SMPS Educational Workshop
Strategic Planning in the New Economy

AGENDA:
Fall of 2008 marked the beginning of an economic recession, some say a depression, that has rocked the A/E/C community throughout the U.S. in unprecedented ways. Business in the A/E/C community will never be the same. To survive, A/E/C companies have had to trim staff, reduce discretionary spending, adjust operational expense priorities, and be more strategic in their business decisionmaking.

In this program, Tom Smith, current SMPS National President, and a founder and owner of two companies providing professional services in the A/E/C community since 1982, will share his observations about how to reorient traditional strategic planning processes to assist your firm be more successful and profitable in the evolving New Economy. Whether you are anticipating a complete makeover of your marketing and business development strategies or just tweaking the ones that appear to be working, you’ll receive critical insights that will help your firm catch and ride the “wave” of the new prosperity. If you are a prinicipal in an A/E/C firm, you won’t want to miss this thought provoking program.

TIME & LOCATION:
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
2:45pm (check in)
Program 3pm - 5pm
Networking Reception 5pm-5:45pm

501 West Broadway, 21st Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Parking will be validated

REGISTRATION:
Limited Seating - class size limited to 50 people
Member Cost $75 / Non-member cost $125
Mail Checks to SMPS, 3802 Rosecrans, PMB 405, San Diego CA 92110-3117
Or pay online using PayPal.
Questions? Contact: Kate Gray (T) 858.244.0402 (E) kjohnson@syska.com

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Thomas E. Smith, Jr., AICP, FSMPS, CPSM
President, BonTerra Consulting
Thomas E. Smith, Jr., AICP, FSMPS, CPSM is a founding principal and President of BonTerra Consulting, a 50 person consulting firm established in 1996 to provide environmental planning, natural resources management, air quality/climate change and noise analyses, habitat restoration, regulatory permitting and cultural resources management services to public- and private-sector clients throughout Southern and Central California from offices in Costa Mesa and Pasadena. Since the early 1980s, Tom has served as an owner and Principal in Charge of Marketing for two firms and has been actively involved in strategic planning for these successful businesses. He has 34 years of experience in preparing and processing environmental impact assessments, managing multidisciplinary project teams, and assisting public and private sector clients meet their environmental and regulatory compliance requirements.

Tom is the SMPS National President for 2009-2010. An SMPS member since 1984, and an SMPS Fellow since 2002, his previous SMPS involvement has included Los Angeles SMPS Chapter Board of Directors, SMPS National Publications Committee Chair, Regional Director SMPS National Board of Directors, National Certification Commission Member, 2003 MCA Awards juror, 2005 New Orleans Conference Committee, Fellows Delegate on the SMPS National Board of Directors, 2006-2008, and President-Elect, SMPS National Board of Directors, 2009.

His personal interests include baby-sitting his 26 month old grand daughter Lianna, flying single engine airplanes, restoring a 1965 Mustang Convertible and a 1956 Ford Thunderbird, and travelling.