Membership benefits quiz
A quiz: How many membership benefits have you used?
What’s your score? Here’s a list of 22 IABC member benefits. Count how many you’ve used. Consider yourself a “supermember” if you’ve used 13 or more!
- MemberSpeak, the online meeting place for IABC members around the world
- IABC’s online member directory, which includes ability to confidentially e-mail members
- IABC Buzz, which contains member posts about personal and professional achievements
- IABC Café, which contains messages from IABC’s executive board leaders and senior staff
- IABC eXchange, which allows you to create private websites or blogs, as well as traditional public blogs
- IABC’s Job Centre, which lists hundreds of jobs.
- IABC Marketplace, which connects consultants and freelancers with prospective clients
- My Communication (MyComm for short), an online strategic planning tool
- Communication World magazine
- CW Bulletin monthly electronic newsletter
- IABC’s online library, which includes CW Online (an archive of all CW articles), back issues of Communication World, and case studies from winning Gold Quill Award entries
- SR Link, which helps communicators advance their role in social responsibility
- Books and manuals
- Free archived teleseminars
- Chapter, regional and international events, including online events
- Research Foundation services and reports
- Member discounts on products and services
- Accreditation
- Awards, including local, regional, international Gold Quill Awards and other awards
- Networking
- Volunteering
- Resources for students, including a career and industry library
And the list goes on. Which benefits could you check out this next year? Poke around the IABC website and you’ll find something to help your career right now. See details about benefits on IABC’s website. Tell your non-member friends about these benefits and the discounts for joining.
Credit to IABC Minnesota chapter for compiling this list.
