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Dates	Event
1/17/2008	Using Marketing Research- Anne Bailey Berman, President of Boston based Chadwick Martin Bailey

3/13/2008	DSA- Distinguished Sales Awards Luncheon- at Boudreaux's, 2647 Government Street

4/10/2008	After Hours Social

4/17/2008	Crawfish and Beertails

4/24/2008	"COOLinary Marketing"- Holly Clegg, Louis DeAngelo, Todd Graves, Chef John Folse

5/15/2008	7 Steps to Building Brand Value- Bruce Turkel, author of Building Brand Value- at Sheraton Atrium, 102 France Street

6/19/2008	Annual Board Installation and New President's Message

2/19/2009	February Meeting: Creating a Customer-Centric Measurable Marketing Plan

3/19/2009	Distinctive Sales Award Banquet

4/9/2009	Smart Selling with Jack Daly - A MESSAGE FROM JACK DALY: Today's tightened economy provides the weaker sales people and companies a ready excuse for a shortfall in performance, if that's a route one wants to take. An alternative is to recognize the market as one of more difficulty and take the steps to confront it head-on. My question is which route have you chosen?", so states internationally known sales expert Jack Daly. "50% or more of success is a 'head case' when it comes to sales, so a salesperson who wakes up each morning bemoaning the difficulties and stating the day will be a bad one, well, that's not where you want to be in this market!". My session will certainly get people's "heads on right" but better still provide the competitive tools, strategies and tactics that can turn a tightened economy into one of opportunity. How to get thru closed doors, win new customers and go deep and wide with existing accounts. How to differentiate from the competition. Best of all, how to take the markets and customers being vacated by those "giving up" and turning today's challenges into opportunities. No theory here, plain and easily implementable ideas that work. Plus, turning the internet into a tool of differentiation, referrals and value for one's clients. "I believe most would concur that Tiger Woods is the best golfer playing today, if not ever. In fact, he has won more than 28% of all pro tournaments he has played in. As well, won more money than any pro golfer playing today and has been ranked #1 for almost his entire career to date. Yet, a key to his success is he plays in far less tournaments and in the interim is regularly re-tooling huis game, bringing in coaches and trainers, and practicing. The game of golf requires more and more talent, as the game has "competition tightened". That phrase sounds apt for todays economy; how much are you using coaches/trainers, practicing and re-tooling? Or, as many on the golf tour have resigned themselves to, settling for second place...or worse?" At the end of the day, WE are responsible for the outcomes we experience. Regardless of the market, there are sales people that are posting wins, gaining share and using this economy as an opportunity. Join me, and then join them! Jack "If your sales force thinks they know sales, they don't know JACK" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you and your sales team have a strategy? Looking to bone up on your sales process and management? Need a good dose of motivation? If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, you won't want to miss this ONCE-IN-A-LIFE-TIME experience with INTERNATIONALLY known coach, trainer, and speaker - Jack Daly. Jack Daly teaches field-proven, added-value strategies for productivity improvement while bonding long-term client relationships. Key areas covered include: 1. Shortest Course on Selling. 2. Five Laws of Self Renewal. 3. Goal Setting and Measurement. 4. Relationship Selling Process. 5. Building a Touch System: Leveraging your Prospects, Customers and Clients. 6. Beating Call Reluctance: Performance follows Preparation. Spend the day with Jack Daly! 8:30am - 1pm SME-GBR Members: $49 Full day $49 Breakfast only $0 Luncheon only Guests who are not SME-GBR Members: $75 Full Day $49 Breakfast Only $35 Luncheon only

4/23/2009	Spring Social Sponsored by Mockler Beverage / Budweiser and MBC Signs

5/21/2009	Past Marketer of the Year Panel

6/18/2009	August Monthly Meeting - Tim Barfield, Executive Director of Louisiana Workforce Commission

6/18/2009	June 18 - SME-GBR Membership Luncheon - Jubans Restaurant

9/17/2009	September Monthly Meeting - Paul Chaney - Bizzuka Web Design's Internet Marketing Director is a social media marketing consultant, coach, speaker, and author of two books, Realty Blogging, and his latest, The Digital Handshake.

10/7/2009 - 10/8/2009	October Biz Tech and Luncheon - SME-GBR Biz Tech Expo Booth - please contact Nancy Carter if you are interested in working on our booth (great help to SME and opportunity to promote your business as well!). Expo times: 10 am - 3:00 pm both days. SME-GBR regular Monthly Luncheon - October 8 in a 2nd floor meeting room in the River Center. 11:00 registration; 11:30 - 1:30 luncheon -- Kimberly Metlock speaking on Productivity Training.

11/19/2009	Marketer of the Year Banquet - Evening Event - Premiere awards banquet at which we recognize outstanding marketing executives in our community. Included is a raffle and silent auction. If you are interested in providing an auction item or raffle item, please contact Nancy Carter - 978-4004. Click on Marketer of the Year Banquet above to download an auction donation form. SME Members are FREE; SME Guest Tickets are $50; Tables of Ten are $450. Cocktail attire.

1/21/2010	JANUARY NETWORKING AND LUNCHEON - A GRASS ROOTS NETWORKING EVENT Your opportunity to showcase what YOU do! Thursday, January 21 Sheraton - downtown 10:30 - 11:30 Booths 11:30 - 1:00 Luncheon 1:00 - 1:30 Booths WANT A BOOTH? Members - FREE! Non-Members - $150 or join as a member and your booth will be FREE! LUNCHEON FEES SME-GBR Members - FREE and Guests - $35 The first 7 companies to sign up for a booth will have 3 minutes to talk at the podium during our January luncheon. Plan to come early to support fellow members by visiting their booth! *Note: This is not a business expo or trade show. We're offering face-to-face networking on tabletop booths to members and guests of SME-GBR just prior to, during and just after our January luncheon. We hope to see you there!

2/18/2010	JERRY THOMAS - DECISION ANALYST TO SPEAK ON MARKETING STRATEGIES

3/25/2010	Distinctive Sales Awards Banquet - The 9th Annual Distinctive Sales Awards Banquet

4/22/2010	Spring Crawfish Social

5/20/2010	Bryan Dodge

6/17/2010	Past Marketer of the Year Honoree Panel

8/19/2010	Managing in a Changing Workplace - Understanding Today's Generations Lonnie Stockwell, CPA, CPLC - Luncheon to be held at Juban's Restaurant on Perkins Road near Acadian Thurway. Members - Free Guests - $35 RSVP HERE or call 978-4004 (Nancy Carter)

9/18/2008	Find Your Best Customer: Measuring Media Results in a Web 2.0 World

1/15/2009	January Meeting: Marketing the Herd: What the Cows Taught Me About Sales - Like cows, consumers don�t always tell you what they want, but if you learn to understand herd behavior, you can help your clients reach them more effectively. Marketing veteran Melinda Walsh shares the case study of how she and President Jeff Kleinpeter remodeled the brand of family-owned Kleinpeter Dairy and produced a bumper crop of sales within four years.

10/9/2008	The New Paradigm of Marketing

12/18/2008	Annual Christmas Social- sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottling Co

11/20/2008	Marketer of the Year 2008- sponored by Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center