IIBA Membership Harmonization
4 Ways IIBA Membership Harmonization is Bringing the Community Together
4 Changes for Members:
- One IIBA Membership: IIBA Global and Chapter Memberships are combining into one annual fee. Membership fees haven’t changed since 2012: harmonization of IIBA Membership provides an experience that’s in line with 2021 standards!
- All existing IIBA Members will not be charged an additional fee in May and may see an increase in fees on their next renewal date post-May 2021 depending on global location. IIBA has realigned our region classifications for countries based on their economic growth and the average Business Analyst’s salary, cost of living, and statistics from the World Economic Forum. This means that Membership pricing has increased slightly for some; you can see a breakdown of pricing here. Members whose country has moved to a higher region (ex. Region 2 to 1) will have a slightly higher fee to reflect this change. “The good news is that you are getting significantly more Membership benefits with the harmonization of Chapter and Global Membership,” notes Jared, which leads us to our next change…
- IIBA Member Access to All Chapters, Worldwide: Every Member will be assigned a home (assigned) Chapter based on their address, but no matter your assigned Chapter, you will be an IIBA Member to ALL Chapters, worldwide. It's easy to change your Chapter home in your IIBA Member profile. If you’ve already selected a Chapter in your profile, it will not change.
- The new Membership pricing includes complimentary access to your local Chapter, access to all Chapter events globally, as well as Connections, IIBA’s all-new global online community. Under harmonization Chapters will now receive additional support from IIBA Global providing the potential for more networking and event opportunities through an expanded Chapter network. For Members, this means strengthened networking opportunities with other professionals to gain new perspectives, fresh ideas, and knowledge. “Members are gaining access to both local networks and global resources with more benefits you can easily access,” adds Jared.
Harmonization will help Members by growing the Chapter Membership to develop local access, which during face-to-face events helps Members to raise your profile by sharing your expertise with your local Chapter. Members will have access to join virtual Chapter events in every time zone!
- The new Membership pricing includes complimentary access to your local Chapter, access to all Chapter events globally, as well as Connections, IIBA’s all-new global online community. Under harmonization Chapters will now receive additional support from IIBA Global providing the potential for more networking and event opportunities through an expanded Chapter network. For Members, this means strengthened networking opportunities with other professionals to gain new perspectives, fresh ideas, and knowledge. “Members are gaining access to both local networks and global resources with more benefits you can easily access,” adds Jared.
- Connections | IIBA’s Global Online Community: Individuals who do not have a local Chapter within reasonable travel distance will be assigned to a new online community called Connections.
- Although initially designed with the needs of our Members based in underserved areas in mind, this resource will be available to all IIBA Members. Stay tuned for more information about this coming soon!
- Access Chapter Websites with Your IIBA Global Login: Single Sign On (SSO) allows you to access Member benefits on Chapter sites as well as the IIBA Global site with one simple sign in.
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