AMADC News

With the support of AMADC, Capitol Communicator and WB&A Market Research are surveying the communications industry in the Washington, Baltimore, and Richmond markets. The data collected from this economic sentiment survey provides all of us with valuable information to make better informed decisions. This year’s survey also includes questions on our social media usage. Your participation is needed to obtain the clearest picture of the “state of the industry.” Please take a few minutes to complete the survey, and feel free to promote the link to your colleagues and friends within the industry. As an additional incentive for participation, Capitol Communicator will offer a drawing for free passes to a number of events throughout 2013.

November 5, 2012 – Washington, DC – The DC Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMADC), in partnership with the Washington Business Journal, is pleased to announce the winners of AMADC’s Top Marketer and Special Recognition Awards, both recently celebrated at a festive gala held at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C.

When you’ve been around for 80 years, it’s impossible to avoid looking back at the events that brought you to your present state and forward to the innovations that will drive your future success. As the AMADC 80th Anniversary Gala draws nearer, we’ve certainly gone through this exercise.

If you’re married – or have experienced early onset groomzilla or bridezilla symptoms – you probably know paper is the traditional gift for a first anniversary. My wife and I were married in 2011. So, recently armed with a healthy appreciation for tradition and a strong desire to make my bride happy, I considered the options, weighed the features and benefits and ultimately decided on a gift certificate for a massage and other beauty/wellness treatments. This might not sound like the greatest gift of all time but to a woman who had given birth to our first child 11 days prior, a day of pampering was at least above average.

Since we’re a month-and-a-half away from the AMADC 80th Anniversary Gala, I’d like to request that you skip the traditional 80th anniversary gift (Oak?) and consider honoring AMADC’s 80 years of service to the marketing community in the following ways: