Mentorship as a Competitive Advantage
Date: Wednesday, May 27
As marketers we are expected to prepare proposals and major presentations, coordinate photography, organize client events, develop new business for our firms... this list of our daily tasks requires multiple skills and seems endless. A successful mentoring experience can give you the competitive advantage you need to meet and exceed your job expectations. In this interactive session, we will discuss the role that mentorship plays in the workplace, our professional networks, and our lives.
Both senior marketing professionals and newcomers alike should attend this interactive session! Presenters, Donna Corlew and Tom Smith, will address the following topics:
- Why mentorship relationships are beneficial for everyone;
- Types of mentorship relationships;
- Roles of both the mentor and mentee;
- Insights of personality testing; and
- Using mentorship relationships to help you today.
This informative session will conclude with a brief introduction of the soon-to-be launched SMPS/LA Mentorship Program. This program is designed to promote long-term leadership and career development through a one-on-one mentor-mentee relationship that is reciprocal, and provides opportunities for learning, growing, and expanding horizons. Together, participants will share experiences and advice on topics such as career advancement, professional visibility, practice strategies, overcoming professional barriers, and networking, to name a few.
So don't be shy about your ambitions - this program is aimed to help you achieve them! Join us and start sharpening your competitive advantage today!
PRESENTERS
Donna Corlew, FSMPS, CPSM
Professional Services Marketing Consultant
SMPS National Immediate Past President
Thomas J. Smith, FSMPS, CPSM, AICP
Principal, BonTerra Consulting
SMPS National President-Elect
DATE & TIME
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
8:00-8:30 AM registration & networking
8:30-12:00 PM presentation
PLACE
Millennium Biltmore Hotel - Bernard's Room
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
COST
SMPS Members: $60 before 5/20/09; $75 after 5/20/09
Non-Members: $75 before 5/20/09; $95 after 5/20/09
Additional fee applies to walk-ins.
SMPS DOMAINS OF PRACTICE
6 - Information, Resource & Organizational Management
EDUCATION CREDITS
Three (3) AIA LUs / CPSM CEUs
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Christel Kanda, HNTB Architecture
Bee Rarewala, Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design
Madeline Field, Degenkolb Engineers
REFUND POLICY
Reservations canceled more than 72 hours prior to an event will be subject to a full refund of all the fees paid. Cancellations made less than 72 hours but more than 24 hours prior to an event will received credit for attendance at a future SMPS/LA program. No-shows and cancellations made less than 24 hours prior to the event will not be refunded.
