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Dear SMPS Member:
As a marketing and business development
professional in the A/E/C industry, you rely on up-to-date research and
resources to be successful in your job. The SMPS Foundation exists to
identify and research hot trends and topics in A/E/C marketing and
business development and then to inform SMPS members of its findings and
recommendations.
The SMPS Foundation can help you keep
up with evolving industry practices, elevate the professionalism of your
work, advance your career, and build business for your firm. To find out
more about the Foundation and to access research studies, visit the
other Foundation pages of this Web site.
Projects completed this past year to
support SMPS members include:
• Six research-based White
Papers (19 produced in the last three years!) on topics including social
networking for competitive advantage, marketing ethics, client
satisfaction, integrated project delivery, international expansion, and
Baby Boomers in the A/E/C workforce
• 2009 Marketing Salary and Expense Survey
• Spring 2009 and Fall 2009 Think Tank programs
• Completion of the Marketing Handbook for the Design
and Construction Professional, Third Edition
• Annual scholarship award
We’re now planning for six
more research-based white papers,
the next Think Tank
program, and the annual scholarship
award, and we need your support.
The Foundation relies entirely on
contributions from SMPS members, their firms, and SMPS Chapters to fund
its important research and publications each year. All donations to
the Foundation are fully tax deductible as charitable contributions. We
ask you to give generously so we are able to complete the important
projects planned for the coming year in support of the profession and
the industry.
Suggested levels of support may be
found on the Donor Support Form, but
contributions in any amount are encouraged and appreciated. All donors,
individual and corporate, will be publicly acknowledged.
We hope you will be able to lend your
support to your Foundation this year by donating to the annual campaign,
Invest to Thrive! Please accept our gratitude for your generous gift in
any amount.
Kindest regards,
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Paula Ryan, FSMPS, CPSM
President, SMPS Foundation, and
Director of Marketing,
Braun & Steidl Architects |
Craig Park, FSMPS, Assoc. AIA
Chair, 2009 Fundraising Committee, and
Vice President and CMO, LEO A DALY
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An investment in the
SMPS Foundation is an investment in your future.
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