AMA Houston Luncheon: IBM

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:04:18 GMT

AMA Houston Luncheon: IBM
Start Date: 14-Jan-09 11:30 AM
End Time: 14-Jan-09 1:30 PM
Location: Junior League of Houston, Houston, TX 77027
Speaker: Rhonni Vazquez

Event Details:

AMA Houston Monthly Luncheon

Rhonni Vazquez, Vice President, Marketing, IBM

"Turning the Big Blue Green"

Junior League of Houston

1811 Briar Oaks Lane

Houston, TX United States 77027

GreenCamp Houston ''08

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:11:11 GMT

GreenCamp Houston '08
Start Date: 13-Dec-08 9:00 AM
End Time: 13-Dec-08 5:00 PM
Location: Houston Technology Center, Houston, TX 77002
Speaker:

Event Details:

The first ever BarCamp devoted entirely to "green" initiatives in the Greater Houston region.

GreenBarCamp is an unconference focused on all aspects of Green and Clean Technology and related topics. GreenBarCamp will discuss best practices for making a Global difference and could include topics such as (but not limited to) green/clean technology, renewable energy, sustainability, best practices in energy conservation, material reuse and recycling and reduction of both personal and business waste, including your favorite interest/insight/project.

Format: Presentations, breakout discussion sessions, demos, and plenty of networking

Expected Attendance: All are Welcome!

Cost : FREE!! (must cap at 200)

JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK SITE HERE!

Houston Technology Center

410 Pierce Street

Houston, TX 77002

Competitive Intelligence - How to Use It to Improve Your Company''s Bottom Line

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:25:08 GMT

Competitive Intelligence - How to Use It to Improve Your Company's Bottom Line
Start Date: 10-Dec-08 12:30 PM
End Time: 10-Dec-08 5:00 PM
Location: CenterPoint Energy Meeting Rooms, Houston, TX 77002
Speaker:

Event Details:

AMA Houston Market Research SIG
Competitive Intelligence - How to Use It to Improve
Your Company's Bottom Line

Know your Competitors
In difficult economic times, companies take a more careful look at the things they do well and focus on their core capabilities. Resources tighten up, and competitive issues become even more critical. Getting a good scouting report makes all the difference in the sports world, but in many organizations, understanding their strategic risk in a competitive business environment gets very little attention.

In this workshop, you will learn about competitive intelligence and how to use it to improve your company's competitive results. You'll walk out with an action plan based on your own needs, designed to help your company compete more effectively.

This workshop is for professionals who want to help their company improve their bottom line by teaching them:

What is competitive intelligence and how is it used?
What do we need and where do we get it?
What does it mean and how does it fit into my organization?
What type of competitive intelligence gathering is unethical or even illegal?

Speaker
Mark Johnson, Principal of Vector Group Services, a consultancy offering custom Competitive Intelligence, CI Training and marketing analysis solutions. Mark received his Bachelor's and Master's of Economics from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and took post-graduate studies in economics at St. Louis University.

Mark has developed competitive analysis, forecasting, and marketing analysis for a variety of industries. He has been involved in competitive intelligence for over ten years with a wide variety of companies, including Southwestern Bell Telephone (now AT&T), MetaSolv Software, Blockbuster, TXU Energy, and Flowserve Corporation. He has been the Chairman of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals for several years.

When
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Program Schedule
12:30-1:00 pm Registration and networking
1:00-1:15pm Announcements and introduction of speakers
1:15-4:30 Presentation
4:30-5:00 pm Q&A

Where
CenterPoint Energy Meeting Rooms
1111 Louisiana
Houston, Texas 77002

Parking:
Numerous garages nearby are available in
addition to the facility's garage

Admission & RSVP
Advance Registration
AMA Members: $55
Non-Members: $75
Students: $20 (student ID required)

Paying at the Event
AMA Members: $75
Non-Members: $85
Students: $20 (student ID required)

Online Registration
Register online at
http://www.regonline.com/intelligence
by Friday, December 5, 2008 at 5pm.

Please keep in mind that no-shows will be billed for this event. Pre-payment accepted by credit card. Walk-in Registration will be available on site at CenterPoint Energy Meeting Rooms on the day of the event.

For questions or comments regarding registering online, please email Dylan Powell

For more information on this event, please contact Jennifer Meyer.

In-Kind Sponsor
RTS Ma

CenterPoint Energy Meeting Rooms

1111 Louisiana

Houston, TX 77002

SW Professional Connections December Meeting

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:45:28 GMT

SW Professional Connections December Meeting
Start Date: 9-Dec-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 9-Dec-08 1:00 PM
Location: Fun Tiki, Missouri City, TX 77459
Speaker: Susan Hargarther

Event Details:

For a very affordable $12, receive a delicious, casual lunch, opportunity to meet with business professionals who want to help you grow your business and your help to grow theirs. Give a 90 second presentation about your business, services, products and learn about others. Get a chance to be the next month's featured presenter.

First time visitors receive a $5 Fun Tiki game card!

Our November meeting surpassed October attendance, December promises to surpass November's!

Fun Tiki

3310 FM 1092

Missouri City, TX USA 77459

Ultimate Wrap Party 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:58:43 GMT

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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:04:03 GMT

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PUMA''s 60th BIRTHDAY with EXCLUSIVE SHOPPING EVENT

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:27:25 GMT

PUMA's 60th BIRTHDAY with EXCLUSIVE SHOPPING EVENT
Start Date: 4-Dec-08 6:00 PM
End Time: 4-Dec-08 8:00 PM
Location: The Galleria Mall, Houston, Texas 77056
Speaker:

Event Details:

Come celebrate the launch of PUMA’s newest collection I Am 60 Decades in commemoration of PUMA’s 60^th birthday. Join PUMA at their Houston location for an exclusive, after-hours shopping event, to introduce PUMA’s new collection and get an early start on your holiday shopping.

Stop by PUMA’s Houston location for a night of fun including a 20% discount on merchandise throughout the store, cupcakes and drinks, music provided by local DJ ILL-SET and a raffle for the “ultimate gift-bag”. The first one hundred shoppers to spend $50 will receive an exclusive gift with purchase featuring the latest fashion and beauty products.

For more information and to RSVP visit www.puma.com/bday48. RSVP does not guarantee admittance, guests will be accommodated on a first come first serve basis

The Galleria Mall

5085 Westheimer Road

Houston, Texas USA 77056

Multicultural Marketing: Are You Talking to Me?

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:56:55 GMT

Multicultural Marketing: Are You Talking to Me?
Start Date: 2-Dec-08 7:30 AM
End Time: 2-Dec-08 10:30 AM
Location: Koch Building, off of Edloe,, Houston, TX 77046
Speaker:

Event Details:

AMA Houston Multicultural Marketing SIG Presents
Multicultural Marketing: Are You Talking to Me?

Houston's population has become increasingly diverse and the business landscape is rapidly evolving. According to the 2007 Houston Area Survey, in Harris County, Anglos represent 37.9% of the population; Hispanics 37.8%; African-Americans 17.8%; and Asians 6.6%.No other city in the U.S. more clearly exemplifies the trends that are radically refashioning the social, economic, and political landscape of urban America.

Marketing professionals must understand these demographics in order to ensure effective market segmentation, more business opportunities, and better client interaction and retention. Multicultural markets are now leading the way for real revenue and share growth for many companies; however, there are still opportunities and challenges ahead.

Learn how our panel of experts has successfully integrated multicultural marketing initiatives into their broader business strategies and overall marketing programs. Through their insights, opinions, and experience, our panelists will illustrate how to build a winning campaign through the use of strategic planning, innovative messaging, and intelligent marketing that tie into their long-term corporate goals

Attendees will learn:

Best practices relating to advertising, community relations, and direct marketing campaigns geared at multicultural audiences
How to build momentum, create awareness, consensus, and support and all levels of the organization to move multicultural marketing forward
How to avoid common mistakes while measuring and evaluating success

Moderator
Mary Jane Mudd, Full Tilt Communications

Panelists
Genaro Peña, Director of Marketing, Houston Airport System
Gary Orr, President / CEO, Comerica Bank - Houston
Oliver Luck, President, Houston Dynamo

When
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Program Schedule
7:30-8:00am Registration and networking
8:05-8:10am Announcements and
introduction of speakers
8:15-9:55am Speakers presentations
10:00-10:15am Q&A
10:20-10:30am Closing remarks

Where
20 Greenway Plaza, (Koch Building) off of Edloe,
Training room One (on the first floor),
Houston, TX 77046

Parking:
Complimentary parking across the street.

Admission & RSVP
Advance Registration
AMA Members: $25
Non-Members: $45
Students: $20 (student ID required)

Paying at the Event
AMA Members: $35
Non-Members: $55
Students: $20 (student ID required)

Online Registration
Register online at
http://www.regonline.com/multicultural
by Wednesday, November 26 at 12:00 noon.

Please keep in mind that no-shows will be billed for this event. Pre-payment will be accepted by credit card. Walk-in registration will be available (but not guaranteed) on site at 20 Greenway Plaza, Training Room One on the first floor,

For questions or comments regarding registering online, please email Dylan Powell

For more information on this event, please contact Adrianne Poyet-Smith at 832-620-6035.

Silver Sponsors

In-Kind Sponsors
Transwestern
Principal Financial
Bayside Printing

Koch Building, off of Edloe,

20 Greenway Plaza

Houston, TX 77046

The Big Huge Holiday Mixer

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:03:48 GMT

The Big Huge Holiday Mixer
Start Date: 21-Nov-08 5:00 PM
End Time: 21-Nov-08 5:30 PM
Location: The Courtyard on St. James Place, Houston, Texas 77056
Speaker:

Event Details:

It’s back. The most highly anticipated, variable-speed networking event
of the season. Hosted by the Houston Communications Alliance and
featuring all of your favorite advertising, marketing and communications
professionals under one roof. Meet, be met, and be merry.

The Courtyard on St. James Place

1885 St. James Place

Houston, Texas United States 77056

Gen Y: Marketing to Millennials in the Energy Industry

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:54:43 GMT

Gen Y: Marketing to Millennials in the Energy Industry
Start Date: 21-Nov-08 7:30 AM
End Time: 21-Nov-08 10:30 AM
Location: Hess Club, Houston, TX 77056
Speaker:

Event Details:

Hess Club

5430 Westheimer Road

Houston, TX 77056

Houston Cinema and Media Arts Festival

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:20:14 GMT

Houston Cinema and Media Arts Festival
Start Date: 20-Nov-08 2:30 PM
End Time: 23-Nov-08 4:00 PM
Location: Rice Media Center/River Oaks Landmark Theater/Aurora Picture Show/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Speaker: Alex Rivera/Lynn Hershman Leeson

Event Details:

Each November the Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) will present a Cinema and Media Arts Expo honoring influential international media artists as they exhibit programs of current and past work and participate in on-stage conversations about their careers. Surrounding these centerpiece programs will be an array of live events integrating cinema, music, and performance, outdoor projections, interactive installations in galleries, and Internet-designed and generated movies, as well as theatrical presentations of international films and videos.

The Houston Cinema Arts Society will present a “preview” Cinema and Media Arts Expo, November 20 - 23, 2008; a teaser event emblematic of the media artists HCAS will feature and celebrate at the annual Expo. In 2009 the Expo will grow to a week-long festival with concurrent events throughout Houston.

HCAS is designed to collaborate with museums, art centers, theaters, cultural institutions and other urban spaces to co-host film and video screenings, video installations, and multi-media performances related to contemporary art. The Expo will capitalize on Houston’s status as an international art city, and transform its Downtown Corridor into an urban cinema experience for city dwellers, tourists, arts and culture enthusiasts, artists, curators, students, technology works and professionals from all over the world.

Rice Media Center/River Oaks Landmark Theater/Aurora Picture Show/Museum of Fine Arts

18th Annual Houston Media Classic

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:27:52 GMT

18th Annual Houston Media Classic
Start Date: 20-Nov-08 10:00 AM
End Time: 20-Nov-08 6:30 PM
Location: Cypresswood Golf Club, Spring, Texas 77373
Speaker:

Event Details:

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:37 GMT

Start Date: 17-Nov-10 11:30 AM
End Time: 17-Nov-10 1:00 PM

Junior League of Houston

1811 Briar Oak Lane

Houston, Texas 77027

AMA Houston Energy Marketing SIG
Gen Y: Marketing to Millennials in the Energy Industry

The Great Crew Change is altering the way we think about employee communications, and ourcustomers are retiring too.

On November 21st the AMA's Energy SIG will invite you to ask "Y."

"Y" should my marketing programs be altered to speak to the latest generation of customers, employees and decision makers?

"Y" should I leverage the values and communications styles of my Millennial employees to spread our marketing message? (Y are they exceptionally good at spreading information?)

"Y" should talent recruiting techniques cross over into new customer recruitment?

Join us on November 21st as we explore marketing practices that resonate with the most marketed-to generation in history.

Panel
W. Bruce Bullock
Director, Maguire Energy Institute
Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University

Andrea Fabbri
COO
EcoAllign

Dean Martin
Senior Manager, Human Capital
Ernst & Young LLP

Surya Rajan
Completions Engineer and Author of SPE Study on Gen Y in the Oilfield
Marathon Oil

When
Friday, November 21, 2008

Program Schedule
7:30-8:30am Networking and breakfast
8:30-10:30am Program

Where
Hess Club
5430 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77056
www.hessclub.com
1-877-661-4377

Parking:
Complimentary parking at Hess Club. Just follow the signs.

Admission & RSVP
Advance Registration
AMA Members: $25
Non-Members: $45
Students: $20 (student ID required)

Paying at the Event
AMA Members: $35
Non-Members: $55
Students: $20 (student ID required)

Online Registration
Register online at
https://www.regonline.com/energygen
by Wednesday, November 19th, 2008, 12 noon

Please keep in mind that no-shows will be billed for this event. Pre-payment will be accepted by credit card. Walk-in registration will be available (but not guaranteed) on site at Hess Club at the day of the event.

For questions or comments regarding registering online, please email Dylan Powell.

For more information on this event, please contact Becky Eckerman, 713.517.0412.

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Competitive Intelligence - How to Use It to Improve Your Company''s Bottom Line

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SW Professional Connections December Meeting

Ultimate Wrap Party 2008

Ultimate Wrap Party 2008

PUMA''s 60th BIRTHDAY with EXCLUSIVE SHOPPING EVENT

Multicultural Marketing: Are You Talking to Me?

AMA Houston Multicultural Marketing SIG Presents Multicultural Marketing: Are You Talking to Me?

The Big Huge Holiday Mixer

Gen Y: Marketing to Millennials in the Energy Industry

AMA Houston Energy Marketing SIG Gen Y: Marketing to Millennials in the Energy Industry

Houston Cinema and Media Arts Festival

18th Annual Houston Media Classic

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

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AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

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AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

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Competitive Intelligence - How to Use It to Improve
Your Company's Bottom Line

AMA Houston Multicultural Marketing SIG Presents
Multicultural Marketing: Are You Talking to Me?

AMA Houston Energy Marketing SIG
Gen Y: Marketing to Millennials in the Energy Industry