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Living Your Best Business Development Practices
Kicking the day off in a coffee shop, dining on fresh food from our own waters, or attending happy hours—this was Seattle pre-pandemic networking at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
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Marketing: The Original Innovation Team
Marketers have one of the hardest jobs in business today. Instead of just managing the brand and proposals, our responsibilities span technology, lead generation, customer experience, employee experience, and culture.
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Feeling Stuck? Get Inspired and Be Creative
As A/E/C marketers, our jobs require us to constantly create new things. Where does one continually find inspiration? With fewer opportunities to get fully enveloped into creative environments over this
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Best Next Practices in A/E/C Marketing
As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “Change is the only constant in life.” Often change is slow, gradually shifting the ways we work; other times a catalyst in the market
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SMPS Member Kim Pipkin
In our member spotlight, Kim Pipkin takes time out of her busy day to chat with SMPS. Kim is founder/principal of Black Kite Consulting and president-elect of SMPS San Francisco,
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Major Steps Toward Inclusion and Racial Equality in A/E/C
Established almost one year ago, the SMPS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force has been hard at work. Thirty SMPS members from across the country have met monthly to
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Being the Only Dot of Diversity
In the fall of 1967, I was bussed from the projects in Gary, IN, to a better (all-white) school several miles away in the suburbs. I was devastated—and afraid. I’d
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A Last Look Back, Then Ahead
Your SMPS Foundation trustees met in Austin on July 21 for our annual planning meeting, our first in-person gathering since Build Business 2019. Little did I realize, as we left
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SMPS Awards SMPS Inland Empire as the 2021 Grand-Prize Chapter Winner
SMPS Awards SMPS Inland Empire as the 2021 Grand-Prize Chapter Winner SMPS Inland Empire has been recognized for rising during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Alexandria, VA (August 6, 2021) –
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SMPS Honors the 2021 Chapter Presidents of the Year
SMPS Honors the 2021 Chapter Presidents of the Year Katherine DeMercurio and Nichole Petersen set the standard, elevating the chapters to new heights, and resulting in a first-ever tie. Alexandria,