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Title: 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 (02) 9299 3666 Fax
(02) 9299 3997 Email info_at_acs.org.au
www.acs.org.au
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