Last week marked the end of my year-long term as chair of the communications committee for SMPS Colorado.
SMPS, the Society for Marketing Professional Services, is a professional organization for marketers and business developers in the A/E/C industry.
I have loved being so involved in the organization, but I am glad to hand off the baton to someone else. It's a bittersweet thing: I will miss spending so much time with other A/E/C marketers.
After all, the A/E/C marketing career can be a little isolating. The first firm I worked for had a 15-person marketing team…but it was one of the largest firms in the world.
Right now, I'm the only marketer at my firm.
It's not that there's any "divide" between me and the folks I work with—it's just that we spend our work days doing very different things. They don't "get" what I do.
SMPS is an outlet for me in that sense, providing a longed-for sense of camaraderie, of workplace jokes, of tips and tricks and advice.
I'll miss being so involved.
