF template that can be printed as is, or on Avery business card style templates. This is a fillable form where you can enter in your name and member number, save the file locally, and reprint as needed.
Download Member-Get-Member Referral Cards (PDF 79 KB)
Contact Elyn Perez, IEEE Membership Development, with questions about the MGM program
