Food Drive

At the end of each semester AMA sponsors a food drive that will be donated to the Charleston Food Pantry. There are boxes out in Lumpkin, Carman, Thomas, Andrews, Lawson, Taylor and Stevenson. These boxes will be out until Thursday around 12:30. While your packing up, please remember the less fortunate people in the community.

Thanks for your help and good luck on your finals!

Final Care Packages

With finals week vastly approaching, all of your families were sent a letter in the mail describing our current fund raising opportunity. Everyone should have received a letter stating that your parents can order a finals care package for you that you will receive during the week of finals.
The choices of the baskets include:

• chocolate lovers
• coffee lovers
• movie lovers
• pampering kit
• study-aid package

These packages are only $20 dollars and are a very easy way for our chapter to raise some more money. So please tell your parents that they should order you one they are very much worth the money!
Thank you and good luck on school work I know this is crunch time for everyone!

T-shirt

Our AMA t-shirts are being ordered on Friday. If you would like to place an order, please email me with your name and size.

The t-shirts will be bright blue with black ink. The front will say 'Eastern Illinois University AMA' in the top right corner and the attached image will be on the back.

IMPORTANT: Your order will only be processed if you pay by this THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. Your $12 check or cash can be placed in the AMA mailbox of the student lounge or given to any of our executive committee members.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Upcoming Events

6:15PM - Join us for a membership meeting in Lumpkin 2011. All members who bring items for WEIU TV's Christmas Care Packages for the Army will receive one point. Also, awards will be given to a couple of our most active members!

7PM: Join us after the meeting for a special presentation by Mary Lee Gilliland, marketing specialist for Learfield Sports in Chicago, who will speak about life in sports as a marketing professional, as well as how she succeeded in the industry.

AMA Podcast Series

As mentioned during previous membership meetings, all AMA members are invited to join exec in listening to and discussing a new podcast series by AMA Nationals, "Social Media Marketing GPS: To help you build a road map to social media success."

This is a great opportunity to get a glimpse into what today's top social media thought leaders are thinking when it comes to digital strategy.  As students, there's no better time than now to begin preparing ourselves for the real-world and getting a better understanding of the trends and strategies used by today's top businesses.

You're welcome to attend as many meetings as you please:
8PM Monday, Nov 1 - Oakland Room of Union: "Why Social Media?" & "Social Media Ethics"
8PM Sunday, Nov 7 - Casey Room of Union: "Strategy First" & "Metrics that Make Sense"
8PM Monday, Nov 15 - Oakland Room of Union: "Tactics - Twitter" & "Tactics - Blogs"
8PM Monday, Nov 29 - Oakland Room of Union: "Social Media and Branding" & "Social Media Research"
8PM Sunday, Dec 5 - Casey Room of Union: "Social Media Enterprise" & "Solving Business Challenges"

See full podcast descriptions here: http://www.marketingpower.com/ResourceLibrary/Pages/Podcasts/social_media_mktg_gps_series.aspx

Please let me know if you have any questions.  I hope to see you there!

Dates to Remember: November

9 Membership Meeting Lumpkin 2011, 6:15 p.m.
16 EIU-AMA Blood Drive in Andrews Hall, 1-4 p.m.
30 Membership Meeting Lumpkin 2011, 6:15 p.m.

Membership Meeting

Our next membership meeting will be held tomorrow October 19 at 6:15pm in Lumpkin Room 2011. Upcoming events and activities will be discussed and pizza/soda will be provided! We will also be voting on t-shirt designs for this year and creating Halloween cards for residents at the local nursing home. Hope to see you there!

Etiquette Dinner

Want to learn how to network while also improving your fine dining skills?  The Americarn Marketing Association is proudly hosting an Etiquette Dinner Thursday October 21st taking place at the Charleston Country Club.  Participants will need to meet at Human Resources 1301 (Career Services) by 4:45 on the day of the event.  There will be shuttle bus's transporting us to the Country Club so no one needs to worry about driving.  This Etiquette Dinneis not only an event that is a fund raiser to support AMA but this is also a time where students can sit down with a successful employer and learn the ways of networking.  Tickets are going to be sold for $20 and the checks need to be made out to the American Marketing Association and dropped off in mailbox one in Lumpkln Lounge BY OCTOBER 13TH.  Business casual attire is required. There is 15 spots available and 8 seats have already been filled so if this is something that you would be interested in attending, please act fast!

Membership Meeting

The next Membership meeting will be held Tuesday, 9/28 at 6:15pm in Lumpkin Room 2011. Upcoming events and activities will be discussed and pizza will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Dates to Remember: October

19th: Membership Meeting Lumpkin 2011, 6:15 p.m.
21st: Co-Sponsor Etiquette Dinner Charleston Country Club, 5:00 p.m.
27th: Tentative Field Trip to Anheuser Busch Brewery St. Louis, All day

Blood Drive

We are sponsoring a Blood Drive today in Andrews Basement from 12-6:30.
Come donate blood to save some lives!!

AMA members will also receive 2 points for donating!

Dates to Remember: September

7th:  EIU-AMA Blood Drive Andrews Hall, 1-4 p.m. 8th: Membership Kick-Off Meeting Lumpkin Hall 2011, 6:15 p.m.

18th: Volunteer at Special Olympics Lake Land College, All day
22nd: Guest Speaker Sparkle Sanders of Carle Lumpkin 2020, 6:30 p.m.
28th: Membership Meeting Lumpkin 2011, 6:15 p.m.
29th: Volunteer at Career Fair University Union, All day