Survey: Preferences Potential New Young

Members

• Sent out to National Societies for communication to memberships• Respondents = 0

• ~65 Respondents•Mostly Undergraduate Students

in Engineering• All Enrolled in Entrepreneurship

Class

AGE

Date Born

Prior to 19641965-1981 (Gen X)1982-1995 (Gen Y)

Gender

Gender

MaleFemale

Practice Area

Chemicals, Energy,Environmental Materials

Consumer Products

High-Tech

Life Sciences

Copyrights/Trademarks/Entertainment

University Tech Mgmt/Contracts Manager

Investor/Venture Capitalist/Service Provider

Software Engineering/Computer Science

Mechanical Engineering

0 5 10 15 20 25

Number

Number

Social Media – How much do you use?

Facebook Linked-In Twitter Pinterest0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Not at allOccassionallyExtensively

How interested are you in programs that are:

"How-to

" pro

grams

Multi-d

ay live pro

grams

Day-long liv

e programs

Multi-se

ssion onlin

e programs

Lunch

eon programs

One – two hour o

n-demand onlin

e programs

0

5

10

15

20

25

30 Not interestedSlightly interestedSomewhat interestedModerately interestedHighly interested

How interested are you in programs that are:

Three – four h

our on-d

emand online pro

grams

One – two hour s

treaming w

ebinars

Three – four h

our stre

aming webinars

Half-day liv

e programs

Breakfast meetings

Podcasts

Specifica

lly dire

cted to

Young Members

0

5

10

15

20

25

30 Not interestedSlightly interestedSomewhat interestedModerately interestedHighly interested

Are the following activities important to you within a professional organization?

Training

Mentorin

g Progra

ms

Young Member (

YM) s

pecific a

ctiviti

es

YM Exe

cutive

Foru

m

YM M

eet the Pre

sident C

ocktail P

arty

YM So

cial P

rogra

ms

YM Sp

eed Netw

orking

YM W

orkshops

Dedicated YM

Tables at E

vents

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50 Not at allNot veryNo opinionSomewhatExtremeley

How interested are you in programs that are:

"How-to

" pro

grams

Multi-d

ay live pro

grams

Day-long l

ive pro

grams

Multi-se

ssion onlin

e pro

grams

Lunch

eon program

s

One – tw

o hour on-d

emand online pro

grams

Three – four h

our on-d

emand online pro

grams

One – tw

o hour stre

aming webinars

Three – four h

our stre

aming webinars

Half-day liv

e progra

ms

Breakfast meetings

Podcasts

Specifica

lly dire

cted to

Young Mem

bers0

5

10

15

20

25

30 Not interestedSlightly interestedSomewhat interestedModerately interestedHighly interested

Are the following activities important to you within a professional organization?

National Meetings Regional Meetings Local Meetings Online Activities Social Activities0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35 Not at allNot veryNo opinionSomewhatExtremeley

Are the following activities important to you within a professional organization?

Power Networking Lobbying Legislative Updates Student Membership Committee Activities0

5

10

15

20

25

30 Not at allNot veryNo opinionSomewhatExtremeley

Are the following activities important to you within a professional organization?

Newsletter

Scholarly

magazin

e(hardco

py)

Scholarly

magazin

e(online)

Webinars

Podcasts

Organiza

tion websit

e

Organiza

tion member d

atabase0

5

10

15

20

25

30 Not at allNot veryNo opinionSomewhatExtremeley

Are the following activities important to you within a professional organization?

Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Social Contributions Humanitarian Activities0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35 Not at allNot veryNo opinionSomewhatExtremeley

Are the following activities important to you within a professional organization?

National Meetings

Regional Meetings

Loca

l Meetings

Online Acti

vities

Socia

l Acti

vities

Power Netw

orking

Lobbyin

g

Legisl

ative U

pdates

Student M

embership

Committee Acti

vities

Newsletter

Scholarly

magazin

e(hardco

py)

Scholarly

magazin

e(online)

Webinars

Podcasts

Organiza

tion websit

e

Organiza

tion member d

atabase

Face

book

Linke

dIn

Twitter

YouTube

Socia

l Contri

butions

Humanitaria

n Activiti

es0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35 Not at allNot veryNo opinionSomewhatExtremeley

Do you agree with the following statement:

0

10

20

30

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

Do you agree with the following statement: Membership in a professional organization related to licensing can be particularly

valuable to:

Entrepre

neurs

Younger Pro

fessionals

Employees o

f larg

e companies

New entrant in

to field of lice

nsing

Company with

licensa

ble IP

Professi

onals se

eking jo

b opportunities

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

Do you agree with the following statement: The benefits I receive from such a membership include:

05

1015202530

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

Given the changing times, how do you think that professional organizations will change with respect to the following:

Total Mem-bership

Number of Members

younger than 40 years of age

Nubmer of Women

members

Revenues Number of programs per

year

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Significant DecreaseDecreaseStay the sameIncreaseSignificant Increase

How likely are you to attend/participate/use:

Programs relating to le-gal developments affect-

ing licensing

Programs relating to patents

Programs relating to copyrights and/or

trademarks

Programs relating to the valuation of IP

Programs relating to the terms of licensing

agreements

0

5

10

15

20

25

30 Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

How likely are you to attend/participate/use:

Progra

ms relating to

the negotiation of a

greements

Roundtable type pro

grams

Progra

ms relating to

industr

y subjects

Progra

ms dire

cted to

entrepre

neurs

Progra

ms dire

cted to

young m

embers0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Not at all

Not very

No Opinion

Somewhat

Extremely

How likely are you to attend/participate/use:

Progra

ms sponso

red by t

he YM's

Progra

ms relating to

IP m

onetization

Progra

ms relating to

risk

management

"How-to

" pro

grams

Multi-day p

rogra

ms05

101520253035

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

How likely are you to attend/participate/use:

Day-long liv

e progra

ms

Multi-se

ssion onlin

e progra

ms

Lunch

eon progra

ms

One-two hour o

n-demand online pro

grams

Three-fo

ur hour o

n-demand online pro

grams

05

101520253035

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

How likely are you to attend/participate/use:

One-two hour s

treaming w

ebinars

Three-fo

ur hour s

treaming w

ebinars

Half-day l

ive pro

grams

Breakfa

st meetings

Podcasts

E-mail n

ews

Committee acti

vities

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

How important are the following features in a professional organization website:

Database of m

embers

Search

able access

to scholarly

magazin

e article

s

Reports on re

levant c

urrent e

vents

Information on upco

ming events

YM ta

b05

10152025303540

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

How important are the following with respect to your decision to actively participate in a professional organization:

05

101520253035404550

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

How important are the following with respect to your decision to actively participate in a professional organization:

05

1015202530354045

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely

How important are the following with respect to your decision to actively participate in a professional organization:

Socia

l acti

vities

Opportunities t

o particip

ate on committ

ees

The amount of ti

me require

d to parti

cipate

The cost

of parti

cipation

The return

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Not at allNot veryNo OpinionSomewhatExtremely