{"id":53289,"date":"2025-09-15T15:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smps.org\/?p=53289"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:03:19","slug":"smps-now-and-next-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smps.org\/2025\/09\/15\/smps-now-and-next-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SMPS Now and Next: August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMPSNowandNext-1280x570-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMPSNowandNext-1280x570-1.png 1280w, https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMPSNowandNext-1280x570-1-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMPSNowandNext-1280x570-1-1024x456.png 1024w, https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SMPSNowandNext-1280x570-1-768x342.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From August 27-29, 2025, the Society\u2019s volunteer leaders and staff members met at SMPS HQ in Alexandria, VA, for a board of directors meeting. Here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What\u2019s Happening Now:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Solidifying the 2026 budget structure: <\/strong>The board engaged in thorough discussions on the draft 2026 budget, supported by a finance committee update and review of key financial indicators. This positions SMPS for fiscally informed decision-making into the next planning cycle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amplify A|E|C 2025 debrief and close-out<\/strong>: Leadership aligned on insights from the recent Amplify A|E|C event, including lessons learned and next steps for future iterations\u2014a foundation for continuous event improvement and strategic programming.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Membership and platform enhancements with Impexium<\/strong>: Progress on the \u201cre:Members\/Impexium update\u201d highlighted improvements in our member management systems and digital engagement capabilities, vital for enhanced service delivery and internal efficiencies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foundation momentum and operational insights:<\/strong> The SMPS Foundation provided an update on its initiatives, with Society-level reports offering clarity on KPI performance, membership insights, Fellows committee developments, and awards and recognition program updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>What\u2019s Happening Next:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Advance strategic priorities: AEC.AI, Pinnacle, and alliance partner engagement<\/strong>: Looking ahead, the SMPS board will explore future-forward initiatives including AEC.AI, The Pinnacle Experience, and expanded alliance partner strategies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amplify A|E|C 2030 and future meeting planning<\/strong>: With the 2025 debrief completed, planning is expected to shift toward long-range goals such as Amplify A|E|C 2030, in conjunction with schedule-setting for the October 2025 board meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any questions regarding these matters or the Society\u2019s board meetings, please contact Marci D. Thompson, chief executive officer of SMPS and the SMPS Foundation, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:marci@smps.org\">marci@smps.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From August 27-29, 2025, the Society\u2019s volunteer leaders and staff members met at SMPS HQ in Alexandria, VA, for a board of directors meeting. Here are a few highlights: What\u2019s Happening Now: Solidifying the 2026 budget structure: The board engaged in thorough discussions on the draft 2026 budget, supported by a finance committee update and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","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":"set","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":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53289","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53291,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53289\/revisions\/53291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}