Discovery Summits are working sessions for industry, academia, and government on a range of topics related to priority trends in business and community that shape the nature of service systems innovation. 

Click here to volunteer to help with Discovery Summit organization, promotion, structuring/fielding the advance ISSIP survey, summarizing findings, or to research, draft, edit or package the White Paper incorporating findings, with insights shared on the day, and/or to assist with organizing content and scheduling social media and PR promotion.
2023 Chair: Deborah Stokes – Linkedin

ISSIP Progress and Board of Director (BOD) calls happen twice a year, on the last Wednesday of January and July, and are one of the best ways to catch-up on a range of ISSIP activities, and better connect with ISSIP Leadership.  Click here to volunteer to assist with organizing content from ISSIP leadership, organizing in GDrive, supporting development of data for reporting and administrative requirements of hosting the global call.
Chair:  Michele Carroll – Linkedin

ISSIP Elections Leadership

ISSIP’s immediate past president chairs the Elections Committee which will call for Vice Presidential nominees in the Fall. ISSIP members vote in the fourth quarter and we announce our winning Vice President for the coming year by year’s end. That person is typically president in the following year.  Click here to volunteer to serve along with the Executive Director and immediate past president, on the Elections committee charged with managing the process, from issuing the call for nominations, to securing relevant information from candidates, to organizing responses for Executive Committee approval of ISSIP VP.  
Chair:  Terri Griffith, Immediate Past President of ISSIP – Linkedin

Conference Committee

ISSIP sponsors ‘best paper’ awards and collaborates with multiple industry, government and academic conferences every year.  Click here to join the Conference Committee, which evaluates and prioritizes opportunities for ISSIP involvement with conferences annually and then manages the process of optimizing the value of each for ISSIP membership.  
Chair:  Haluk Demirkan – Linkedin

Membership Committee (Institutions)

Institutional membership in ISSIP has an associated financial sponsorship level – click here for more information – and to serve on the Institutional Membership Growth team.  
Chair:  Michele Carroll, Executive Director – Linkedin

Book a Collections / Publishing

ISSIP partners with the Business Experts Press (BEP) in a program designed to assist members with writing, editing and publishing short books on topics relevant to Service Innovation.

Click to support Co-chairs Haluk Demirkan and Jim Spohrer manage the process and regular publications effort for ISSIP. 

Newsletter

The monthly ISSIP Newsletter is a great source of information about ISSIP people, projects, and activities, including upcoming events. Click here to apply to serve on ISSIP’s Editorial Team, and/or to support gathering and publishing of regular content of ISSIP news. 
Editor-in-Chief:  Cecilia Lee – Linkedin

Social Media Team

Click to volunteer to support ISSIP’s social media presence and platform and content management.
Chair:  Terri Griffith – Linkedin

Events – Event Support

ISSIP Events come in a great variety of forms, and are typically recorded (ISSIP YouTube) and presentation posted (ISSIP Slideshare), as well as a great way for ISSIP members to earn knowledge-sharing eminence badges for speaking. Click here to volunteer to assist with posting ISSIP content to social media and platforms as noted, and support digital credentials management.
Chair:  Jim Spohrer – Linkedin