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January 2012
SMPS Sacramento Chapter is offering two ways to get FREE money – Membership Renewal and PRC Wave Aid stipend programs. A benefit of membership includes programs that give back to you and your firm.
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December 2011
A while back, a “techie” friend told me about Moore’s Law. The Law states that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles every 24 months. Although not an actual physical law, apparently it’s proven pretty accurate – and it shows why computers, other electronic devices, and technology as a whole keep getting more powerful at an increasing rate.
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November 2011
Here I was, filling out my nominations and elections application for President. I thought Wow! How did I get here…?
Hi, my name is Carrie and I’ve been a member of SMPS for seven years (“Hi Carrie…”) I’ll be celebrating my ten-year anniversary with ENGEO this coming January. (“Wow! That’s a long time!”)
And I’ll tell you that in both cases, I am stunned by how fast time has
flown by. In fact, I feel like I’m just getting started. Let me tell
you why.
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October 2011
Are you aware of all the resources SMPS has to offer? If not, it’s time to become familiar.
Get Social: Join SMPS Sacramento’s LinkedIn group. Join mySMPS.org – this online network allows you to connect with your peers, access information, and leverage opportunities to make building business easier. Also, watch for SMPS Sacramento coming soon to Facebook. These are more ways to share and receive relevant information for our members, our events, and our industry.
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September 2011
It’s a privilege and honor to begin my term as President of the SMPS Sacramento chapter.
Let’s get right to it! Board members and Committee Chairs just wrapped up our annual strategic planning session and, let me tell you…we have an outstanding team of volunteers leading the charge. There was lots of energy and creativity flowing and I’m excited to see what they will accomplish this year.
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June 2011
What did she just say? I thought she said… In our busy lives, we take in and process millions of words and conversations daily. Conversations and discussions all demand our full attention, but are we listening completely? Were we thinking about something else, going through the “to do” list of what else needs to be done, sending an e-mail, or maybe even anticipating what we think the speaker is going to say and framing our response—and then, heaven forbid, we interrupt the speaker before they are done with their thought?
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December 2010
Many of us in the A/E/C industry use our Websites and marketing materials to talk about balancing the natural and build environment and our responsibility to the communities where we work, live and play. These words can be publicized cheaply and can be empty and meaningless unless the culture of the firm gives them credence. It took me just a few moments to look around at our SMPS chapter members and realize these publicized pledges to the Sacramento community are, indeed, words our firms and individuals live by.
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November 2010
Ready, set, GO! We head out of the gate, running 100-miles an hour chasing a mechanical rabbit, running around in a circle. We are not alone in the race for the rabbit either – it is a multi-dog race, all wanting capture same goal. Getting through life with this kind of a “dog-race” plan, gives us an illusion that we’re getting somewhere, feeling like we are almost there… and before we know it, the rabbit, the goal has eluded us and we are exhausted. While the goal was very clear and well defined, but we failed to develop a strategic, tactical plan to obtain the goal – and catch that rabbit.
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October 2010
The definition of value, according to Merriam-Webster, is a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged. When you’ve distilled the word “value” down to its lowest common denominator, it is getting the most out for the least in. Whether we are buying a car, a house, a new pair of shoes (ok, maybe not shoes) or paying membership dues, we examine the value. What benefit will we get for the price paid? Value is the cost-to-benefit ratio we all learned about in school. Does it make sense to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a product, service, or membership that provides little in return? I’d like to focus on membership – getting the most value out of being a member, and what our organization offers.
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September 2010
Hello Sacramento Chapter!
I am Kathryn Graham, CPSM, Regional Marketing Coordinator at David Evans and Associates, Inc., but right now I’m speaking to you as the 2010-2011 Sacramento Chapter President which I am honored and pleased to be. I’m entering my leadership role with commitment, conviction, and a sense of reality – the reality that we are all doing more with less in these challenging economic times. This is not a news flash, but this “reality” is the basis of my vision for this year and focuses on why we are members of SMPS – we all need to connect:
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