Setting up an Iasa Chapter
September 19, 2024 2025-01-26 19:37Setting up an Iasa Chapter
IASA Communities
Iasa communities come in 2 types: a) knowledge communities and b) geographic (chapter) communities.
Knowledge Community
A knowledge community is one that is centered on an idea, concept, skill or tool. For example the Chief Architect Forum, the Integration community or the Security community are all knowledge communities. They differ from other communities in that they are focused on developing knowledge around that critical knowledge area. They are also capable of providing content, new training and certs as well as interacting with chapter communities.
Chapter Community
The geographic community can be a region, country, state or city level activity. It is the primary ‘delivery’ vehicle of Iasa. The community serves as a central hub for education
These communities can then be assigned three levels depending on the services and content available from them.
Community Activities
Primary Chapter Activities
All full chapters and above of Iasa need to provide a certain set of baseline activities.
| Community | Education | Knowledge |
|---|---|---|
| Events | Training | University Partner |
| Chief Architect Forum | Podcast | Shared Assets |
| Women in Architecture | Certifications | Working Groups |
Executive Director
The Iasa Community Executive Director develops strong corporate and individual relationships to drive key chapter business functions in partnership with chapter leaders, local membership, industry and academia to deliver programs and services that support the maintenance and growth of the local chapter and Iasa Global. The executive director successfully delivers member value while developing opportunities for long-term partnership for the chapter. The Executive Director drives and supports chapter business goals as well as creation and implementation of engagement model for different professional levels of the membership group including: Content creation, Events, Member-to-Member interaction and Outreach.
Chapter Leadership
Iasa welcomes individuals with passion for their profession, the skills to lead others and the drive to give back to their community. Successful candidates that would like to open a chapter in their local area typically have some or all of the following traits:
- Architecture Industry Influence
- Understanding of Iasa pillars, strategy, mission
- Passion for Architecture
- Passion for giving back to the professional community
- Willingness to commit time/effort
- Administrative capability
- Leadership Skills
- Communication and human dynamics capabilities
- Personal influencing skills
- Strategic thinking and ability to translate a strategic vision into an actionable plan.
Board of Advisors
Board of Advisors (BoA) members believe in Iasa’s mission to establish and stabilize the profession of Business and Technology architecture worldwide and support it locally. The BoA acts in an advisory and thought leader capacity for the chapter leadership team on various topics, programs, opportunities to help the chapter grow in awareness, reputation and membership. The Board of Advisors represents the most influential and capable individuals related to a chapter, community or leadership capacity at Iasa. These are CIOs and EA thought leaders as well as academics, government, vendor and non-vendor alike. The goal of the board of advisors is to aid the chapter(s) in developing programs that are fundamentally aligned with the needs of the profession in the surrounding community and country. They serve as both ambassadors as well as thought leaders. The leaders are not traditionally expected to contribute large numbers of hours but are more guides, mentors and thought leaders. Many BoA members come from member companies and assign working group, activist or other leadership working task to members of their own staff. Further activity is based on need, desire and availability. Initiatives of relevance include but are not limited to:
- Knowledge/ Focus Groups
- Government Initiatives
- Tailored programs depending
- on local need/deman
- Academia Collaboration
