Membership Benefits

Five Great Reasons to Join the Society of Telecommunications Consultants!

Networking with Fellow Consultants
With members throughout North America and a growing number of European, Asian and South American countries, the STC offers you the opportunity to meet fellow professionals who share your business practices and objectives. Through the STC, you will find a wealth of opportunities to initiate and foster new business relationships resulting in more consulting opportunities, thoughts on how to build your practice and ideas for serving your clients.

Educational Conferences
STC members have the opportunity to participate - at discounted rates - in annual educational conferences. The Fall STC conference provides members with the latest technical and practice management information enabling them to better serve their clients and compete in the marketplace. STC conferences draw from industry leaders for up-to-the-minute technology trends as well as business leaders for the most current business advice.

Monthly Educational Conference Calls
The STC - intent on increasing our members’ knowledge and competitiveness - offers a variety of educational conference calls monthly. Designed specifically to the educational needs and desires of our members, these calls include topics on managing your practice, making use of new technology and case studies from successful consulting engagements.

Regulatory Attorney Support
The STC’s regulatory attorney, Martha Buyer, is available for routine inquiries free of charge to STC Members. Our attorney, who specializes in telecommunications regulatory law, regularly updates the membership through timely e-mail notices, our quarterly newsletter (STC LINES), and at our Conferences. Through this service, you can stay up-to-date on those regulatory items that will affect your clients and ensure your competitiveness in the marketplace.

Practice Management & Marketing Support
The STC provides its members with a multitude of services designed to manage and grow their consulting practices. The STC provides mentoring services for new consultants, access to experienced consultants for project assistance, sample RFPs, and advice and tips in our newsletter, STC Lines.

Membership requirements are comprehensive and rigorously applied, as each member must abide by the STC Code of Ethics.