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Benefits of ASHRAE Membership

• ASHRAE membership provides free management training

• Employee involvement in chapter and regional activities increases:– Profitability– Productivity– Proficiency

Employers and Employees Experience Benefits of ASHRAE Membership

• Areas of employer and employee membership benefits include:– Improved Networking Skills– Improved Communication Skills– Improved Management Skills– Management Education– Professional Development

Networking Skills Training by ASHRAE

• Develop an industry network

• Develop the ability to work with a wide spectrum of people

• Learn to work with speakers

Communication Skills Training by ASHRAE

• Improve ability to conduct a business meeting

• Improve ability to work with a wide spectrum of people

• Improve public speaking and presentation skills

• Improve presentation of results

• Learn to organize and present seminars

• Learn to work with speakers

• Learn to introduce speakers

• Develop negotiating skills

Management Skills Training by ASHRAE

• Learn to solve problems without confrontation

• Learn to differentiate between leadership and management

• Improve goal setting skills

• Learn to organize and present seminars

• Develop negotiating skills

• Develop the ability to delegate and assign tasks

• Learn to monitor progress of tasks

• Improve ability to conduct a business meeting

• Develop ability to work with a wide spectrum of people

Management Education Training by ASHRAE

• Develop coordination and scheduling skills

• Learn to differentiate between leadership and management

• ASHRAE Journal– Business and Management

column

– Legal Issues column

• Distinguished Lecturers programs– Business, management, and

legal issues

Professional Development Training by ASHRAE

• ASHRAE can contribute to continuing education through Continuing Education Units for professional development

Available at CRC and Society Meetings

Minimal Cost Management Training by ASHRAE

• Business management and legal education programs at CRC and Society meetings

• Special publications such as “The ASHRAE Member’s Survival Guide” and a DVD on how documents and emails can be used in litigation

• Society Committee members receive the same training as above