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How To: Leverage Your Membership as a Government Representative
As a representative of a regional, national, or subnational government agency, you may need to be mindful of different considerations  than other stakeholders in an ASTM International committee. Fortunately, ASTM offers numerous resources and… more
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How to: Four Benefits of In-Person Meetings
We’ve all worked the last few years in a mostly remote work environment, conducting meetings on various virtual platforms. Although ASTM International’s technical committees haven’t missed a beat, we’ve noted some differences between virtual and in-… more
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How To: Join and Participate
ASTM International offers opportunity: For you, your career, your company, and your industry.  While standards work takes time, effort, and energy, it’s work needed by your company and industry. That work in turn provides professional and… more
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How To: Understand Committee Structure
An ASTM International technical committee — any one of about 150 — serves as an organizing approach for standards work. These committees cover about 90 industry sectors. Over ASTM’s history, committees have been organized in areas from metals and… more
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How To: Navigate the Ballot Process
“Every ASTM member is entitled to vote on all Society Review Items as well as on each ballot of a main committee and subcommittee to which the member belongs.” That’s the regulation behind this integral part of developing standards: the voting… more
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How To: Publish a Technical Report
Technical reports help make your information available. Longer than a journal paper, shorter than other publications, reports offer a peer-reviewed format to share work that may or may not otherwise call for full-consensus standards. Think of it… more
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How To: Refine Your ASTM Skills with Member Training
Understanding the consensus process and best practices for standards development, including online tools, is important, and that’s the reason training is available. To get started, mark your calendar for the Virtual Officers’ Training Workshop in… more
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How To: Engage Members (and Non-Members) Between Meetings
In today’s virtual environment, standards development continues through the dedication of members like you with the support of online tools such as Webex, Zoom, and more. Connecting between regular meetings, which many… more
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How To: Take the Next Step
What are our next steps? That’s a question every task group, subcommittee, or main committee asks at one time or another. It’s an integral part of strategic planning and moving standards and related work forward.  If you’d like support in… more
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How To: Lead a Virtual Task Group
The task group is the heart of standards development, and its leader — the task group lead, chair, or technical contact — drives the process. In this role, the lead organizes technical discussions, develops (and/or oversees the development of)… more
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How To: Hold an Effective Virtual Meeting
Did you know that ASTM offers both conference call lines and a virtual meeting platform through Webex for technical committee meetings? This information and these tips will help you decide which platform is best for your meeting and help make your… more
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