{"id":20991,"date":"2018-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smps.org\/a-client-focused-bd-initiative-3-2-2-2\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:43:48","slug":"learning-and-success-go-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smps.org\/2018\/05\/17\/learning-and-success-go-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning and Success Go Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MayMembership_1280x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"570\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Make the most of your membership in May<\/h3>\n<p>One secret to success is realizing that we still have a lot to learn. No matter how much experience we have, life-long learning creates awareness and opportunities. And sharing knowledge with others keeps us committed to enriching their lives and our own.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it takes effort to find the time\u2014or funds\u2014to keep cultivating this knowledge. But there are ways to do it on your own terms and without reaching into your pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that with your SMPS membership, you get access to complimentary learning labs? We run them every other month and, after they\u2019ve been presented, we package them up in a little virtual box. If you\u2019re unable to make it at the scheduled time, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/my.smps.org\/communities\/community-home\/librarydocuments?LibraryKey=753bf558-54\/1-48\/5-ad51-b4912489a\/b9&amp;defaultview=folder&amp;libraryfolderkey=c31c81\/c-5ade-4961-951e-bedb\/e8b9fbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MySMPS<\/a> and download the presentations from the Marketing Resource Center. Currently, there are more than 20 that include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proposal Blunders You Don\u2019t Know You Are Making<\/li>\n<li>Compelling Social Media Strategies<\/li>\n<li>How To Get Meetings With the Most Unreachable Clients<\/li>\n<li>Graphic Design Basics for the A\/E\/C Professional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How can you make the most of them? Watch on your own at your convenience, create a lunch and learn program at your firm, or take them to your chapter for a lively discussion afterward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/learning\/\">Professional development<\/a>, with SMPS there to help, provides just one way to keep your career growing. And remember, there\u2019s no right or wrong way. How you learn\u2014whether together or individually\u2014is all up to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>P.S. If you&#8217;re not an SMPS member, learn the <a href=\"\/members\/\">top 10 reasons to join<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Article written by Mary Cruz, vice president of membership and chapter services.\u00a0 She can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:mary@smps.org\">mary@smps.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make the most of your membership in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-membership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42856,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20991\/revisions\/42856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}