Presidents Message - January 2012

As we begin this New Year, I encourage you to pause, and take a moment to think about who you are in your professional life.  What are your skills; what are you really good at?  How well are you able to utilize those skills in your current position?  What might be getting in the way?  Are there aspects of your job you’d like to build on – learn more about?  Perhaps there are things you’re ready to give away…

Our theme for this year, Framing Ourselves, suggests taking the ideas and possibilities envisioned last year (‘Imagine’), and using them as inspiration to begin to define and create the structure of who we want to be both individually and as a group.  We have multiple resources available to us: from each of our individual contributions, to the broader support system offered us through SDA National.

Maybe a good starting point for January is to review our overriding mission statement (from the National website):

The Society for Design Administration advances management and administrative professionals in the AE/C industry through education, networking, and resources.  Our vision is to have a SDA member in every AW/C firm.

Let’s use this statement as a focus and catalyst as we plan the framework of our Chapter for the coming year.  I look forward to all your ideas and input.  Here’s to a year of growth, inspiration, and success!