Topic:  Take action! - Leverage best practices from large firms with dedicated marketing staff

Speaker: Nich Tahran, Senior Marketing Coordinator @ DOWL & chair of the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Balancing Act Roundtable 

About: Join Nich Tahran, Senior Marketing Coordinator at DOWL, a professional services firm specializing in planning, surveying, engineering and other support services. We will be discussing best practices that large firms with many resources implement that we as small firms can leverage towards our own successful marketing. We will be discussing the variety of proposals, pre-RFP marketing, lead identification, interview prep, letter proposals, federal work, etc. The meeting will be structured so there is plenty of time for Q & A - bring your marketing questions!

Nick Tahran
Senior Marking Coordinator at DOWL
Chair, Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)

Nick Tahran has provided marketing and business development services to A/E/C firms in Oregon for a decade. He has partnered with project managers to help implement strategic, marketing, and business  development plans, and he frequently leads proposal efforts from the pre-RFP marketing phase to conducting proposal debriefs.

A graduate of the University of Oregon’s Magazine Journalism program, Nick brings a passion for helping technical staff members craft compelling and persuasive messages that resonate with clients. Nick is a member of the Oregon chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), and he has hosted a monthly SMPS roundtable discussion group for seven years. Prior to starting his A/E/C marketing career, Nick taught English for four years in Ukraine and Poland, and he briefly worked on an olive farm in Greece. He has also taught dog training classes for the Oregon Humane Society for 10 years.