Board Outreach
Board Outreach Opportunities
Information and resources to present about the Society, on your campus and elsewhere when you visit universities or organizations, or attend meetings, conferences, and other events. Customize the presentation, remove or add slides, based on your audience. Thank you for being our ambassadors! Strategic Outreach Objectives:
- To generate good will and connection
- To build momentum for our strategic initiatives
- To promote membership and engagement with our programsTo gather feedback
Resources & Tracking
- PowerPoint with Notes: Your Societies: Where Science Meets Community
- Resources to print on demand or have resources shipped to you (contact Sara Uttech, 608-268-4948):
- Track your Presentation: Use this Google Doc link to record the date, location, audience, comments
- Sign-in Sheets: Print our Sign In Sheet and ask the audience to sign in so we can track attendance and follow up with them
Target Audiences
Land Grant Universities, HBCU, 1890, Tribal Colleges
- NIFA: Land Grant Colleges & Universities (1862, 1890, 1994) by state
- Map: NIFA Land-Grant Colleges and Universities (1862, 1890, and 1994)
Members & Certified Professional Directories
- Member Directory - find members locally
- Certification Directory - find certified professionals locally
Tracking & Feedback
- Social Media: Take a picture at the event, and tag the Societies in your post:
- Facebook: ASA.CSSA.SSSA
- X: ASA_CSSA_SSSA
- Linked In: crops-soils-agronomy
- News Flash: submit details of your visit for News Flash, send to Sara Uttech
- Feedback: Provide us with feedback on what worked, what didn't work, what could be improved for future presentations. Contact Governance Director Sara Uttech, Send Message, 608-268-4948
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Benefits of Membership
- Enjoy access to our Online Library, including articles and archives of our 13 journals and all books published by ASA, CSSA, and SSSA.
- Claim your $300 discount on meeting registration for professional members, with reduced rates for early career, student, and emeritus members.
- Read monthly issues of CSA News, which highlights the best science news from our journals and membership.
- Use your 33% discount on unlimited learning and CEU opportunities through a one-year Online Classroom subscription.
- Check out page charge discounts of 50% (plus seven free pages up front) for members publishing in Agronomy Journal, Crop Science, or Soil Science Society of America Journal.
- Network through Communities, Divisions, and Sections, which bring members together based on scientific and topical interest areas.
- Access members-only Discussion Boards.
- Read our exclusive biweekly email newsletter NewsFlash.
- Grow your editorial experience as a peer reviewer or journal editor.
- Volunteer for committee service, meeting event planning, mentorship, and leadership.
- Make a change through science policy initiatives like Congressional Visits Day and the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Advocacy Toolkit.
- Support Agronomic Science Foundation programs.
Ready to join? Explore our member categories and dues
When you join the Soil Science Society of America, you become a member of the leading science community dedicated to advancing the soil and environmental science.
Dues include rates for membership in one, two, or all three Societies.
- Professional: Individual interested in crop, agronomic, soil, or environmental science. $140/$200/$250
- Emeritus: Member who has held active membership for a total of 25 years or more, and have ceased professional employment (including consulting). $70/$100/$125
- Graduate Student: Graduate student majoring in agronomic, crop, soil, or environmental sciences. $50
- Undergraduate Student: Undergraduate student majoring in agronomic, crop, soil, or environmental sciences. $30
- Corporate Member: An organization that supports the goals of the Society.
