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WelcomeStudent Membership

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IoD Student Membership• Association with the leading organisation for entrepreneurs and business leaders

• Entering into a persuasive and impactful dialogue with the SME business community

• Development of entrepreneurial effectiveness and leadership qualities in student population

• Increasing opportunities for future employment and start up success

• Adding value to undergraduate, postgraduate and alumni experience

IoD student members are eligible for only the benefits and products as defined atwww.iod.com/studentbenefits. With the exception of those benefits as described, studentmembers are not entitled to use the benefits and services available to our qualifying fulland associate members (including, but not limited to use of premises and airport loungesetc). Please contact us should you wish to discuss your eligibility for transferring to thefull/associate level of membership to access those benefits.

Student membership is valid for 12 months from the point of joining, and you will becontacted before your subscription ends.

The IoD reserve the right to amend or remove benefits listed in this brochure at any time. All details are correct at the time of going to print.

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Student Welcome Pack

Your membership will provide arange of benefits which will giveyou a competitive advantagewhen applying for jobs or settingup your own business and willsupport you in your future career.

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The Benefits of IoD StudentMembershipImprove your knowledge of business issues, your understanding of the professionalenvironment and your ability to converse with business leadersRegular events across the country will give you the opportunity to meet professionals,employers, entrepreneurs – all business leaders who will share with you their knowledge gainedfrom a wealth of business experience and prove valuable contacts for now and the future.

Add a valuable USP to your CV and interview dialogueIn today’s competitive job market, it is important to differentiate your CV from your fellowapplicants. IoD student membership demonstrates to potential future employers that you havean appreciable understanding of the realities of the world of business.

Build contacts that may assist you with future employment or work placementsWhether you are seeking work near college or home, you will be able to attend events allacross the UK. Here, you will be able to connect with business leaders who may be able tooffer you opportunities to work with them.

Provide a deep resource of business information that will assist in your studies, futurecareer or start up businessTrustworthy and accurate information can be difficult to find. Your membership gives youaccess to an enviable supply of detailed information on all aspects of business, fromhuman resources, to legal issues, which will prove a vital resource whether you are writingan essay, seeking employment or looking to start up your own business.

Be inspired by today’s most exciting business leadersYou will also have the opportunity to attend a variety of events across the countrywhere you will hear from world class speakers, from global business leaders to cabinetlevel politicians. In addition we will run a bespoke programme of events tailored foryou and delivered both at university and the IoD in Pall Mall.

The prestige of association with IoDThe IoD has been supporting business leaders for over a hundred years. As an IoDstudent member you are part of this exclusive group who sit at the top of the UK’sbusiness community.

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“Valuablecontacts for now and the future”

Join our Business Community

Regional EventsWith over 50 events each month held across the 12 UK regions you will have manyopportunities to attend and network with IoD members. Your region will communicate to youthe events you will find interesting, insightful and relevant. From inspiring entrepreneurialspeakers to innovative leaders who shape your local economy, you will be exposed to everyaspect of latest business behaviour and thought. At every event you will benefit from theopportunity to meet professionals, employers, entrepreneurs – all business leaders who willshare with you their knowledge gained from a wealth of business experience and provevaluable contacts for now and the future.

You are now connected to the UK’s most influential and reputable network of seniorbusiness leaders. Our members are spread across the UK and much of continental Europeand you will have a number of opportunities to meet and interact with them.

Young Directors Forum (YDF)You will have the opportunity to attend our Young Directors Forum (YDF), which has been createdto reflect the changing ways in which successful young people network. Attended by full IoDmembers, this forum provides an opportunity for our young members to discuss ways to findmentoring, support and investment, start businesses, engage customers, consider their socialresponsibility and build their own brands. These directors are at the forefront of emergingtechnologies and new business ideology and will be able to share insight and inspiration from theworld of 21st Century business.

Your Bespoke EventsWe will work with our partnering universities to bring the business world directly to your lecturehalls. Using you and your peers to inform your own event themes and speakers, from networkingmaster-classes to audiences with local entrepreneurs, you will shape your own bespoke IoDexperience.

National Student EventsThe IoD Annual Convention held in London is the must attend business event of the year. Withworld class speakers, from global business leaders to cabinet level politicians, it is an incomparableopportunity to hear from the heavyweights of the business community.

Our speakers will give you focus and ferocity in your professional plans whilst iterating modern,innovative and corporately responsible modes of business ventures and social leadership. Inaddition to your invitation to attend, we will run a dedicated programme of student events andspeaker engagement throughout the day.

Online Networking The IoD Student Membership group on LinkedIn provides an exclusive, secure forum in whichstudent members and full IoD members can interact, inform, support and build relationships.Build networks and display your profile to key employers, mentors and advisors. Whether for youracademic studies, entrepreneurial ideas or future professional plans, you will receive immediateaccess to supporters, evidentiary examples, business opinion, case studies and live research.You will develop a powerful peer community establishing ties across your current classand the future.

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Students find it daunting approaching professionals for advice let alonea job, the IoD offers an open and welcoming environment providingaccess to leading professionalsSam Colder, final year, Planning & Development

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Connect with us online

Guru PanelIn addition to the IoD LinkedIn forum, we have a mentoring panel available for you at your StudentMembership Portal. Each month a variety of IoD experts, Chairmen, employers, business leaders,legal and HR advisers, coaches and information specialists will be available by email for private orpersonal enquiries.www.iod.com/gurupanel

Start Up, Smart UpGot a business idea? Here you will find simple, impartial and practical advice on the most importantaspects of setting up and growing a business in the early stages.The Start Up Smart Up area ofiod.com contains everything you will need, from tips on how to write your first business plan to howbest to provide good customer care. www.iod.com/startupsmartup

Business InformationAccess our members’ only webportal, you will find an extensive collection of business resources atyour fingertips. Selected, organised and continuously updated by our research team, this resourcehouses factsheets and articles on the latest business topics including: regulation, strategy, doingbusiness abroad and finance.

We have chosen the best, removing the need for you to trawl the web yourself, saving you time,effort and expense.

• Factsheets – (4 page briefings on topics including corporate finance, HR, law, marketing, cashflow management, IT and Start ups)

• Articles and information on issues such as directors & boards, doing business abroad, employment, finance, etc. and links to useful websites

• Reference texts – dictionaries, biographies & encyclopedias, for example: Who’s Who & Debretts

Your portal for all your online IoD resources is at your fingertips: www.iod.com/student

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Student Welcome Pack‘The UK is a nation ofentrepreneurs and innovators,and yet great ideas, driven bypassionate people are often notsucceeding, in part due to a lackof basic knowledge of what itmeans to set up and run abusiness. The IoD has beenaround for over 100 yearssupporting UK businesses and we want to give out somekey information and advice tohelp those who are embarking onthis journey.’ Alex Mitchell, Head of InfluencerRelations at the IoD

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Information & CommunicationDirector Magazine App – iPad or Digital EditionDirector is Britain’s leading magazine for board-level executives. Packed with lively andinformative features, inspirational case studies and interviews and shorter advisory items, it isconsidered an essential read for company directors and will provide a valuable insight into thelatest business issues, challenges and philosophy.

Monthly Email bulletinThis regular communication will provide the latest hot topics, opinion, articles, industryreports and factsheets of relevance to you now and in your emergent career. You will also beable to keep up to date with the latest IoD events schedule and other local initiatives.

Regional NewsThrough the area of your place of study or if preferred your home or work address, you will beallocated to an IoD Branch and Region and will receive monthly emails with details of latestactivity, news, events, policy and initiatives local to you.

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The issues that matter How you can gain from IoDStudent Membership:• Improve your knowledge of business issues, your understanding of the professional

environment and your ability to converse with business leaders

• Gain awareness and refinement of your own skills and capabilities and your market force

• Build contacts and networks that will assist you with future employment opportunities and provide mentors, supporters, investors or clients for your future

• Add a valuable and demonstrable point of difference to your CV and interview dialogue in a competitive job market

• Access a deep resource of detailed and trustworthy information on all aspects of businesswith comprehensive advice on how to start a business

• Be inspired by meeting and hearing from today’s most exciting business leaders and innovative entrepreneurs at world class events and online

• Find a structure that allows you to prepare for and navigate the move from education tobusiness smoothly and successfully with ongoing personal and professional development

• Be a part of it. The IoD has been supporting business leaders for over a hundred years. As an IoD student member you are part of this exclusive group who sit at the top of the UK’s business community

Your voice heardThe IoD Policy team are tasked with representing the views of IoD members and promotingthe interests of business to decision makers at the heart of policy-making. Comprised ofexperts in major policy areas including economics, taxation, employment and corporategovernance, they meet regularly with Government and opposition parties to lobby on the keypolicy and regulatory issues that affect business. As the business leaders of tomorrow, yourviews are also important to us and will help us to ensure that the future of business is brightfor Tomorrow’s Directors. You can access all of our work to keep you informed and this isavailable to download at www.iod.com/influencing

IoD in the mediaWe take a strong position on a broad spectrum of major policy issuesand are regularly quoted across the business media, frombroadsheets through to news television and social media. We willinvite your thoughts, opinions, hopes and fears and enable youto hear and to shape our message.

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For the first time in our history, I am delighted that we are opening our doors to you, theleaders of tomorrow. I hope that you will engage with the IoD and allow us to help youbecome the future directors and entrepreneurs of UK and global industry.

This is a significant time for you as you begin your business career and we will use ourprofessional experience and expertise to guide you as you embark upon your professionaljourney. This is also the start of your journey with the IoD and I look forward to welcomingmany of you back as full IoD members one day.

We shall inform and educate you in the world of business and entrepreneurship and wouldvalue your thoughts in the evolution of the IoD student product. Our members will behonoured to share their knowledge and experience with you and in turn anticipate learningmuch from you, since you will be running their companies one day, in a vastly differentbusiness environment.

Engage with us, absorb all you can, question current business thinking, introduce members to theneeds of your generation, make your voice heard and build a powerful base of contacts for yourown future career.

Simon WalkerDirector General, Institute of Directors


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Your Products & Services at a glance:• Access to the IoD Regional Event Schedule with regular events each month held across

12 UK regions

• National student events including privileged access to the IoD Annual Convention and a dedicated programme of student events

• Online Networking Group – member only LinkedIn group

• Guru Panel – personal, confidential advice and support online from the expert Gurus

• Directormagazine App – the leading magazine for board-level executives and aspirants

• A wealth of online business intelligence regularly curated and relevant for tomorrow’s directors

• Exclusive discounts – access to specially negotiated deals on a range of personal and professional products and services

“We need theyoungermembership tohelp advance thecapitalist systemin the future.”

Director General SimonWalker meets IoD studentmembers from NottinghamTrent University

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