Upcoming Events
SMPS Alabama Presents:
How to Win a Pitch
A Three-Hour Seminar for
Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Marketing Professionals
September 10, 2010 8:00 AM -11:30 AM
Alabama Power Building
Electra Conference Room
600 18th St. N., Birmingham, AL 35291
(Continental breakfast included)
Learn how to create and deliver presentations that win business.
This three-hour program will focus on three things:
- Organizing a message that connects with prospect needs
- Delivering the presentation with a style that connects and builds relationships
- Answering questions in a way that inspires confidence
Cost: Members: $100.00 Non-Members: $125.00
Workshop Leader:
Joey Asher, President, Speechworks. Joey Asher is a professional communication and selling skills coach who specializes in working with construction, architecture, and engineering firms. His clients include, Skanska, Robins & Morton, Choate Construction, Hoar Construction, BE&K Construction, Doster Construction, TVSA, HOK, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, and many others.
Joey has written three books on presentation skills and selling. Joey’s latest book How to Win a Pitch: The Five Fundamentals That Will Distinguish You from the Competition, was published last year by Persuasive Speaker Press. His first book, Even a Geek Can Speak: Low-Tech Presentation Skills For High-Tech People, was published by Longstreet Press in 2001 and is in its second printing (2006) by Persuasive Speaker Press. His book Selling and Communication Skills for Lawyers was released in 2005 by American Lawyer Media.
Joey’s background is both as an attorney and as a newspaper reporter. He worked as an adjunct professor of law at Emory University School of Law and was an attorney at Troutman Sanders L.L.P. in Atlanta. Prior to law school, he worked as a newspaper reporter for the Gannett newspaper chain in Georgia and New York. Joey graduated from Cornell University and Emory University Law School.
Testimonial: “Joey made a shorter version of this presentation at the SMPS SE Regional Conference in Nashville this past spring, and it was excellent. Not only was it very worthwhile content, but it was interesting and engaging as well. I highly recommend it.”
Bruce Koppenhoefer, Communications Director, Revere Control Systems
RSVP to Ms. Hawkins, ehawkins@mbasei.com 205-323-6385