Events that offer CEUs need to have a graduated pay scale for membership that is significant between members and non-members. How do you define a professional development event? In order to be funded, a professional development event must teach a skill and the teaching and/or practicing of that skill must be reinforced throughout the event agenda. For example, if you professional development event was to teach the skill of negotiation skills the ideal agenda could include a speaker giving an overview of the skill and the networking time on the agenda would include structured events to practice this skill and increase the impact and learning. The agenda will be reviewed by looking at the percent (%) of time spent during the event on the skill. Are there any professional development events that are not funded based on the nature of the event? There are a few types of professional development events that are typically not funded. They are: Purely social events Fundraising events University recruitment events Business meetings SWE section development events Non-specific grants (i.e.: grants for stocking the shelves for various future events) Free events In general, attendees are expected to pay a fee to attend events – Non-SWE lead events Events where it appears that SWE is not one of the key event – planners
Events that offer CEUs need to have a graduated pay scale for membership that is significant between members and non-members. How do you define a professional development event? In order to be funded, a professional development event must teach a skill and the teaching and/or practicing of that skill must be reinforced throughout the event agenda. For example, if you professional development event was to teach the skill of negotiation skills the ideal agenda could include a speaker giving an overview of the skill and the networking time on the agenda would include structured events to practice this skill and increase the impact and learning. The agenda will be reviewed by looking at the percent (%) of time spent during the event on the skill. Are there any professional development events that are not funded based on the nature of the event? There are a few types of professional development events that are typically not funded. They are: Purely social events Fundraising events University recruitment events Business meetings SWE section development events Non-specific grants (i.e.: grants for stocking the shelves for various future events) Free events – In general, attendees are expected to pay a fee to attend events Non-SWE lead events – Events where it appears that SWE is not one of the key event planners
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