Professional Organization Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) provides its members with knowledge, education, and resources that enable them reach their true potential. This association is for IT business professionals. AITP endeavors to equip its members with technology and leadership education. It also undertakes to equip its members with research and information on current technological issues in the realms of business (AITP, 2012). The association creates a forum for networking and collaboration. Some of the networking events that the association organizes are conferences.

To be a member of AITP one must have at one time been employed in the management of information resources portfolios. These individuals can be managers, staff, sales, and even service providers. This category of individual falls under professional members. Students with relevant training background can also be members of AITP. AITP also draws its membership from commercial enterprises, government, and educational organizations that rely on information technology in day-to-day...

These organizations have to have minimum number of memberships to qualify to join this membership class (AITP, 2012). Former student members are also allowed to become professional members of AITP.
The AITP provides professional development opportunities for its members by organizing workshops. It is through these workshops that these members get to network. One such conference is AITP Collegiate Conference that is slated for April 4-7 next year (2013) in Saint Louis Missouri (AITP, 2012). The conference targets IT students drawn from colleges and Universities across the whole of United States.

As a student I stand to benefit from being a member of AITP because through conferences they organize I get to meet IT industry leaders who provide the much needed information in IT job market. As students, AITP provides us with scholarship opportunities. The scholarship is awarded based on demonstrated academic achievement, leadership activities, community service, and future career interests (AITP, 2012). These conditions bar many…