ISSIP awards provide recognition and career development opportunities to ISSIP.org members.
ISSIP’s best paper awards encourage members to attend key conferences and share their insights with others. The next opportunity is to submit a 500 word abstract before December 1st to the Human-Side of Service Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA USA July 18-20. Submit an abstract here.
ISSIP’s annual excellence in service innovation award recognizes top service innovation of the year. The next opportunity to submit a proposal for evaluation is before January 31st, 2020. Submit a proposal here. ISSIP seeks to identify good practices in service innovation constantly. For example, to help advance the growth of skills and jobs related to service innovation, ISSIP is participating in this current EU/EC project. There are also past and present NSF projects underway.
ISSIP Ambassadors are distinguished members of the community recognized for their contributions to service innovation for an extended period of time, as well as outreach on behalf of ISSIP (typically including an ISSIP message in one of their specialized conferences). Active members of ISSIP (attendance at an ISSIP sponsored conference or event, as well as attending an ISSIP Board of Directors online meeting) are encouraged to self nominate to learn more about criteria for this community recognition.
ISSIP VP/President elections are held annually and recognize leaders who help advance ISSIP with an agenda – the VP elected becomes the President in the following year. While there is only one winner each year, all who are nominated and approved by the election community have demonstrated a commitment to advancing service innovation.
ISSIP Fellows are the highest honor offered, for those ISSIP members whose contributions to service research and practice, and/or the ISSIP community is truly a lifetime of achievement. There is no formula for winning this level of recognition – it is truly only achieved through a career of dedication to service innovation excellence.
ISSIP BEP book collection authorship can help members share a longer message with the community. This type of recognition helps other members understand the driving innovation that peers are seeking to contribute to the world.
ISSIP Volunteers are called out during the ISSIP Board of Directors meeting. Volunteers are the lifeblood of ISSIP and members are encouraged to volunteer for one-year assignments – as well as to create their own volunteer assignments that can be recognized.
There are many more ways to get involved and receive ISSIP member recognition – please take time to join and explore the ISSIP.org website for more ideas.