APMP Mid-SouthChapter Meeting

Bill Boggs, PMP, CP APMPChapter Chair

November 05, 2013

@billboggs www.linkedin.com/in/billboggs/

Mid-South Chapter Officers

Name Position

Bill Boggs Chapter Chair

Joe Yearta Chapter Vice-Chair

Tonya Maurice Treasurer

Andrea Shetley Secretary

Donna Hamby Membership Chair

Roger Campbell Planning Chair

Jennifer Hamaker Webmaster

Sandra Kerrigan Marketing – Nashville Region

Whitney Dorning Marketing – Huntsville Region

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

Corporate Sponsors

140% Membership Growth!!!

LinkedIn Statistics(Within 100 miles of HSV)

Business Development 61,501

Writer 9,986

Editor 9,224

Proposal Management 5,193

Author 3,889

Proposal 2,718

Capture 2,323

Graphic Artist 2,043

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Our region has high concentration of proposal and bid professionals

Help Us Grow!

• Join APMP– Designate Mid-South Chapter as your

preferred chapter• Already a member?– Change your chapter affiliation to Mid-South

• Bring a colleague to a Chapter Meeting• Identify potential members

Help Spread the Word

Social Media

• APMP Web Site www.apmp.org

• Mid-South Web Sitewww.apmpmid-south.org

• LinkedIn Mid-South Group

Bookmark and Join!

New Chapter Twitter Account

coming soon

Mid-South RegionProposal Center Map

Company TBD (18)Nashville, TN

Company TBD (23)Huntsville, AL

Company TBD (5)Huntsville, AL

Company TBD (8)Birmingham, AL

Company TBD (10)New Orleans, LA

Company TBD (13)Jackson, MS

Company TBD (3)Stennis, MS

(#) = Number of proposal professionals

1. Dedicated Facility/Room2. Full Time Staff3. Proposal Processes

Upcoming Calendar

• 12/03 – Chapter Meeting (Huntsville)– “Is it a Program Manager or a Proposal Manager? No, it’s a Capture

Manager”– David Alan Smith

• 01/07 – Chapter Meeting (Huntsville)– “Successful Methods for Winning Proposals”– Ken Merwin

• 02/04 – Chapter Meeting (Birmingham – Tentative)• 03/04 – Chapter Meeting (Huntsville)

Chapter Meetings – First TuesdayChapter Officer’s Meetings – Third Tuesday

Chapter Officer Elections

• Nominations open till 11/14/13• Officer Positions

– Chapter Chair– Chapter Co-Chair– Treasurer– Secretary– Planning (Programs) Chair– Marketing (Publicity-Communications) Chair – Huntsville Region– Marketing (Publicity- Communications) Chair – Nashville Region– Membership Chair’– Webmaster

• Voting to occur in Nov/Dec• Send your nominations to Joe Yearta, jyearta@solvability.com

New APMP Certification Designations

• “APMP” or “APMP Fellow” = No Certification

• “CF APMP” or “CF APMP Fellow” = Foundation Certified

• “CP APMP” or “CP APMP Fellow” = Practitioner Certified

• “CPP APMP” or “CPP APMP Fellow” = Proposal Professional Certified

November 2013Chapter Meeting

• Speaker: Robin Davis, CF APMP, Robin Davis Consulting

• Topic: “Communication Strategies that Improve Interpersonal Effectiveness”