There are many benefits for NAEP Members.
Professional Development
Purchasing professionals
can share insights with peers and sharpen their skills and knowledge
through expert instruction at our various institutes &
academies.
Our Procurement
Academies offer a
three-tiered learning experience, with each tier emphasizing a different
procurement perspective. The tiers are arranged in a learning format,
from basic to advanced, and are identified as Foundation, Professional,
and Senior Professional.
Our
Industry–Focused
Institutes are dedicated to specific
procurement needs, such as P-Card/e-Procurement, Travel—whatever
is of current concern to our members. We will continue to offer these industry-focused
courses, along with the NAEP Procurement Academy and the Professional
Leadership Academy. Visit our Event Calendar for the latest details and listing
of offerings.
Our Educational Webinars offer professional
development right at your desktop! Featuring expert facilitators
and industry thought leaders, these live events offer unsurpassed
intelligence on the topics that are at the top of your list today!
NAEP Annual
Meeting & Exposition, a
four-day program, typically offers 50+
workshops of interest to members. Topics of immediate concern are
covered in Roundtable Discussion Groups. This meeting is the
largest
gathering of campus purchasing professionals held
anywhere. The informal contact the Annual Meeting provides with more than 500
purchasing professionals from around the country is one of the major
benefits of NAEP membership. The candid exchange of
views at this meeting helps members build a personal informational
network on a nationwide basis. Our 150+ booth exhibit provides the
latest product information and services available to meet your needs.
This is one event you don't want to miss. Visit our Events
Calendar for a listing of upcoming Annual
Meetings
Accreditation
Together with the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and
several other groups serving the purchasing profession, NAEP has long sponsored the
Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) program and Accredited Purchasing
Practitioner (A.P.P.) program. These programs are available
to the entire purchasing profession and the recertification awarded is
universally recognized within the profession as worthwhile and
earned. NAEP workshops allow members to earn continuing education
hours towards recertification. For more detailed information such
as: Certification exam requirements, on-line testing exam
preparation, on-line forms, etc., visit ISM's website
(www.ism.ws) and select "Certification
(A.P.P./C.P.M.)" from their menu.Note: Only
ISM members will be eligible for discounted rates on ISM seminars, test
materials, etc.
Networking
Listserv: Communicate with over 1,000 members nationwide
by keeping up-to-date with the latest sources of supply, current
pricing, purchasing techniques and much more.
Frequent contact with peers across the country through our listserv(s)
provides timely access via email to information purchasing professionals
can't afford to be without. NAEP's listservs include our National Listserv
(1,000 + members belong
to this listserv) Our members rate the National listserv as one
of the most important tools available to them.
We also run Regional Listservs (to allow members to communicate specifically
with members from their regional areas).
Website Access: NAEP's website carries the latest information
regarding association events, regional
groups/meeting information, committees, job postings, professional
development opportunities, the Purchasing Link, NAEP/E&I's on-line source for purchasing
news, links to other associations, over 50 links to NAEP purchasing
websites of member institutions, and much more!
Regional Groups: Nineteen NAEP regional groups serve members across the
country. Having a large number of relatively small groups meeting
locally ensures that even the smallest institutions with the most
restricted travel budgets may become personally involved with our
association. All regional groups hold at least one meeting per
year. These one- to four-day meetings combine
presentations by industry experts, members, and
suppliers. The majority of NAEP regions also
feature supplier exhibits.
Publications
The NAEP Journal is the
Association's primary print forum for the exchange of information among
members. Quarterly, we publish columns, articles, survey tabulations and
letters from members. For example, we feature Brian Yeoman's thought
provoking Roamin' with
Yeoman, and many other great articles. A single
copy of the NAEP Journal is sent to each member of record. Additional
single copies or annual subscriptions are available to others (call NAEP National Office for
current pricing).
Starting November
2002, NAEP's monthly newsletter, the BULLETIN was moved to a new on-line publication called the Purchasing Link. The Purchasing Link is your monthly source for purchasing news and offers
NAEP's Bulletin,
The E&I Report, and
Commentaries
by Neil Markee, Lloyd Rain, and Stephen
Mack. You can access the
current on-line issue of Purchasing Link by visiting NAEP's home page and selecting the "Purchasing Link" icon.
NAEP also
offers a number of manuals, booklets and monographs on matters of
specific interest to purchasing professionals serving higher
education. Call NAEP's National Office for a current publication
listing.
Collaborative Development
Membership in
Educational & Institutional Cooperative Services,
Inc. E&I is a not-for-profit purchasing cooperative
and sister organization to NAEP. With so much purchasing power,
E&I is able to secure highly favorable pricing for its
members. A tremendous selection of products and services meets
member needs for everything from institution-wide projects to individual
items. All it takes to secure this relationship is a one-time five
dollar investment and a current membership in NAEP.
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