Membership and NetworkingJoining is an investment in you, your organization’s success, and the technology industry. Membership includes many opportunities to build your community, make connections, gain new insights, advocate for your industry, improve customer services, and incorporate new technologies. CFT members play a key role in building a strong collective voice to shape the national technology agenda.
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Membership Benefits
Members are guided by the CFT management team who provide extensive experience in policy matters and maintain longstanding relationships with leaders across industry, government, and institutions.
Advocacy
Relationships
Information
Business Development
Advocacy
- supporting public policies that help ensure members' success
- encouraging new ventures, improving access to capital, preserving tax incentives
- growing knowledge-based jobs and expanding the knowledge workforce
- providing members with resources to interact with their legislators and public representatives
Relationships
- providing opportunities to interact and share insights with state government policy makers and key IT decision makers
- building strategic relationships with other members
- facilitating networking and collaborations through executive forums, legislative conferences, CIO Roundtables, and special interest events
Information
- enabling access to research information and other resources to raise awareness about the policy making process and impacts on IT budgets
- educating members on emerging technologies and other issues relevant to the technology industry
Business Development
- assisting members in growing their businesses by fostering strategic relationships with other technology leaders
- advising on national, state, and local business development strategy through partnerships with development organizations and resources