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25 ANNUAL FIDIC - GAMA2018 CONFERENCE06 - 09 MAY 2018 IN BAMAKO |LAICO L’AMITIE HOTEL

YPF Best Practice – Toolkit for mobilization of YP’s in Member Associations / Firms and within GAMA

GODFREY RAMALISA & JESHIKA RAMCHUND (PrEng)

CONTENTS

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1. Importance of being a YPF Member

2. What Influences The Engineering World Beyond Our Employers

3. Principles of a Professional Organisation

4. Setting up a YPF Forum

5. Business Plan Development

6. Governance & Constitution Development

7. Challenges

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Who really benefits?

What value does YPF

add?

Let’s TalkWhy become a member

What’s in it for me?

Importance of being a YPF Member

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Importance of being a YPF Member

• Broaden knowledge• Professional Development• Enhance your network• Giving back to community• Strength in numbers• Leadership experience

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What Influences The Engineering World Beyond Our Employers ?

• Statutory Bodies • Learned Society • Business Organisations • Political Landscape• Clients• Peers• Globalisation 

YP Influence Beyond Their Employers

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Principles of a Professional Organisation

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Principles of a Professional Organisation 

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Networking

Networking is a socioeconomic business activity by which professionals meet to form :• business relationships • to recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities• share information• and seek potential partners for ventures• Mentorship opportunities

The skilled networker cultivates personal relationships with prospectiveemployers and other influential people, in the hope that these personalaffections will influence future decisions

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Setting up a YPF Forum

Gather members from Member Firms Identify reasons for coming together • Social (Meet and Greet , Sport , Talks – Motivational, Sales, etc. )• Professional Development (Financial education , Registration )• Discuss Industry Trends ( New Technology , Company showcases )• Network with other YP’s• Site Visits• Promoting Engineering to learners

Nominate an interim Committee • Business Plan Development / Chair• Continue with the activities  / Secretary• Seek member firm support (Approval , Hosting , Sponsorship) / 

Treasurer

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Business Plan Development

Alignment with the Member Association:

Strategic Objectives of the YPF • How are you going to achieve your vision and mission ?

•Marketing Plan• Who is your target audience and how are you going to reach them ?• Communication (Social Media , Newsletter)

•Operational Plan• What will be the YPF doing and how it will be done ?

Financial Plan• How is the YPF going to resource the work ?

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Governance /Constitution 

• Membership • Conditions of membership (Age, technical, etc.)

• Committees • Rules relating to elections and terms of office• Guidelines for portfolios (align with MA’s)

• Code of Conduct• Professionalism (behave as reasonable person /man)• Disciplinary Measures

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Challenges 

• Mobility of YP Members

• Lack of support from Management 

• Support from the Member Association

• Non participation of YP’s 

Discussion

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