More Related Content Similar to NSCSS Benefits Similar to NSCSS Benefits (20) NSCSS Benefits1. What Are the Benefits of Membership in the National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists? Mark S. McClain January 19, 2010 Consulting Soil Scientists of Carolina’s, Inc. Soil Science Society of North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina 5. Is this really the right question about an established organization that represents your profession? 6. Quid Pro Quo leaves the impression that one is expecting a parasitic relationship. What can I get out of this organization? What’s in it for me? 8. NSCSS Founded in 1987, the Society supports the soil science profession from a private sector perspective; however, you do not have to be a consultant to be a voting member. Encouraging consulting as a career choice is particularly important to our members. Mark S. McClain © 2010 9. NSCSS Founded on a War Footing NSCSS was founded on a war footing, to combat threats to the private enterprise aspects of the soil science profession. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum, so to speak. We discovered that what truly attracted us about the Society wasn’t the shared threat, it was the opportunity of learning from each other. And of course we don’t learn just from other consultants but from all soil scientists. So we transformed the Society to better support this focus, and we changed the bylaws accordingly. Mark S. McClain © 2010 12. To promote quality interaction between professional soil scientists and their communities, 13. To represent the diverse consulting, service and business interests of professional soil scientists, 14. To facilitate the exchange of business and soil science experiences within the Society, and 30. To paraphrase NSCSS Founder James Brown… We became members because we recognize that as individuals we have limited influence when it comes to political impacts to our profession. As consulting soil scientists we have significantly more influence when we speak up. But as a professional business organization we speak with a much larger and influential voice. Mark S. McClain © 2010 31. To paraphrase Phil Small: “NSCSS empowers the individual to be an activist for their profession, not a lone position, but one of the entire society. NSCSS is a society of activists!” One of the best sources of this activism is through the NSCSS Website. www.nscss.org Mark S. McClain © 2010 36. 14% of the daily cost of your cable or satellite TV 49. NSCSS maintains a publicly available database. The member can login to update their contact information and control the level of detail available. 53. Members can use a résumé posting service and send us the link and we will post it.