During this fast-paced 50-minute presentation, Bob will share best practices from professional service firms nationally. He uses a story-telling approach to convey key points in a highly motivational and memorable way. The presentation covers: Setting realistic sponsorship expectations Creating an effective sponsorship sales plan Preparing your business development team for success Activating your sponsorship Tracking […]

This comprehensive and highly interactive workshop will cover all the most prominent opportunities you have to earn trust with your clients and in turn, impact your firm’s hit rate and bottom line. From networking; to first meetings; to when you are differentiating; to when you are in project pursuit; to when you are interviewing; and […]

Through the final months of 2018, Project Wichita Vision Team volunteers worked to determine and complete specific 10-year action plans to drive toward a new regional vision. The community volunteer teams developed the action plans based on input from thousands of people, existing community plans and guidance from experts in the focus areas identified. Based […]

Polish your interview skills!  This session will help you to organize and plan your interviews.  The key to a compelling argument is a solid value proposition, and planning around the value you bring your clients is the key to winning.  You'll also get tips on how to engage your audience and improve your presence by […]

Join SMPS Wichita for breakfast, networking and a webinar sunny side up. This event is for MEMBERS ONLY and is FREE. How closely do you follow the trends affecting your market sector? Research is critical when you have a very specific market sector or target client and need to know more about them. In February's […]

Join us in Kansas City for MVRC 2019!  This marketing and business development-focused conference comes around every 2 years and is hosted by a different chapter within our Missouri Valley Region.  This year's conference will be in Kansas City on the Plaza on April 3-5, 2019. Thursday's keynote speaker will be Mike Allison, MPA - […]

Join us for a presentation, tour and networking event at Norton's Brewing Company!  Tony Jacobs, AIA from Studium will be on hand to discuss the unique aspects and challenges of designing breweries and restaurants and marketing in the brewery market segment. We will be given a brief tour of Nortons, and then we'll have networking time […]

“Well that could have been summed up in an email!” Sound familiar? How many meetings have we suffered through that left us with that thought? Ineffective sessions that are disorganized or irrelevant leave members frustrated and resentful. Knowing how to host an effective meeting that keeps members involved with the conversation and not spending time […]

The Wichita Design Community is back again with another networking event! Join us in the newly renovated Revolutsia to attend a Mix + Mingle Garden Party. $20 gets you in the door, two drink tickets, heavy hors d’oeuvres + fun for the evening. Bring cash to enter a raffle for a chance to win a gift basket from local vendors! Revolutsia […]

Join SMPS Wichita for the webinar Get the Most Out of Your CRM, followed by a group roundtable discussion about CRMs with lunch!  It's FREE for members, only $20 for non-members. SMPS's Lunchtime Learning Labs are free monthly webinars available for members only.  SMPS Wichita is holding a group watch party for this webinar plus we'll […]