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When: Tuesday, March 9th 2010
5:30-7:00 PM
Where: Photoworks, 700 West Rio Road Charlottesville
Directions: Close to the intersection of Rio Road and 29, across from The Daily
Progress.
Member/Non-Member Cost: $17 members/ $27 non members
RSVP: By March 8 to info@cville-ama.org
Please join the Central Va AMA and Geoff Kilmer, President of Photoworks Creative Group as he reveals the Keys to Tradeshow Success.
Key Takeaways:
1) How to Select/Choose your show
2) Refining your message
3) Intro to graphics and hardware trends
4) Follow up strategy after show
Beer, wine and light refreshments will be served compliments of Photoworks & AMA.
Speaker Bio: Geoffrey Kilmer, President, Photoworks Creative Group
Geoff has been a long time supporter and member of Central VA AMA, having served as president in 1990-91, as well as heading up the AMA annual trade show in the early to mid 90’s. For most of his life, Geoff Kilmer has been tuned in to the world of photography and visual imaging. At age 18, he became a photographer for the US Navy, serving 5 years in a variety of assignments, including a Naval training assignment at the Rochester Institute of Technology. This summer-long tour at RIT convinced Geoff he had to return someday for additional study. Taking from his Navy experience a wealth of practical knowledge, Geoff went back to RIT to major in Photographic Illustration. This was when he also met his wife, Denise, a fellow RIT student earning an MFA in Photography. Geoff got his first commercial photographic experience as manager of Chroma Studios, a large lab in Columbus, Ohio. After 5 years with Chroma, Geoff and his wife decided it was time to start their own business, so they conducted careful market research and made plans to open a commercialgrade photo operation in central Virginia. In 1986, Photoworks was launched. In 1989, Geoff’s brother Mike joined as a partner. From three people in a 1,600 square foot store, the company presently employees 16 in an 11,000 square foot building in the heart of Charlottesville’s commercial district, along with a 4,000 square foot exhibit storage and maintenance warehouse on site. There is also a 6,000 sq ft building off site for additional exhibit storage. Today 100 percent of the commercial work coming through the doors involves digital technologies. Geoff and his staff strive to furnish creative solutions to customer needs while providing the best in customer service.
About AMA:
The American Marketing Association
(AMA), one of the largest professional
associations for marketers, has 38,000 members
worldwide in every area of marketing. For
over six decades the AMA has been the
leading source for information, knowledge
sharing and development in the marketing
profession. The Central Virginia Chapter
of AMA delivers valuable, monthly programs
to benefit the marketing efforts of area
businesses, organizations and professional
marketers.
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