Speaker Series....Discounts for Volunteers!

Interested in only spending $15 for a AMA-DC Speaker Series Event as opposed to $40? Volunteer today and attend this Wednesday, January 28th event for the volunteer rate!

A few opportunities include:

1. Director of Venue Management:
Role Description: Responsible for serving as the lead advisor to Vice President of Speaker Series on venue options for future evening Speaker Series programs. Recommendations include complimentary space donated by members and friends of AMA-DC, as well as affordable and exciting options that will be fun for members to network and hold Speaker Series events.
Time commitment: Attend bi-monthly Speaker Series Committee meeting. Two hours/month.

2. Director of Speaker Relations
Role Description: Responsible for serving as the lead advisor to Vice President of Speaker Series on speaker relations for future evening Speaker Series programs. This includes opportunity to network and work directly with the Speaker, be responsible for communications with Speaker, and have Speaker Agreement paperwork signed.
Time Commitment: Attend bi-monthly Speaker Series Committee meeting. Two hours/month.

3. Director of Social Media
Role Description: Responsible for serving as the lead advisor to Vice President of Speaker Series on all Speaker Series social media marketing efforts. This includes updates to Facebook, and recommendations to the LinkedIn and DCMarketer blog POCs. This could also include live blogging at events.
Time Commitment: Attend bi-monthly Speaker Series Committee meeting. Two hours/month.

4. Speaker Series Event Photographer
Role Description: Responsible for serving as the lead photographer for Speaker Series evening programs (four to five per year on Wednesday evenings). This includes taking photos and uploading them to the AMA-DC Facebook page and/or coordinating them with the Director of Social Media.
Time Commitment: Two hours every other month. Also welcome to join bi-monthly Speaker Series Committee meetings.

5. Speaker Series Event Greeters
Role Description: Responsible for serving as greeter for Speaker Series evening programs (four to five per year on Wednesday evenings). This includes welcoming members and friends of AMA-DC to make everyone feel welcome and help them enjoy the event.
Time Commitment: Two hours every other month. Also welcome to join bi-monthly Speaker Series Committee meetings.

Note: For all positions above, there is an option to “try a role on for size.” This commits to supporting one Speaker Series event and see if you enjoy the benefits of serving as a volunteer. If interested, email nickicrane@amadc.org.

Benefits: All Speaker Series volunteers receive discount to events, as well as opportunity to expand network, gain additional skills and meet leading marketers in the DC area.

Move over Oscar...here comes Chuck, Marie & Brendan!

Join AMA-DC with the experts on how to create award-winning campaigns.

You’ll learn from a three-time AMA-DC M Award winner, an executive from a leading global public relations firm and a top Washington advertising agency Creative Director on:

• Creating an award-winning campaign to meet your client/customer/stakeholder’s challenges
• Gleaning best practices of the components of an award-winning campaign
• Sharing tips and tricks to be effective in applying for prestigious industry awards
• And…additional tips and questions that you have about the M Award process.

In the spirit of the evening, August, Lang & Husak has graciously offered one lucky guest a free, one-hour marketing consultation (including brainstorming with all three principals at one of the region’s top ad agencies!) to address a personal topic (e.g., what’s the best way to advertise my spouse’s jewelry-making business?) or corporate business issue (e.g., is it better to spend our ad budget in mass media, or would we get better results as a Public Television underwriter?). How many ideas can you get in an hour? From these three, with their vast advertising experience, the sky’s the limit!

Don’t miss your chance to win this AMAZING door prize … just show up and enjoy the evening, which includes drinks and heavy hors 'd'oeuvres.

Click here to register: https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=5f52752a-4d4d-4912-9246-34333fd5f08f

AMA-DC Secures Humphrey Taylor, Chairman of The Harris Poll!

Great news for AMA-DC...it just found confirmed the infamous Humphrey Taylor, Chairman of The Harris Poll ® will in fact join AMA-DC and its members for an exciting event on Tuesday, January 13th (http://www.harrisinteractive.com/services/pubs/Bio_Humphrey_Taylor.pdf)

Executive Marketing Roundtable events are for senior marketers at the CMO and Director level. Click here to register: http://amadc.org/events/event_20090117.html
(Register soon as seating is limited). Hope to see you there!