SMPS Central PA Programs

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Wednesday, March 7 - The LEED GA Exam Cram.  Get a refresher on your LEED GA training and participate in an interactive practice exam.

Thursday, April 26- Win More Federal Work!  Breaking into the world of government contracting can be tough for any A/E/C firm.  So how do you do it?  Presented by Nancy Usrey, FSMPS, CPSM, a national expert on federal marketing in the A/E/C industry.  Mark your calendars for this lunch program; more details coming soon!

Members Only: Access the Central PA "What's Happening" Calendar

Click here to log-in to MySMPS.org and access SMPS Central PA's calendar, which includes "What's Happening" events.  These regional programs, conferences, and events are non-SMPS programs but are of interest to A/E/C business development, marketing and business professionals in Central PA!

SMPS Year-End Awards Program & Networking Event

When:  5-7 PM, Thursday, June 14, 2012

Where:  Lancaster Brewing Company – Harrisburg
                469 Eisenhower Boulevard
                Harrisburg, PA 17111

Marketers and Business Developers—if there’s one thing we can do better than anyone else, it’s NETWORK!  Join your peers, kick back, and take the “EDGE” off as we celebrate the end of another successful SMPS program year!

We will also present the 2012 SMPS Central PA Chapter Awards to recognize our Chapter’s Horizon and Keystone Award winners, so please join us in congratulating these hard-working individuals on their achievements. 

Attendance is free for everyone, and appetizers and your first two drinks are on us! (No-shows will be billed at the rate of $20/person.)

SMPS Central Pennsylvaina Chapter advertises positions related to marketing, sales, business development, communications, graphic design, and related career opportunities in the A/E/C marketplace.  

MARKETING MANGER & SALES SPECIALIST     Quantum Imaging & Therapeutic Associates Inc.

 MARKETING SPECIALIST                                              Reynolds Restoration Services

If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else to fill one of these positions, please email president@smpscentralpa.org by April 15, 2012.

Board of Directors:
Three of our Board of Directors positions are already filled for 2012-2013—two by the previous year’s President and President-Elect (which automatically advance to Immediate Past President and President), and one by our Treasurer who is currently halfway through a two-year term of office.

• Immediate Past President – Anne Miller, CPSM (1 year term)
• President – Amy Collins, CPSM (1 year term)
• Treasurer – Tami Lumbatis, CPSM (2 year term to expire 8/31/13)

Requirements for all Board positions:

• Must be a member in good standing of SMPS for a minimum of one year prior to the election, and maintain membership throughout the term of office. (Join date must be prior to May 15th, 2011.)
• Attend/participate in a majority of Board meetings, held monthly from September through June, and an Annual Meeting of the Board in June.
• Must have served on a chapter committee for one year.

Positions open for the 2012-2013 program year:

• President-Elect (one-year term)

- Automatically advances to President position for the 2013-2014 program year (9/1/13-8/31/14).  As President, you will preside over all Board and Chapter meetings and events.
- Will be required to attend the SMPS Presidents’ Leadership Symposium in mid-April 2013 in Alexandria, VA. This is a three day commitment (Thursday afternoon through lunch on Saturday) with detailed training on all aspects of serving as Chapter President. All travel and hotel expenses are paid by the Chapter and a stipend from National.
- Is encouraged to attend Build Business, the SMPS National Convention in summer 2013. The Chapter will pay the conference registration fee for the President-Elect to attend, but all travel and hotel expenses are the responsibility of the President-Elect or their company.
- Special Requirements – Must have served on the Board of Directors or as a committee chair for one year.

 • Secretary (two-year term)

- Responsible for maintaining chapter administrative records (in conjunction with President and President-Elect), attending all board meetings, and producing board meeting minutes.

• Director-at-Large (one- year term)
• Director-at-Large (one-year term)

Committees & Sub-Committees:

• Programs

- Regular Programs
- Marketers Forums

• Education

- CPSM Mentoring/Study Group
- Webinars
- Program Year-End Reporting

• Public Relations

- Program promotion, advertising and press releases
- Newsletter
- Website

• Membership
• Sponsorship
• Awards

Key Volunteers:

• Webmaster (PR Committee Member)
• Registration (Program Committee Member)
• Newsletter Editor (PR Committee Member)

If you have questions regarding serving on a committee or the Central PA Chapter Board of Directors, please contact Anne Miller at (717) 635-2835 or Amy Collins at (717) 763-7211.

Award Nominations Needed

Each year our Chapter recognizes two members through our Horizon and Keystone Awards.  Click here for additional information and the nomination forms.  Please consider nominating someone that fits the bill; self nominations are also accepted!

Wohlsen Construction & Meeder Development Receives Envision Lancaster County Award

Member firm Wohlsen Construction Company and Meeder Development received a Smart Growth Leadership award from the Lancaster County Planning Commission for The  Historic East Side Suites urban redevelopment project located on East King Street in Lancaster, PA, won in the Large Project/Built/Sustainable Growth category.

The project consisted of the adaptive reuse and renovation of five historic, blighted buildings into a 38,000 square-foot mixed used center consisting of retail storefronts, offices, and apartments.The Smart Growth Leadership Awards are given annually to raise awareness of smart growth in Lancaster County.

K&W Engineers and Consultants Celebrate 7 Years in Business!
K&W Engineers and Consultants celebrated their 7 year anniversary on February 4, 2012. K&W opened their first office in Harrisburg in 2005 and recently opened a new location in Galeton, PA. With 15 full-time employees, K&W continues to serve the educational, institutional, healthcare, and municipal markets and is a proud supporter of the local community.

Read Contributing editor of SMPS Marketer, Matt Handal's New Book!
Proposal Development Secrets: Win More, Work Smarter, And Get Home On Time compiles his uncommon advice and tactics for developing better proposals faster and more efficiently.

Topics include:

• The proposal evaluation practices clients don't want you to know
•  Proposal myths debunked
•  The right and wrong way to ask questions about an RFP
•  The cardinal rule of proposal development
•  Technology that will make writing proposals easier and faster
•  The formula for choosing the most relevant past experience
•  How to get your proposal accepted after you missed the deadline
•  How to catch mistakes 

Members of Central PA SMPS Members  can get it at this link for $3.99: http://tinyurl.com/8xgt76q 

Central Penn Business Journal - Free, for 12 weeks! 
AND - at the end of the 12 week trial,  you will  be offered a discounted rate to subscribe, all for being a member of SMPS! There is no cost and no obligation. You do not even have to call to cancel, when the 12 weeks are up the trial will end. To take advantage of this offer, email circulation@journalpub.com and reference Promo Code:  12WK.

Build Business, the SMPS National Conference, brings together today’s leading A/E/C professionals, decision-makers responsible for bringing in business and building the firm’s bottom line. This intensive 3-day conference is packed with approximately 30 powerful learning sessions, dynamic keynote speakers, and an array of networking opportunities where you will make and renew priceless business contacts.

This conference will equip you with relevant information, innovative strategies, and valuable new knowledge and skills—challenging you to leave San Francisco with solid action items and bold action plans to make an impact on your firm in your role as a marketing or business development professional. As a conference attendee, you will be empowered to be the change your firm needs to build more business and reach the next level of success in 2012.

For more information, visit www.buildbusiness.org.

SMPS Central PA Mailing Address

SMPS Central PA has a new mailing address! Please send all correspondence to the mailing address listed below:

SMPS Central PA
P.O. Box 1574
Camp Hill, PA 17001