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Join Us for Our Next Chapter Meeting!
Thursday, January 19, 2012 (Southern NJ Meeting) 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Educational Information Resource Center (EIRC) in Mullica Hill, NJ - Register | Directions
Guest Speaker: Michael Willmann, Chairman & CEO,
WMSH Marketing Communications
Topic: Nonprofits, Boards, and Marketing
An Emmy-winning, marketing communications veteran, Michael has been named by South Jersey Business Trends as one of the five “most influential members of the South Jersey business community” and selected as one of the region’s 50 most influential business leaders by Southern New Jersey Business People. Before forming WMSH in 1997, Michael served for 12 years as Executive Vice President for Marketing for The Star Group. Also a former journalist and producer, Michael holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from Fordham University.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 (Northern NJ Meeting) 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Bloomfield College - Register | Directions
Guest Speaker: Maria Semple, The Prospect Finder
Topic: LinkedIn for Business Growth
In this presentation, Maria will share how to:
1) Build your business using LinkedIn; 2) Broaden your own network; 3) Create a business profile on LinkedIn; and 4) Mine LinkedIn to uncover new business prospects and/or donor prospects
An experienced researcher, trainer and speaker on the topic of prospect research, Maria consults with organizations and firms interested in finding and connecting with their best prospects and building long-term relationships with them. With a background as a securities dealer in the investment banking industry and more recent experience applying the skills of email and social marketing to donor cultivation on an individual level, she's become a sought after expert by consultants serving nonprofit organizations.
Featured Article:
"What, Me Frustrated?"
by Stacey Abate, Member and President of GPA New Jersey
Who among us hasn’t worked with or for people who flat out refuse to get back to us? I am currently working for a VP who gets so many emails each day that he is unable to reply to all of them. So he skims, rather than reads, as they come in. The lower down in his inbox an email falls, the less likely he is to reply. This can be a problem when I am waiting for a response for information that only he has or an approval that only he can authorize. READ MORE
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