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Benefits of Belonging to the AMA - DC Organization
Inside Track- AMA-DC hosts a spring and a fall speaker series featuring the hottest topics and speakers, helping practitioners stay current and marketable by increasing their knowledge. Each program begins with an hour long networking reception. Members receive a reduced rate to attend.
Inside Connections- In response to member requests, AMA-DC hosts regular networking nights designed to give members a chance to mix and mingle, talk about relevant issues, or get a lead on a new job! Attendance at Inside Connections is free for members. Venues alternate in DC, VA, and MD.
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)- Marketing is a broad field. To provide our members resources in specific areas of marketing, we have 5 different SIGs: Business to Business (B2B), Government, Market Research, Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit. SIGs meet individually and together on our Super SIG Nights. AMA-DC members can join one or more SIGs, matching their interests and backgrounds at no additional cost to them.
AMA-DC Mentorship Program - If you are looking for an opportunity to fine-tune your career plans or interested in enhancing your leadership skills, the AMA-DC Mentoring Program is the program for you. Take control of your career.
Orientation- Open to new, prospective and current members who get an overview of the AMA and our chapter, mingle with other marketers, ask questions, and learn about volunteer opportunities.
Volunteer Opportunities - Volunteering can be a great way to enhance your resume, learn new skills and develop your leadership skills, meet new contacts, and boost your career. Volunteers get the student rate to all AMA-DC paid events.
GetInk - Getting Published - Find out how to get published in several local and national publications to enhance your professional portfolio and, at the same time, give our chapter press coverage.
Discounts on PR Newswire - AMA-DC members receive special discounts including a complimentary 12-month membership, 20% discount on your first domestic news release, and more!
M Awards –Prestigious awards are presented annually to marketers for their strategy, innovation, risk-taking, leadership, and return of investment and success.
Benefits of Belonging to the National AMA Organization
AMA-DC members can also take advantage of numerous benefits offered through the AMA national organization in Chicago. They include:
- A subscription to Marketing News, the AMA's biweekly magazine covering ongoing shifts in the industry, and a subscription to another one of AMA’s highly-regarded professional magazines.
- Access to the Members-only section on our website and to: Marketing Matters- a biweekly newsletter, Business Book Reviews, up-to-date Customer Relationship Management information, Case Studies, white papers, industry specific information, and more!
- Useful online tools including: Marketing Trends to address return on marketing investment, branding, competitive analysis and metrics; Statistics Resources- a searchable reference tool; and AMA's Demographics service with free, unlimited access to US Census data.
- Helping you advance your career are: a Strategic Marketing Forum that addresses concerns of chief marketing officers, with insights from experts; Webcasts- online presentations on hot topics you can attend from your office or home; and our Career Center addressing jobs and more.
- Members get deep discounts on programs and literature on AMA's Professional Certified Marketer™ (PCM™) Program, Professional Development - over 20 conferences per year, marketing schools, tutorials, AMA magazines, and journals and books on leading-edge topics in both the practical and theoretical areas of marketing.
- A free listing in The AMA's International Member & Marketing Services Guide and a copy of the guide published annually.
- AMA's Affinity Benefits program offering discounts on business products and services group companies such as: MBNA, Airborne Express, AVIS, and Approved Association Insurance.
- Marketing books published by the AMA.
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