Voices: Member Engagement Makes ISM® a More Effective Association

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t Institute for Supply Management^® (ISM^®), we not only exist to advance the practice of supply management, but to advance you, our members, as the profession evolves by providing the tools, information and insights you need.

Whether it’s a webinar or blog post with the latest information, data and strategies to help you mitigate such up-to-the-minute risks and issues like the coronavirus outbreak; a Member Monday tool or template that makes your job easier; an Inside Supply Management^® magazine article about digital transformation or sustainability practices; a self-paced educational course that you can do on your schedule; or other insight or tool, we can help you manage the complexities of today’s — and the future’s — supply management profession.

To help meet your needs, we want to hear from you. We want to know what information, tools and insights you want and expect from us. And we’d like your engagement, whether it’s through answering a survey, attending a webinar or course, volunteering for an ISM committee, participating in a local ISM chapter or attending the ISM2020 Annual Conference in Boston.

Engagement enables you — and ISM — to hear different perspectives about issues, learn new ideas and solutions, gain feedback and have possibilities at your fingertips. Through engagement, you can help other members as well as yourself. You can network with experts, practitioners and leaders. You can learn from others who have experienced the same issues, concerns or successes, and have a solution or an idea to help.

Your association — ISM — is where you can grow, learn, give back and make a difference. Your participation and feedback help us develop the content you need on the job and in the future.