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APMP Mid-South Chapter Officers Meeting

APMP Mid-South Chapter Officers Meeting. Ken Merwin May 20, 2014. @ billboggs. www.linkedin.com/in/billboggs/. Agenda. Old Business Minutes from April meeting Marketing Plan New Business Proposal Training Workshop AEC MEGA Group Meeting Officers’ Reports Action Items.

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APMP Mid-South Chapter Officers Meeting

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  1. APMP Mid-SouthChapter Officers Meeting Ken Merwin May 20, 2014 @billboggs www.linkedin.com/in/billboggs/

  2. Agenda • Old Business • Minutes from April meeting • Marketing Plan • New Business • Proposal Training Workshop • AEC MEGA Group Meeting • Officers’ Reports • Action Items

  3. Mid-South Chapter Officersfor 2014

  4. Mid-South Chapter Goals • Provide education and networking through F2F and virtual venues • Host Monthly Chapter Meetings (10 meetings/yr) • Conduct one meeting/quarter outside of HSV • Conduct Monthly Officers Meeting • Government and Commercial focus • Grow Membership • 2013: From 18 to 36 • 2014: From 36 to 72 • 2015: From 72 to 144 • Grow Corporate Sponsorships • 2013: From 0 to 5 • 2014: From 5 to 10 • 2015: From 10 to 15 • Establish partnerships with Universities & Associations • e.g., UAH, FIT, Vanderbilt, PMI, NCA • Create, maintain, and grow a professional Chapter Website • Broaden awareness of APMP by issuing at least one Press Release per quarter

  5. Vice Chair – Joe • NEW Sponsor at Nashville meeting • Bill Allen (owner) DataSymth • http://www.datasmythe.com/ • Sponsors – we need others to go get some more Sponsors • No other updates

  6. Corporate Sponsors

  7. Treasurer – Tonya Maurice

  8. Treasurer – Tonya Maurice • Created, published online registration for June meeting. • Reconciled April bank statement. Next Steps : • Monitor June registration • Update online registration with July meeting details immediately following February meeting. • Reconcile May bank statement

  9. Secretary – Andrea

  10. Membership – Ken Merwin Current Membership 58 Two new members • Danielle Scherer • Debby Bell Currently have 40 members in the Linked-In Group

  11. Planning Chair Status

  12. May 6th Presentation Feedback What I appreciated most about this presentation: Loved the video! Looking at the Graphic Designer as a partner of the Proposal Manager Great topic – Synthesizing at the end is great Great insight into the graphics Real life examples How can we improve? Continue to bring great presenters to the meetings! Super heroes and a video! 99.6% A+

  13. Seeking Approval to Conduct a Survey of Current and Prospective Members about Chapter Meetings • Plan to use SurveyMonkey • Questions: • How often do you attend chapter meetings? • If not often, what prevents you from being more active? • What presentation topics would be of interest to you? • If the chapter meetings were conducted at lunch time, would you be able to attend more often? • What source do you use to find out information about chapter meetings? • What other information would you like to see on the website? • What industry do you work in? • What’s your role within your organization (e.g., Proposal Manager)?

  14. Webmaster – Jennifer Hamaker Content Needed: • April Meeting Minutes from Officer Mtg. 4/15/14 • May Member Meeting Chapter & Presenter Slide Decks 5/6/14 • Photos from April and May Chapter Member Meetings Website Statistics for Month of April – Increase in Visits + More New Visitors than Before: • 59 Website Visits Over the Past Month (52 visits the previous month) • Of those visits, 44 were “unique” visitors (visitors that did not go back to the site later) which was only 29 last time

  15. Social Media(Stay Up-to-Date w/Chapter) • APMP Web Site www.apmp.org • Mid-South Web Site www.apmpmid-south.org • LinkedIn Mid-South Chapter Group • Twitter @MidSouthAPMP Bookmark and Join!

  16. Marketing • Creating a PP Slide Brochure (see next slide) • Quarterly Press Release Due • Social Media Marketing • Continue with Facebook and Twitter posts • Create a campaign for Nashville Meeting

  17. What is APMP? • APMP's Mission StatementAPMP promotes the professional growth of its members by advancing the arts, sciences, and technologies of winning business. • You Should Join APMP To: • Learn the industry's best practices from the leading authority for the proposal, bid, tender and capture industries • Earn your accreditation sanctioned by your association and recognized by employers and professionals throughout the world as the industry standard • Network with thousands of professionals around the world who do what you do every day • Have access to the industry's best practices through APMP's Body of Knowledge (BoK) which is exclusively for APMP members • Participate in the industry's best education programs globally, either free of charge or at a deep member discount • Attend APMP's Bid & Proposal Con, a three day conference and trade event that brings the proposal industry together under one roof at one time • Have access to hundreds of articles and presentations written and created by your peers and available in one collection only at www.apmp.org • Advance your career!! • Who We Are? • Over 55 member in a chapter covering the middle south region • Networking with a Community of Proposal Professionals • Strengthen Your Skills with Training, Education and Certifications • Access to Hundreds of Best Practice Articles, Presentations and Member Searches • Potential Employment Opportunities • Monthly Meetings For more information about becoming a member, contact: Kenneth S. Merwin, Lt. Col., U.S. Army (Retired), APMP, Membership Chair ken_merwin@polaris-systems.com info@apmpmid-south.org  Join Us For Our Next Chapter Meeting! Visit: www.apmpmid-south.org

  18. Marketing (Nashville) • Building a database of Nashville-area contacts of proposal developers in a wide variety of industries (healthcare, construction, architecture, engineering, arts, biotech) [Timeline: 1-2 months] • Seek corporate sponsorships from selected companies in database after proving successful memberships among their staff [Timeline: 3 months and ongoing] • Create a LinkedIn group for Nashville-area-only proposal developers [Timeline: 1 month] • Create a Meetup group for Nashville-area-only proposal developers [Timeline: 1 month] • Monthly after-hours social • To share current projects, ideas, strategies, and tools • Identify corporate sponsors with locations suitable for monthly APMP meetings in Nashville to provide meeting space and $$ for dinner. [Timeline: 1 month and ongoing]

  19. Action Items

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