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title: Member Resources | SITE Southern California - SITE Southern California
description: "SITE SoCal Members and Partners, please check out the following Member Resources: LinkedIn Career Board and ClassPass Partnership."
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# Member Resources

SITE SoCal Members and Partners, please check out the following Member Resources:

## What is the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE)?

*Founded in 1973, we are a professional association of 3,000 members located in 90 countries, working in corporations, agencies, airlines, cruise companies, and across the entire destination supply chain. We bring value to our members at both global and local chapter level by networking, online resources, education, certification, and advocacy. SITE is deeply committed to the new generation and operates a best-in-class Young Leaders program and dedicated annual conference.*

## Member Benefits

- Access to **SITE Global Directory of SITE Members worldwide.** Connect with your local chapter, as well as globally with other chapters around the world.
- Exclusive opportunities to attend **Education Events and SITE SoCal Holiday Event + Charity Gala**. Check out [our calendar](https://www.sitesocal.com/index.php?Itemid=606 "SITE SoCal upcoming events")
- **Direct Business Connections.** Is there someone you’d like to meet? Let us help you with a personal introduction.
- **Leadership and Growth Opportunities** – Interships, Young Leaders, Advisory Council, Mentor/Mentee Program, active committee positions for members, voluteer opportunities, join the SITE SoCal Board of Directors.
- **Unlimited Events** with significatly discounted registration fees. Members are eligible to win raffles, drawings and member gifts.

![Connections, Education, Professional Certification, Research](https://www.sitesocal.com/media/yootheme/cache/a7/why-join-site-a79b368a.jpg?src=images/about/why-join-site.jpg&thumbnail=800,267,&hash=3f136714)

### Connections

- Make valuable connections utilizing **[our member-only database](https://myportal.siteglobal.com/membership/directory "SITE Global member-only database")**
- Build a global base of incentive travel connections by attending **[SITE’s networking events](https://siteglobal.com/overview/events "SITE’s networking events")**
- Meet and connect with professionals SoCal through our quarterly Education + Incentive Experiences as well as our Signature Events like Members Only Event, and the Holiday Event + Charity Gala. **View [our upcoming events](https://www.sitesocal.com/index.php?Itemid=606 "SITE SoCal’s upcoming events")**

### Education

- On-line educational resources available via our **[LearnHub](https://learn.siteglobal.com/ "SITE Global LearnHub")**
- Access and watch our **[YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/Siteglobal "SITE Global YouTube Channel")** featuring over 100 videos

### Professional Certification

- **[Certified Incentive Specialist (CIS)](https://siteglobal.com/certification/cis/ "Certified Incentive Specialist (CIS)")** – entry level certificate
- **[Certified Incentive Travel Professional (CITP)](https://siteglobal.com/certification/citp/ "Certified Incentive Travel Professional (CITP)")** – mid management level certificate

### Research

- Gain unique insights into all aspects of the Incentive Travel supply chain via our **[inSITEs series](https://siteglobal.com/research/insites-series/)**.
- Stay on top of emerging industry trends with the annual **[Incentive Travel Index](https://siteglobal.com/research/incentive-travel-index/ "Incentive Travel Index")**, organized in partnership with Incentive Research Foundation (IRF)