American Chemical Society
Best Practice: Collaborative
Industrial Networking Event
Ivan Konstantinov
2015 Chair
Brazosport Local Section
Collaborative Industrial
Networking Happy Hour
What
Industrial Networking
Happy Hour
Why
Collaboration,
networking, boost
attendance to our
events
When:
5-7 pm, Spring & Fall,
2012-present
Where
Local Restaurants
Who
Co-hosted by local
professional
organizations
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Logistics
• Developed relationships with local restaurants
• Advertisement: Fliers, Email, Facebook, Website,
Calendar Meeting Request
• Sign-in sheets and name tags
• Networking Bingo! – Prizes for winner!
• Newsletters available for reading
• Free appetizers & 2 beverages (tickets to keep track)
• Table tents with QR code
• Funding – determines maximum size of event
– Co-hosting commitment - $100
– ACS National Grant - $1000
– AIChE National Grant - $600
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Impact and Assessment
• Highest attendance in recent history!
– 2012 (20 - 25 people)
– 2013 (25 - 75 people)
• Positive feedback from professional
organizations, attendees, and
restaurants
• Good participation with bingo
• New Facebook likes!
• New network connections made!
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Key Lessons Learned
• Collaboration is key! Help each other out
• People like to eat and drink
• Advertise more than you think you should via different
media
• Polling members for what they want does not always
work out
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American Chemical Society
Outstanding Performance by
a Local Section-Medium
Large Size Category
Jennifer McKenzie
2015 Chair Elect
Nashville Local Section
Nashville Section hosted 11 Major
Events in 2013
8000 attendees, 150 volunteers
125 attendees, 10 mentors + organizers and
support team
5300 attendees, 230 volunteers, ~10 different events
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Events and Member Affiliations to
Drive Volunteer Effort
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Earth Day 2013 – ACS Chaired the Volunteer
Committee
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Website sign-up, ACS handled on-site coordination
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Sent out call to local volunteer groups, schools, and
courthouse (court-appointed community service)
STEMming a Brighter Future – ACS Members in local
industry hosting event
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In 2013, members of local industry from Aegis Sciences
Corp. form S2 Group – Science and Schools.
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Gained funding from ACS and other sponsors to host 125
students and teachers from 45 local schools
National Chemistry Week – Partnership of ~30 groups
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~10 different events taking place in a large variety of
locales in middle Tennessee/Kentucky
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Diverse involvement leads to diverse/large volume of
volunteers
Currently growing our social media presence to help spread the word in the future!! @NashvilleACS
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Let Members Pursue Their
Passions…
…but make them document everything for the Annual Report!
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Example 1 : Judith – Our guru for advancing STEM for
Women
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Manages numerous events at MTSU and in the Nashville area.
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Receives tons of photos, feedback from students and
volunteers, all of which is submitted in the oral report.
Example 2: Kara and Darcie – Local Industry members
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Host several activities/yr. including bringing in HS students,
holding Career events, celebrating NCW.
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publishes their ACS activities as part of a weekly newsletter
Example 3: Preston – Connected to local children’s museum
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Able to host several chapter meetings a year
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Easy for ACS to get involved in museum events, such as
monthly Science Cafes.
Annual Report Tips: 1) Keep a file with all the event announcement emails throughout
the year 2) Visit the websites of student sections/museums/schools, etc to fill in gaps
when they don’t help out with the report.
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American Chemical Society
Outstanding Collaboration
Between a Division and Local
Section and Global
Engagement Award for a
Local Section
Jerry Jasinski
2015 Chair Elect
Northeastern Local Section
Northeastern Section of the
American Chemical Society
• Event: Exchange between the Younger Chemists Committee of
NESACS (NSYCC) and the Jungchemikerform (JFC) of the German
Chemical Society (GDCh) at the Northeast Regional Meeting of
the ACS (NERM) in New Haven, CT (October23-26, 2013).
• German visitors participated in technical sessions, made oral and
poster presentations and were part of a NESACS-sponsored
symposium, “International Chemistry Connections” on October
25th.
• www.nesacs.org
Development & Planning Process
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This was the 13th activity in the series of exchange programs
between NSYCC of NESACS and JCF of GDCh.
Planning began shortly after August 2010 exchange when
German graduate students attended the ACS National
Meeting in Boston, MA.
NESACS German Exchange Steering Committee met regularly
to develop plans, and regular communications were held
with members of the Education Division of GDCh in Germany.
Constant contact with Michelle Stevenson in the ACS
Regional Meetings Office was maintained in order to register
members of the German delegation for the meeting, arrange
for scheduling of the NESACS-sponsored symposium and
handle logistical details.
www.nesacs.org
Funding Resources
• GDCh provided flight tickets to/from Boston/Germany.
• NESACS paid for seven nights of lodging (4 in Boston, 3 in
New Haven), meals and local arrangements, and NERM
registrations.
• Part of the costs were covered by the 2013 ACS Global
Innovation (GI) Award from the International Activities
Committee (IAC) of $4000.
• Strem Chemicals supported the bus transportation to/from
Logan Airport and to/from New Haven.
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Impact and Assessment
• 12 German graduate students in the chemical sciences and 2
accompanying persons attended and participated in NERM.
• Oral and poster presentations were made about their
research, and were part of the NESACS-sponsored
symposium on “International Chemistry Connections,” and
were involved in all the social and networking activities.
• German delegation members were extremely pleased to
have the opportunity to experience an ACS regional meeting.
• It costs a lot of money and time to make this type of activity
a success, so funding and engagement of volunteers is the
most difficult part of the event.
• All involved must keep on top of every aspect of the plans
and anticipate many surprises.
www.nesacs.org
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Outstanding Local Section
Younger Chemists Committee
Katie Heroux
2015 Chair Elect
Savannah River Local Section
Savannah River Section
Younger Chemists Committee
Katie J. Heroux – 2013-2014 YCC Chair
2013 Highlights:
- 67 members led by 1 Chair and 2 co-Chairs
- Most active year to date: hosted 9 events on $500 budget
- Also participated in NCW and SEED activities
- Variety of educational/community outreach, career development, and social
networking events in the CSRA
- Established a partnership with the Salvation Army of North Augusta
- Increased visibility and volunteer participation among local college students
- Received ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Local Section YCC
American Chemical Society – Leadership Institute
Savannah River Section
Younger Chemists Committee
Nanotechnology
demonstrations
at local schools
Volunteer
appreciation
Educational and
Community Outreach
‘Gross, Gooey, and Ghoulish Science Experiments’
at the Salvation Army
American Chemical Society – Leadership Institute
‘Kitchen Chemistry’
at the Children’s
Hospital of Georgia
Savannah River Section
Younger Chemists Committee
Career Development
Program-in-a-Box Webinars
“A date with science: dinner and dessert chemistry”
“Putting your best foot forward: managing your paper and
online resumes”
Social
Networking
Augusta
GreenJackets
Baseball
Pizza kick-off
meeting
Holiday Social
& Toy Drive
Careers in Chemistry Q&A with
college and high school students
University of South Carolina-Aiken
Georgia Regents University
American Chemical Society – Leadership Institute
Social
Networking