About SME

We’re passionate about business and professional growth!

SME members are the people responsible for the bottom line sales revenue in their organization.  They are top executives and managers, senior level sales and marketing professionals meeting to share leading edge strategies and marketing tactics.

Membership will help you:

  • Understand and leverage new technologies
  • Explore sales and marketing best practices
  • Develop more rewarding business relationships
  • Discover new ways to increase sales
  • Market your services or products more effectively
  • Improve visibility, build your brand, create a buzz

 

About SME’s Roundtables

Currently there is availability in SME’s Roundtable #3.

The purpose of this roundtable is to enhance the Sales Managers’/Business Development Managers’ ability to achieve their company’s revenue goals. The members of this roundtable are accountable for leading and coaching their business development team. That is, you must be in a management position such that the majority or your effort is focused on getting results through the activities of your team.  The focus is to enable participants to tap in to one others’ expertise and experience to break through barriers and take their team to the next level.

Who should be interested in SMEMN Roundtable #3?
CEOs, owners, VP/Directors of Sales and Sales Managers that have two or more direct reports
in diverse, noncompeting industries who are:
● Interested in building relationships with peers
● Collaborative and motivated to share expertise and experience
● Receptive to feedback and open to suggestion
● Open to sharing their professional trials, errors, successes, and failures
● Willing to maintain confidentiality with respect to others’ information

How does it work?
● The group meets once per month from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00
● Meetings will take place at the same location each month
● Each meeting is facilitated by an SMEMN Leadership member includes check-in, review
of core issues, review of accountability and action registry, participants sharing issues
and brainstorming solutions pertaining to their issues and goals.
● Subject matter experts (attorneys, accountants, recruiters, bankers, etc.) may attend
and lead a learning session from time to time to provide specific content knowledge and
consultation.

What topics are potentially covered?
● Business development, sales, and marketing
● Sales Methodology
● Hiring, Interviewing, evaluating, recruiting talent
● Sales Training and Development
● Technology and customer service
● Marketing ideas both tactical and strategic

PLEASE NOTE THAT ROUNDTABLE #3 IS NOT TOPIC DRIVEN AND YOUR ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE CONVERSATION AND RESULTS OF THE GROUP.
Fees
$490 per year, Includes annual membership to SMEMN
Interested in learning more? Please contact Todd Anderson
todd@toddjanderson.com 763-522-6365 for more information.

Questions? Comments? Interested in Membership?

Drenda Wendell, SME Executive Director
8984 Stratford Court N.
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
P: 763.213.3231
F: Upon Request
info@smemn.org