What gives?  How can you break through the clutter and secure positive coverage that can get you noticed and, more importantly, help generate more revenue?

Find out how from Kevin Stickney, CEO of Calypso Communications. Kevin’s presentation will be followed by networking at 5PM.

Event Details

Date:            Thursday, January 19, 2012
Time:            4-7 PM
Cost:             $30 Members / $40 Non-members
After 1/11:    $40 Members / $50 Non-Members 

Location: 
Portsmouth Brewery
56 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
Event will be held in the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge (lower level)

Thank you to our program sponsor:

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Hosted by Consigli Construction Co., Inc in their brand new space in Portland.  Networking with refreshments follows the panel discussion.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 9th from 4:00-6:00pm
WHERE: Consigli Construction, 15 Franklin Street, Portland, ME

REGISTRATION DETAILS:
Members: $30 / Non-Members: $45
AFTER NOVEMBER 7th — Members: $40 / Non-Members: $55 

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Bring your business cards and enter to win great door prizes!

WHEN: Thursday, December 1st from 5:30-7:30pm
WHERE: Saltwater Grille, 231 Front Street, South Portland, ME

REGISTRATION DETAILS:
Members: $40 / Non-Members: $60
AFTER NOVEMBER 23rd — Members: $50 / Non-Members: $70

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Learning Objectives

• Gain a better understanding of the SF330 form
• Learn what is important to include to make your submittal stand out
• Ideas that will assist you with your next submittal

Join us to learn how to make your SF330 forms stand out from the rest!

Date: Wednesday, October 26
Time: 11am – 1pm*
Location: SMRT, 144 Fore Street #A, Portland, ME 04101
Cost: $30 members, $45 non-members

*Lunch will be provided!

About the Presenter
Kathy Dionne
Marketing Manager, SMRT Architects

Kathy launched her marketing career 20 years ago and has provided marketing support for varying industry types   Her foray into the A/E/C industry began 11 years ago when she joined SMRT’s marketing department, as well as the Maine Chapter of SMPS.  She currently supports SMRT’s government, healthcare and corporate market sectors, with much of her time focused on marketing to the Federal Government.

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Welcome the start of Fall! Join us for an exclusive, after hours tour of the Shipyard Brewery. You don’t want to miss this event, which will include a tour, beer tasting and pizza, and networking with your colleagues!

Please make sure to wear appropriate footwear (no high-heeled or open toed shoes). Sneakers or the like work best. This is a limited attendee event, so register early!

About Shipyard:
Since 1994, Shipyard Brewing Company has been brewing fine quality products with a wide range of style profiles. We use only top quality ingredients and pride ourselves on the consistency and freshness of our products. All our beer is hand crafted from recipes developed by master brewer Alan Pugsley, one of the most influential people in the craft brewing movement in North America.

Event Details:
Date:              Thursday, September 29th
Time:              5:00pm – 7:00pm
Cost:              $20 Members / $30 Non-members
Location:        Shipyard Brewing
86 Newbury Street, Portland, Maine

Parking is available in the adjacent Ocean Gateway garage. Hope to see you there!

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SMPS is here for you.  Here’s our SMPS Build challenge:

• Build your potential.  Join  a committee made up of great people, gaining knowledge and expertise through our new education programs, and attending our panel programs to broaden your own network;
• Build awareness. Represent your firm and its business while attending our networking, panel programs, and special events; and
• Build business.  Implement the tools you take back and the relationships you build that will bring you closer to your clients, directly benefitting the growth of your business.

This year we celebrate the 20^th year of SMPS Maine and are making an energized commitment to become more inclusive of our region by changing our name to SMPS Northern New England!  Vermont?  New Hampshire?  You’ve always been part of our membership … you will soon be part of our name. 

I look forward to greeting you all as we kick off the season on the evening of September 29th with SeptemBEER, social networking at the Shipyard Brewery in Portland.

Join us for our new season and let us make you a part of our SMPS community!

 Best,

Anne Weidman, CPSM
SMPS Maine (Northern New England) 2011-2012 Chapter President
Marketing Manager/Associate, JSA, Inc.
aweidman@jsainc.com

http://www.smpsmaine.org/smps/archives/840

Education/Programs:

• Programs led by SMPS Fellows on:
  • client debriefings
  • effective writing strategies
• Plus great programs on:
  • corporate social responsibility
  • integrated project design
• Client panels related to
  • the Maine/NH bridges issue
  • the future of sustainable design
  • hospital master planning
• Each of these events had time for networking built in, plus we had three great social events as well.

• 15% of our members are now Certified Professional Services Marketers – which is very good comparatively speaking – but we’d like to see that number grow even more. Katy Hews is very passionate about advancing the number of CPSMs in our chapter, so if you have interest, please email her at katy@marketivity.com, as she is trying to assemble a study group.

Membership:

• Despite losing some members who have had to leave the industry due to the challenging job market, and losing others whose firms have had to cut back on expenses, our Chapter has grown by about 10% since the beginning of the year.

• We are really hoping to get some traction in regard to membership, and would love for all of you to help sing our praises to your colleagues so that we can add members, which in turn will add value for everybody.

Financial:

• We are in a tough economy, but by taking a conservative approach to spending and raising our non-member event fees, we have been able to build our balance sheet back up to a place where we can really start to make investments in the Chapter again.

Sponsors:

• A big part of the reason we have been able to get back to a good place is through the generous support of our sponsors:
  • Bronze: Logo Owl Promotional Advertising
  • Silver: Woodard & Curran, SMRT, and Maine Turnpike Authority
  • Gold: Mainebiz, Northeast Technology Alliance, and GEI Consultants
  • Platinum: Terracon

The other people I really have to thank are our board members:

Being on the board of a non-profit professional organization isn’t always as glamorous as it might seem, and we couldn’t do it without the hard work of these people and the support of their firms.

We have a few people who are finishing up their terms, so I’d first like to recognize them:

• Secretary: Kim Stiver, CD&M Communications
  Kim has been a great resource to us, as she comes from outside our industry and has always provided unique insight into the challenges that we face.

• Director: Scott Tompkins, Maine Turnpike Authority
  Scott has been so valuable in providing guidance to us over the last few years. He is extremely well-connected in not only the A/E/C community, but the community in general, and his knowledge and relationships have been invaluable.

• Past President: Katy Hews, CPSM, Marketivity
  Katy is passionate about making SMPS Maine a place for great educational programs that result in our members being able to elevate themselves within their firms and grow their careers.

Our 2011-12 board is very diverse in terms of geography and is representative of all facets of the A/E/C industry:

• Director: Paul Stevens, SMRT (Portland)
• Secretary: Allison Lynch, Ledgewood Construction (South Portland)
• Treasurer, Kevin Gendreau, CES (Brewer)
• Past President, Jen Andrews, CPSM, Woodard & Curran (Portland)
• President Elect: Allison Sovetsky, CPSM, Woodard & Curran (Portland)
• President: Anne Weidman, JSA (Portsmouth)

I know Anne Weidman has a lot of exciting things planned for next year and the incoming and outgoing boards will use the summer months to get a really solid approach together for the 2011-12 SMPS year, which marks the Maine Chapter’s 20^th anniversary. If you have any thoughts or want to volunteer to be on a committee or sponsor, please let me know and I would be happy to talk to you about it!

Jen Andrews, CPSM

SMPS Maine Chapter President

jandrews@woodardcurran.com

It was a beautiful night for a cruise around Portland Harbor!

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