1. Presentation to Region 4 IEEE-USA Strategic Challenge 2007: Improving the Competitiveness of the United States John Meredith, President IEEE-USA

2. 2 Possible Volunteer Actions  Contact your state and national legislators urging them to take action to improve competitiveness  Organize activities for local youth and teachers aimed at improving math and science programs for youth; get the word out on resources such as tryengineering.org and DesignSquad; IEEE-USA has a career brochure to help you with this  Organize town hall meetings to get the competitiveness message out  Provide easily accessible workshops and tutorials for local engineers on technical and career development topics

3. 3 Take Personal Responsibility For Your Own Competitiveness Constantly seek new knowledge and tools that will help you be a better engineer tomorrow Ensure that your contributions are valuable to your employer Support your colleagues and fellow employees in their endeavors

4. 4 Useful Web Links IEEE-USA web site: www.ieeeusa.orgwww.ieeeusa.org Rising of the Gathering Storm Executive Summary: www.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11463.pdf www.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11463.pdf Useful technical and Career Information: www.eehomepage.comwww.eehomepage.com IEEE resource for youth interested in engineering as a career: www.tryengineering.org www.tryengineering.org Design Squad information: http://pbskids.org/designsquad/http://pbskids.org/designsquad/ IEEE USA Consultants Network: http://www.ieeeusa.org/business/startnetwork.asp http://www.ieeeusa.org/business/startnetwork.asp Entrepreneurs Village: http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/entrepreneurs/http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/entrepreneurs/ IEEE-USA Salary Service: http://salaryapp.ieeeusa.org/rt/salary_database/about/salaryservice http://salaryapp.ieeeusa.org/rt/salary_database/about/salaryservice