Last Year's Schedule
August 2009
 
18-19 Membership Drive  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 
21 COB Junior Experience 1-4 PM  COB 357

24 Membership Drive  12-3 p.m..
 
27 Festival ISU -- Membership Table  10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
   
September 2009
   
1 Membership Drive  12. - 3 p.m.
   
2 1st All/New Member Meeting  7:00 PM  357 COB
Special Speaker: Country Financial
   
8 Central Illinois Professional Chapter Meeting
 
   
10 Member Social  "Hawaiian Cookout"- - 6-8 p.m. Peoples Park  South of the South University Parking Garage
   
15 Mission Mart Meetings-  This is a hands-on experience creating promotions and helping distribute these for a great event.  We will be meeting on Sept 15th and Sept 22nd in the Atrium of the COB starting at 7p.m.  Contact Christy at cmknobe@ilstu.edu for any further questions.
   
16 Director Meeting   Room COB.149   7-8p.m. This is an opportunity for you to find more information, apply, and interview for a leadership position.  If you are unable to attend this meeting, but strongly interested in a position, please contact Christy at cmknobe@ilstu.edu  A director application can be found at http://rso.cob.ilstu.edu/ama/links.html
   
18 Tour: GDS Professional Displays  We will be leaving from the COB Parking Garage at 1:00 p.m.  Please contact Kelsey at klrayph@ilstu.edu to RSVP or for questions.Follwoing is their address and website.1103 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. Bloomington, IL 61761   Phone:309.829.3298 http://www.gdsdisplay.com/index.php
   
22 Mission Mart Meetings-  This is a hands-on experience creating promotions and helping distribute these for a great event.  We will be meeting on Sept 15th and Sept 22nd in the Atrium of the COB starting at 7p.m.  Contact Christy at cmknobe@ilstu.edu for any further questions.
   
25 Fall Internship Fair 12-3 p.m. Brown Ball room BSC  Since we are cosponsoring this event with the Career Center we will need workers from 10-2; please contact Christy at cmknobe@ilstu.edu if you are interested in helping.
   
26 Public Relations Event - Heart Walk  Sept 26th 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.  Please join the group  ISU-AMA at http://www.heartwalk.kintera.org/bloomingtonil/ama/isu741 or contact Leanne at lmpetsc@ilstu.edu for further information, questions, or help.
   
27 Leadership Seminar for Officers/Directors  2:30 p.m.  356 COB
   
29 Underclassmen Membership Drive  12. - 3 p.m.
   
30 Membership Drive  9 a.m.- 3 p.m. CAT Auditorium.
 
   
October 2009
 
6 Employment Fair 10 AM - 3:00 PM  Redbird Arena
 
7 All-Member Meeting 7 PM COB 357
Special Speaker: WLS Chicago Radio
 
9-11

Homecoming Float Building Weekend
 
13

Cental Il Professional Chapter Meeting
 
12-16 Homecoming Float Building Week  Every night 6-9pm; John Green Building - Shed #2  (Gregory St.)  Please contact Christy Knobeloch if you would like to help out  309 635-4011
 
14-15 Fundraising Event Sales on the Quad Pumpkin/Bake Sale
 
17 Social:  at Float Building  John Green Building, Shed #2 - Pizza provided
 
18

Homecoming Parade starts at 9:30 AM tplease contact Christy at cmknobe@ilstu.edu  if you would like to help and participate.
 
19-20

ISU-IDOL Auditions  ISU Idol Auditions  7-9 pm   COB 147
 
21 Director Meeting  Room COB.149   7-8p.m.
 
24

Public Relations Event Habitat for Humanity  7:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.  Contact Leanne Petschow for more information
 
26-30

Committee Week
 

November 2009
3 American Marketing Association Blood Drive 10-3 pm BSC First Floor West Lounge Please contact Christy Knobeloch (f you would like to help out
You may sign up by going to: www.givebloodgivelife.org
   
4 All-Member Meeting 7 PM COB 357
Special Speaker: Peoria Chiefs Baseball - Ralph Converse, Vice President and General Manager
   
6 Faculty Appreciation Luncheon 11:30 AM - 1 PM
Come stop by and join your COB faculty and fellow AMA members for lunch in the Faculty Lounge  There will be lots of food donated by local restaurants. Hope to see you there!
   
7 Family Weekend
   
10 Central Illinois Professional Chapter Meeting - Speaker: TBA
   
13 Tour: General Electric - 10:00 a.m.. If you would like to go contact Kelsey Rayphole. Let her know if you need a ride. This tour will be approximately 1 hour long . You will need to be at the guard station at GE by 9:45 a.m. General Electric is located on GE Road just east of Veteran's Parkway.
   
15 Pablic Relations Event:  Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis Walk
   
17  ISU IDOL
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.    7:00 p.m.  Bone Student Center Ballroom  Come and See ISU's version of American Idol with outside judges and plenty of talent
 
18 Director Meeting   7 p.m.

Social at Bowling & Billiards Center  7:30 p.m.  Snacks provided. All members welcome.
 
 

December 2009
 
4 Awards Banquet 7 PM
   
   

January 2009       2010 Scheduling not posted yet!!!
 
12 Classes Resume- Welcome Back!
 
20-21 Membership Drive
 
28 Blood Drive  11 a.m.-5 p.m. for an appointment visit www.givebloodgivelife.org.  All doners will receive a free T shirt.
 
 

February 2009
3 All Member Meeting  7 p.m.  357 COB
Officer Elections for next year will be held.
Director Meeting immediately following.
 
17

Spring Internship Fair 4:30-7:30 PM, Bone Student Center. For more information or to volunteer,mamurra@ilstu.edu
 
18 Spring Employment Fair 10 AM - 3 PM, Bone Student Center. For more information or to volunteer, please email mamurra@ilstu.edu
 
21 Public Relations: Habitat for Humanity:  8am-12 (need to arrive by 7:45 to set up) 415. W. Vernon Between Beaufort and Hester.  There is only parking along side streets, or people can walk there. for more information memarsh@ilstu.edu
 
24 Speaker: Mole Hole, Entrepreneurship and Marketing the Small Business  7 p.m. 357 COB.  - cancelled due to illness of speaker
 
26-27 St. Louis AMA Student Conference: New Frontiers of Interactive Marketing. If you are interested in attending please contact Michelle Murray mamurra@ilstu.edu  Registration $40.

Anheuser Busch Tour in the afternoon
 
 
March 2009
 
1 Public Relations Event;  Polar Bear Plunge:  11 am Registration. 12: Plunge. 1: post plunge lunch
Participants need to raise $75 each for the special Olympics in exchange for jumping into icy waters in the middle of winter
Participants also will receive a free plunge sweatshirt. For more information, the website is: http://www.soill.org/gallery/index.php
Questions contact Maggie Marshall  memarsh@ilstu.edu
 
3 All-Member Meeting 7 PM  -  357 COB
 Don't forget to wear you're AMA shirt!
Director Meeting immediately following
 
4-5 Top Model Auditions:  6:30-10 p.m. in COB 148.
 
9-13 Spring Break!!!!!!!!!
   
19 Director Roundtable - If you would like to hold a leadership position in ISU-AMA, please attend.  7 p.m. COB 150.
   
20 Social: On the Quad by the COB Building.  Bocci ball and bags, 5 p.m. In case of rain, please meet on the quad-side in the COB Building.
   
24 Speaker: Nora Dukowitz, Marketing Manager, Uptown Normal, 7 p.m. 357 COB
   
26-28 International AMA Leadership Conference, New Orleans
 
30 Student & Employer Networking Dinner
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Bone Student Center - Brown Ballroom
 
30-Apr 3 Business Week
http://www.cob.ilstu.edu/businessweek/
 
April 2009
 
2 Speaker: Andrew Jackson, President, BravoTECH, Inc., "The law of karma in business: Build success one good deed at a time," 7 p.m. 366 COB  
   
7 All-Member Meeting 7 PM, 357 COB
Don't forget to wear you're AMA shirt!
Director Meeting immediately following
   
8 ISU's Top Model, BSC Ballroom  7:30 p.m.  Doors open at 7:00 p.m.  Tickets can be purchased at the door, from any of the models, and in Dr. Cox's office 322 COB
Directors: this is an mandatory event
   
18 SPRINGFEST 2009 on the quad.  Set-up is from 9am-1pm and the event goes from 1pm-8pm.  Contact Christy (cmknobe@ilstu.edu) if you would like to help out.
   
24-25 Public Relations: Relay for Life  - RELAY FOR LIFE on the ISU quad from 6pm-6am.  Sign up at www.relayforlife.org/relay.  Contact Leanna (lmpetsc@ilstu.edu) for questions.
   
24 Faculty Appreciation Luncheon - 11:30am to 1pm in the Faculty Lounge, COB 234.  Come meet the Marketing faculty and get free food!  Contact Kelsey (klrayph@ilstu.edu) if you want o help with food pick-up.
   
28 SPEAKER: Google -Brent Hill

Please join CIC-AMA & ISU-AMA as we learn from Google about marketing online videos. Our guest speaker from Google is Brent Hill. Brent's topic is "13 Hours Every Minute - How Marketers are Leveraging Online Video." With more eyeballs shifting to the Internet to watch online video, marketers have new opportunities to engage prospects and customers.

Brent Hill is Google's industry head for financial services in the Midwest region. His clients include banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, asset managers, and lenders. Prior to joining Google, he was the chief revenue officer for FeedBurner, which was acquired by Google in 2007. Prior to joining FeedBurner, Brent spent the last 10 years starting, opertating, and financing interactive marketing businesses. Outside of work, he is heavily involved in youth sports, and is adapting to being a parent in a world of text and instant messages, the Wii, iPods, YouTube, Twitter, and MySpace.

Students are free to attend with a student ID.
30 Awards Banquet in the Faculty Lounge, COB 234 at 6pm.  Contact Christy (cmknobe@ilstu.edu) if you are planning on coming so we can order enough food!
   
   
 
May 2009
   
1 Last day of classes!
   
4-8 Finals Week