Call for Entries: National Marketing Communications Awards (MCA) 2009

SMPS is accepting entries for the 2009 MCA competition. Open to SMPS members and nonmembers, the program recognizes excellence in marketing communications by A/E/C professional services firms.

Here's your chance to gain visibility for your firm's hard work, benchmark it against other firms, and shine! Click here for complete program details plus a printable brochure and entry form.

Deadline: March 2, 2009

Ecobuild® Fall - Sustainable, Green and High-Performance Solutions for the Built Environment

Conference: December 8–11
Exhibition: December 10–11
Washington DC Convention Center

Join A/E/C professionals from the private and public sector who design, construct, manage facilities, and specify building products at the Ecobuild Fall® and AEC-ST Fall® annual conference and exhibit. Co-located events: FEDcon®, FEDspec®, buildingSMARTalliance National Conference and more!
 
SMPS Members receive FREE exhibit and keynote admission – a $45 value! Log on to this Web site to access the discount code, then visit www.ecobuildfall.com to register!

 Stay Connected With SMPS 

View the latest issues of our new weekly member newsletter, SMPS Connections, by visiting the archives.

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December 16 Webinar: It Takes a Village: Building Collaboration on Project Data Management

Presenters: Sheri L. Brezinka, CPSM, Director of Marketing, Weis Builders, Inc. and Pamela M. Ingram, CRM/Info Center Specialist, Central Consulting Group. Tuesday, December 16 at 2 pm ET. Register now!

On-Demand Webinar: Marketing Tips, Tricks, and Tools That Work Today

This Webinar is available on demand from October 20 – December 19, 2008. View as many times as you wish between these dates. It offers marketing processes and strategies you won’t find anywhere else. With your order, receive a free, live 30-minute Q&A session; free executive summary; and e-mail access to the presenter, who will respond within 48 business hours.

Order On-Demand Webinar or call 800.775.7654 to order by phone.

Special 25% SMPS Member Discount on McGraw-Hill’s Construction Outlook 2009 Report

SMPS members can receive a 25 percent member discount on all orders of the Construction Outlook 2009 Report. The report, released on October 23, 2008, contains up-to-date information after the government bailout.

Get your special discount code to use during checkout when you order online by logging on to this Web site with your member number and password.

Webinar Boxed Sets Offer Teams Affordable Training

SMPS is offering recordings of its Webinars in topic-specific boxed CD sets that you can share with your colleagues. Topics include:

• Marketing & BD Department Management 
• Business Development Foundations 
• Marketing Activities 
• A/E/C Marketing Foundations 
• Trade Show Marketing

The SMPS member price is $319 per boxed set (nonmembers pay $429)—a savings of more than 40%! (Individual Webinar recordings are available.) Click here to learn more.

SMPS 2008-09 Education Workshops: Register Today!

• A/E/C Essentials
• Basics of Business Development
• Client Development for Today's Challenging A/E/C Marketplace
• Powerful, Persuasive Proposals

 Research Papers Available for Download from SMPS Foundation 

Gala and Conference Photos Available

Professional photographs taken during Build Business, Innovate to Elevate, are available to view or order online through this link. Photo highlights include the Awards Gala, SMPS Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast, conference sessions, and more! SMPS thanks Paul Turang Photography, the official conference photographer.