Simon Kwan

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Simon Kwan National Marketing Manager Australian
Computer Society
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Australian Computer Society

• formed in 1966
• 8 branches throughout Australia
• chapters in various large urban areas
• 16,000 members
• recognised as the society of IT professionals
• members of Australian Council of Professions
  (ACP), IFIP, SEARCC...

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ACS Objectives

• encourage the study/application of IT
• promote organisational and individual competence
• formulate effective policies on IT
• promote IT in the society at large
• maintain and promote code of ethics
• promote the benefits of organisations employing
  members

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ACSs Contribution

• Core Body of Knowledge
• Code of Ethics, Professional Conduct and Practice
• Roles in IT community
• Contributions in business and community at large
• Professional development, training, education and
  certification
• Serving its members

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Code of Ethics

• Hallmark of any profession is a commitment to a
  high standard of professional conduct
• Code of ethics
• enhances personal stature as IT professional
• helps maintain credibility
• secures the continuing acknowledgement of
  professional merits by the community

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IT Professional

• Special knowledge and skills
• Qualification, education, certification, body of
  knowledge, etc.
• Working experience, competency, recognised prior
  learning, etc.
• Code of ethics, professional conduct,
  professional practice, behaviours, continuing
  development, etc.

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Membership Admission Criteria

• Membership Board
• Member with body of knowledge required for an IT
  professional
• Member with relevant professional experience (4
  years)
• Membership Processing Centre

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Membership Services

• Keeping knowledge up to date
• Gaining practical new skills
• Exploring ideas and concepts
• Professional networking
• Other value added benefits

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Keeping Knowledge Up to Date

• Information Age
• Regular Branch Newsletter
• JRPIT
• Website
• Handbooks, video, books, etc.

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Gaining Practical New Skills

• Certification program
• Professional development courses
• Practicing computer professional scheme

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Professional Development

• Certification Program
• distance education completed over a two-year
  period
• two core subjects and two elective subjects
• credit towards several MBA and Graduate Diploma
  course

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Exploring Ideas and Concepts

• Special Interest Groups
• Seminar and workshops

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Professional Networking

• Regular Meeting
• Conferences

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Other Value Added Benefits

• Amex Gold Credit Card
• Reduction in home loan interest rate
• Professional indemnity and public liability
  insurance discount
• Email redirection
• Member Advantage
• Training/certification discount

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Membership Fees

• Student
• 55 (inc GST)
• Others
• 110 application fee
• 275 annual subscription
• (inc GST)

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Professional Development

• Practising Computer Professional
• recognises members who have completed 30 hours of
  approved professional development in any one year
• extends your knowledge and skills in a variety of
  disciplines

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Professional Development

• Conference
• Seminar
• Workshop
• Branch Forum
• SIG meeting
• others

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New Initiatives

• ICT Alliance
• Houghton Reports
• Education Across the Nation
• International Computer Driving Licence
• ACS Foundation
• Attention of the Politicians
• Examining possibility to becoming Examination
  Institute

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Why organisations prefer ACS members

• Assurance that they are technically qualified
• Assurance that they are obliged to Code of Ethics
  and Code of Professional Conduct and Practice
• Assurance that they are committed to ongoing
  professional development

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Professional Recognition Program

• Listing ACS Membership Preferred in the
  criteria for relevant IT positions and in related
  recruitment advertisements, and/or
• Funding all or part of the ACS Membership
  subscription for relevant IT employees, as a
  standard employment benefit

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Professional Recognition Program

• Benefits to organisation by ACS
• ACS Certification
• Discounts on professional development events
• Invitation to attend ACS events
• Web site linkage
• ACS media coverage and internal publications

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Some PRP Organisations

• Australia Post
• AWB Ltd.
• Cap Gemini Ernst Young
• CSC Australia
• Daimler Chrysler
• Drake
• HCF
• IBM Australia
• Icon
• IT Manpower
• Job-serve

• Macquarie Bank
• Mallesons Stephen Jaques
• Mincom
• National
• Nestle
• Spherion
• Suncorp-Metway
• Tabcorp
• Tower Software
• Wyeth
• Xerox

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Australian Computer Society Level 3, 160 Clarence
Street Sydney NSW 2000 Tel [phone] Fax
[phone] Email info_at_acs.org.au
www.acs.org.au