1. APMP Mid-South Chapter Meeting Bill Boggs, PMP, CP APMP Chapter Chair November 05, 2013 @billboggs www.linkedin.com/in/billboggs/

2. Mid-South Chapter Officers NamePosition Bill BoggsChapter Chair Joe YeartaChapter Vice-Chair Tonya MauriceTreasurer Andrea ShetleySecretary Donna HambyMembership Chair Roger CampbellPlanning Chair Jennifer HamakerWebmaster Sandra KerriganMarketing – Nashville Region Whitney DorningMarketing – Huntsville Region

3. Mid-South Chapter Goals Provide education and networking through F2F and virtual venues – Host Monthly Chapter Meetings (10 meetings/yr) – Conduct one meeting/quarter outside of HSV – Conduct Monthly Officers Meeting – Government and Commercial focus Grow Membership – 2013: From 18 to 36 – 2014: From 36 to 72 – 2015: From 72 to 144 Grow Corporate Sponsorships – 2013: From 0 to 5 – 2014: From 5 to 10 – 2015: From 10 to 15 Establish partnerships with Universities & Associations – e.g., UAH, FIT, Vanderbilt, PMI, NCA Create, maintain, and grow a professional Chapter Website Broaden awareness of APMP by issuing at least one Press Release per quarter

4. Corporate Sponsors

5. 140% Membership Growth!!!

6. LinkedIn Statistics (Within 100 miles of HSV) Business Development61,501 Writer9,986 Editor9,224 Proposal Management5,193 Author3,889 Proposal2,718 Capture2,323 Graphic Artist2,043 APMP25 Our region has high concentration of proposal and bid professionals

7. Help Us Grow! Join APMP – Designate Mid-South Chapter as your preferred chapter Already a member? – Change your chapter affiliation to Mid-South Bring a colleague to a Chapter Meeting Identify potential members Help Spread the Word

8. Social Media APMP Web Site www.apmp.org Mid-South Web Site www.apmpmid-south.org LinkedIn Mid-South Group Bookmark and Join! New Chapter Twitter Account coming soon

9. Mid-South Region Proposal Center Map Company TBD (18) Nashville, TN Company TBD (23) Huntsville, AL Company TBD (5) Huntsville, AL Company TBD (8) Birmingham, AL Company TBD (10) New Orleans, LA Company TBD (13) Jackson, MS Company TBD (3) Stennis, MS (#) = Number of proposal professionals 1.Dedicated Facility/Room 2.Full Time Staff 3.Proposal Processes

10. Upcoming Calendar 12/03 – Chapter Meeting (Huntsville) – “Is it a Program Manager or a Proposal Manager? No, it’s a Capture Manager” – David Alan Smith 01/07 – Chapter Meeting (Huntsville) – “Successful Methods for Winning Proposals” – Ken Merwin 02/04 – Chapter Meeting (Birmingham – Tentative) 03/04 – Chapter Meeting (Huntsville) Chapter Meetings – First Tuesday Chapter Officer’s Meetings – Third Tuesday

11. Chapter Officer Elections Nominations open till 11/14/13 Officer Positions – Chapter Chair – Chapter Co-Chair – Treasurer – Secretary – Planning (Programs) Chair – Marketing (Publicity-Communications) Chair – Huntsville Region – Marketing (Publicity- Communications) Chair – Nashville Region – Membership Chair’ – Webmaster Voting to occur in Nov/Dec Send your nominations to Joe Yearta, jyearta@solvability.com

12. New APMP Certification Designations “APMP” or “APMP Fellow” = No Certification “CF APMP” or “CF APMP Fellow” = Foundation Certified “CP APMP” or “CP APMP Fellow” = Practitioner Certified “CPP APMP” or “CPP APMP Fellow” = Proposal Professional Certified

13. November 2013 Chapter Meeting Speaker: Robin Davis, CF APMP, Robin Davis Consulting Topic: “Communication Strategies that Improve Interpersonal Effectiveness”